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Love Child (Sweet Sensation album)

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Love Child is the second album released by the New York-based Latin freestyle trio Sweet Sensation. Released in April 1990, it is the follow-up to the group's platinum-selling 1988 debut album, Take It While It's Hot. Like its predecessor, Love Child had an up-tempo feel, but also included lavish R&B-styled ballads.

The album's title song is a cover version of a #1 R&B/#1 Pop smash by the Supremes. Sweet Sensation's version went to #15 on Billboard's dance chart and #13 on Billboard's pop chart. However, it was the album's second single that gave the group its biggest hit ever, "If Wishes Came True," a power ballad featuring vocals by Betty Lebron. The song spent one week at #1 on Billboard's pop chart in September 1990, while going top-ten on Billboard's R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. The album also spawned two more hit singles: "Each and Every Time" (#51) and "One Good Man" (#72). The album itself peaked at #78 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA during the spring of 1991.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Good Man"Andy Marvel, Fred Shehadi5:14
2."Each and Every Time"Ken Cedar, Arnie Roman4:05
3."Bring it Back"Marvin Ennis, Bill Pettaway4:22
4."If Wishes Came True"Deena Charles, Russ DeSalvo, Robert Steele5:12
5."I Surrender"Romeo J.D.4:15
6."Destiny"Jim Klein4:41
7."Love Child"Deke Richards, Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson4:10
8."Pleasure and Pain"Romeo J.D.4:52
9."He'll Never Know"Cedar, Shelly Peiken4:25

Personnel

Sweet Sensation

  • Betty LeBron: lead and backing vocals
  • Audrey Wheeler: background vocals

Musicians

  • Percussion: Graham Hawthorne, Bashiri Johnson, Emedin Rivera, Steve Thornton
  • Loops: Charlie Dee Diaz
  • Programming: Charlie Dee Diaz, Phillip Ashley, Ken Cedar, Gary Henry, Richard Joseph, Dr. Bob Khozouri, Mac Quayle, Romeo J.D., Peter "Ski" Schwartz
  • Keyboards: Dr. Bob Khozouri, Jim Klein, Andy Marvel
  • Guitars: Russ De Salvo, Werner F., John Hart, Jim Klein
  • Scratching: King Shameek
  • Trombone: Barry Rogers

Production

  • Produced by Ted Currier and Steve Peck
  • Additional production by Charlie Dee Diaz
  • Executive producer: Cherrie Shepard
  • Arranged by Phillip Ashley, Ken Cedar, Andy Marvel, Steve Peck, Mac Quayle, Arnie Roman
  • Vocal arrangements: Tony Terry and Audrey Wheeler
  • Engineers: Paul Berry, Richard Joseph, Steve Peck
  • Mixing: Ted Currier, Rod Hui, Jim Lyons, Steve Peck, Charlie Dee Diaz
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen

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