Love Sensation (album)

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Love Sensation
Love sensation album.jpg
Studio album by
Loleatta Holloway
Released1980
RecordedSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The Schoolhouse
(New York City, New York)
Blank Tape Studios
(New York City, New York)
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
(Sheffield, Alabama)
Universal Recording Studio
(Chicago, Illinois)
GenreR&B, disco
LabelGold Mind
ProducerDan Hartman, Norman Harris, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten, Floyd Smith, Ron Tyson
Loleatta Holloway chronology
Loleatta Holloway
(1979) 		Love Sensation
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

Love Sensation is the sixth and final studio album recorded by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1980 on the Gold Mind label.

History[]

The album features the title track, which peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] The second single release, a cover of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long", failed to chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Sensation"Dan Hartman6:15
2."Long Hard Climb to Love"Michael Berardi, Richard Berardi4:37
3."Short End of the Stick"Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack3:12
4."I've Been Loving You Too Long"Otis Redding, Jerry Butler4:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Two Became a Crowd"Gene Allan, Gary Knight5:23
6."Dance What 'Cha Wanna"Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack5:10
7."My Way"Bobby Womack, Noel Resnick5:30
8."I'll Be Standing There"Norman Harris, Ron Tyson4:50
2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Love Sensation" (Tom Moulton 12" Mix)6:31
10."Love Sensation" (Shep Pettibone 12" Mix)7:43
11."Love Sensation" (Tom Moulton Long Remix)8:35
12."Love Sensation" (Short Version)3:52

Personnel[]

  • Keith Benson, Brian Brake, Roger Hawkins, Steve Gadd – drums
  • Jimmy Williams, Dan Hartman, Anthony Willis, Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Norman Harris, T.J. Tindall, Phil Houghton, Bobby Womack, Eric Gale – guitars
  • Cotton Kent, Eugene Curry, Dan Hartman, Patrick Moten, Richard Tee – keyboards
  • Dan Hartman – percussion
  • Larry Washington, David Cruse, Ron Tyson – congas
  • Jimmy Maelen – timbales
  • Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Dan Hartman, Blanche Napoleon, Bobby Womack, The Waters, Patrick Moten, Madeline Strickland – background vocals
  • Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns, Patrick Moten and His Strings and Horns – strings
  • Muscle Shoals Horns – horns

Charts[]

Singles
Year Single Peak
US
Dan
[2]
1980 "Love Sensation" 1

References[]

  1. ^ Love Sensation review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "US Charts > Loleatta Holloway". Billboard. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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