Goddess of Love (album)

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Goddess of Love
Hyman goddess.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 9, 1983
StudioSigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia; The Automatt, San Francisco
Genre
LabelArista
ProducerThom Bell, Narada Michael Walden
Phyllis Hyman chronology
Can't We Fall in Love Again?
(1981)
Goddess of Love
(1983)
Living All Alone
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

Goddess of Love is the sixth album by American Soul singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Arista Records in 1983 (see 1983 in music). In 2010, the album was finally released on CD. Reel Music, an imprint of the Sony Music Entertainment company, oversaw this remastered collection and included a bonus dance re-mix of "Riding The Tiger".

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Riding the Tiger"Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Dwayne Simmons6:20
2."Goddess of Love"Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, David Sancious5:51
3."Why Did You Turn Me On"Narada Michael Walden, it:Corrado Rustici, Allee Willis4:11
4."Your Move, My Heart"George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Let Somebody Love You"Alan Glass, Preston Glass4:45
6."Falling Star"Bill Neale, George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam3:47
7."We Should Be Lovers"Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons, Sherman Marshall3:56
8."Just Me and You"Thom Bell, Joseph Jefferson4:37
9."Just 25 Miles to Anywhere"Thom Bell, Joseph Jefferson2:32
Total length:40:39
CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Riding The Tiger" (Dance Version)Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Dwayne Simmons8:47
Total length:49:26

Personnel[]

  • Phyllis Hyman - vocals
  • Bill Neale, Bobby Eli, Corrado Rustici - guitar
  • Bob Babbitt, Randy Jackson - bass guitar
  • David Sancious, Narada Michael Walden, Thom Bell - keyboards
  • George Merrill - synthesizer
  • Charles Collins, Narada Michael Walden - drums
  • Ed Shea, Larry Washington, Sheila Escovedo - percussion
  • Fred Berry, Vel Selvan, Wayne Wallace - horns
  • Carla Vaughn, Debra Henry, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joseph Jefferson, Kelly Kool, Myrna Matthews, Preston Glass, Thom Bell, David Sancious, Narada Michael Walden, Renaldo Nehemiah, Ronnie Lott, The San Francisco 49er Contingency - backing vocals

References[]

  1. ^ "Goddess Of Love Phyllis Hyman". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

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