Love Music (Sérgio Mendes album)

Love Music
Studio album by Sérgio Mendes
Released	1973
Recorded	1972
Studio	Venice, Italy
Genre	Bossa nova
Label	Bell 1119
Producer	Bones Howe
Sérgio Mendes chronology
The River Of Italy (1972) Love Music (1973) Vintage 74 (1974)

"Love Music" is the third studio album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '77. This is the first album to feature vocals by Gracinha Leporace and Bonnie Bowden.

Track listing

1. "Where Is the Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 3:12
2. "Put a Little Love Away" (Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert) 3:15
3. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (James Taylor) 3:13
4. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) 3:39
5. "Love Music" (Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert) 3:06
6. "You Can't Dress Up a Broken Heart" (Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert) 2:56
7. "Hey Look at the Sun" (Nelson Angelo) 3:59
8. "Walk the Way You Talk" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 3:29
9. "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) 4:32
10. "I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash) 2:26

Personnel

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
• Arranged By [Rhythm Section] – Bob Alcivar, Sérgio Mendes
• Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements], Keyboards – Bob Alcivar
• Art Direction – Beverly Weinstein
• Bass – Sebastian Neto
• Bongos, Congas, Percussion – Paulinho da Costa (Paulo Da Costa)
• Congas, Triangle, Percussion – Laudir de Oliveira
• Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Pamela Vale
• Design [Tepee Graphics] – David Larkham, Ron Wong
• Drums – Claudio Slon
• Electric Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Dennis Budimir
• Engineer [Assistant] – Biff Dawes, Ed Barton, Ken Caillat, Terry Stark
• Mastered By [Disc Mastering] – John Golden
• Photography By – Ed Caraeff
• Piano, Electric Piano – Sérgio Mendes
• Producer, Engineer, Sounds – Bones Howe
• Vocals – Bonnie Bowden, Gracinha Leporace