Barry White Sings for Someone You Love

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Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
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Studio album by
Barry White
ReleasedAugust 30, 1977
RecordedApril - June 1977
GenreSoul, funk
Length40:30
Label20th Century Records
ProducerBarry White
Barry White chronology
Is This Whatcha Wont?
(1976) 		Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
(1977) 		The Man
(1978)
Singles from Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
  1. "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"
    Released: August 16, 1977
  2. "Playing Your Game, Baby"
    Released: December 15, 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love is the self-produced seventh album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1977 on the 20th Century label.

Commercial performance[]

The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975. It also reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, his second to reach the top ten. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", which peaked at No. 1, and "Playing Your Game, Baby". "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #4. A third single, "Oh, What a Night for Dancing", reached No. 13 on the R&B chart and No. 24 on the pop chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records. The original vinyl album was released with three different covers. In addition to the beige fur with black letters cover shown above, the LP was also issued with dark brown fur and grey fur. Each of these covers had White's name and the album's title in white letters, and are harder to find than the more common light brown fur with black letters cover.

"Playing Your Game, Baby", the first track featured on the album, was remixed by British electronica group Groove Armada for their 2000 album Back to Mine: Groove Armada.[3]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Playing Your Game, Baby"Austin Johnson, Smeed Hudman7:12
2."It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"Nelson Pigford, Ekundayo Paris7:00
3."You're So Good You're Bad"Aaron Schroeder, Jerry Ragovoy6:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Never Thought I'd Fall in Love with You"Ronald Edward Coleman4:48
2."You Turned My Whole World Around"Frank Wilson, Danny Pearson7:49
3."Oh, What a Night for Dancing"Barry White, Vance Wilson3:48
4."Of All the Guys in the World"Barry White, Danny Pearson3:50

Charts[]

Chart (1977) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 8
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[4] 		US
R&B
[4] 		US
Dan
[4] 		UK
[5]
1977 "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" 4 1 5 40
"Playing Your Game, Baby" 101 8 — —
1978 "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" 24 13 — —

See also[]

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Elias, Jason. Barry White Sings for Someone You Love > review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Dean Carlson (April 4, 2000). "Back to Mine - Groove Armada | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "US Charts > Barry White". Allmusic. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "American album certifications – barry White – Barry White sings". Recording Industry Association of America.

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