Just Be My Lady

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Just Be My Lady
Studio album by
Larry Graham
Released1981
GenreR&B, funk
LabelWarner Records[1]
ProducerLarry Graham
Larry Graham chronology
One in a Million You
(1980) 		Just Be My Lady
(1981) 		Sooner or Later
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

Just Be My Lady is an album by the American R&B and funk musician Larry Graham, released in 1981.[4][5] Graham re-recorded the title track for his 1998 album, GCS 2000.[6]

The album peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200.[7] It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Top Black Albums chart.[8]

Production[]

Graham continued to move away from funk music, putting more emphasis on his R&B ballads.[9] He produced the album, and played almost all of the instruments.[10] "Guess Who" is a cover of the Jesse Belvin song.[11]

Critical reception[]

The Washington Informer thought that "Graham has established himself as a vocal personality that rivals, perhaps overshadows, his instrumental personality—one drips with tenderness while the other booms furiously."[12] Stereo Review called the album "a set of slow ballads oozed out in Lou Rawls-like low gear."[11]

AllMusic wrote that "some selections are shaded with Graham's doo wop and gospel influence, and all have much appeal."[2] Dave Marsh, in The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, dismissed Graham as "one of those lugubriously philosophizing soul crooners."[3]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Just Be My Lady" 
2."Loving You is Beautiful" 
3."Guess Who" 
4."Our Love Keeps Growing Strong" 
5."Can't Nobody Take Your Place" 
6."No Place Like Home" 
7."Baby, You are My Sunshine" 
8."I Just Love You" 
9."Feels Like Love" 
10."Remember When" 

References[]

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 849.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ a b "Just Be My Lady - Larry Graham | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 203.
  4. ^ "Larry Graham | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Gregory, Hugh (1995). Soul Music A-Z. Da Capo Press. p. 123.
  6. ^ Jones, Steve (2 Feb 1999). "R&B: Graham Central Station, GCS2000". USA Today. p. 4D.
  7. ^ "Larry Graham". Billboard.
  8. ^ Thompson, Dave (August 14, 2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. ISBN 9780879306298 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Balladeering Graham Thanks Fans with Contest". Jet. 60 (22): 18. Aug 13, 1981.
  10. ^ The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside Books. 1995. pp. 410–411.
  11. ^ a b Albertston, Chris (December 1981). "Larry Graham: Just Be My Lady". Stereo Review. 46 (12): 85–86.
  12. ^ Brower, W. A. (Oct 12, 1983). "REVIEW: Graham At His Best". The Washington Informer. No. 51. p. 14.
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