Sharing Your Love

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Sharing Your Love
Sharing your love change album.jpg
Studio album by
Change
ReleasedApril 1982
RecordedMedia Sound Studios, NY
Sterling Sound, NY
GenreContemporary R&B
Post-disco
Length50:53
LabelAtlantic, RFC Records, London Records, Polydor
ProducerJacques Fred Petrus, Mauro Malavasi
Change chronology
Miracles
(1981) 		Sharing Your Love
(1982) 		This Is Your Time
(1983)
Singles from Sharing Your Love
  1. "The Very Best in You" b/w "You're My Girl"
    Released: April 1982[1]
  2. "Keep On It"
    Released: 12 May 1982[2]
  3. "Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)" b/w "Take You To Heaven"
    Released: June 1982[3]
  4. "Oh What a Night" b/w "The Very Best in You"
    Released: 1982[4]
  5. "Sharing Your Love" b/w "Promise Your Love"
    Released: 1982[5]

Sharing Your Love is the third studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1982 and reached number sixty-six on the US Billboard Album Chart[6] and fourteen on the US Billboard Black Albums chart.[6] Sharing Your Love includes the singles "The Very Best in You", "Oh What a Night", "Sharing Your Love", "Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)" and "Keep On It" (in Italy only).

The band recorded the songs for album at Media Sound Studios, New York City. The sessions were then mastered at Sterling Sound Studios. Receiving mixed to positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP in April 1982. The artwork was designed by Greg Porto.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[7]

Sharing Your Love received mixed to positive reviews by the majority of critics.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Very Best In You"Herb Smith, Mauro Malavasi5:42
2."Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)"Mauro Malavasi, Davide Romani, Alfonso Thornton, Fred Petrus5:21
3."Oh What a Night"Robert Gaudio, Judy M. Parker5:26
4."Promise Your Love"Mauro Malavasi, Alfonso Thornton4:28
5."Everything and More"Len Boone, Larry Lafalce4:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Sharing Your Love"James Robinson6:03
7."Take You To Heaven"Davide Romani, Johnny Kemp5:26
8."Keep On It"Kae Williams5:38
9."You're My Number 1"Leroy Burgess, Sonny Davenport, James Calloway4:21
10."You're My Girl"Mauro Malavasi, Davide Romani, Alfonso Thornton4:07

Personnel[]

  • Jacques Fred Petrus - Producer
  • Mauro Malavasi - Producer
  • Jack Skinner - Engineering

Recorded at Media Sound Studios, NY. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.

Change is
  • James (Crab) Robinson - Lead Vocals
  • Deborah Cooper - Lead Vocals
  • Timmy Allen - Bass
  • Mike Campbell - Guitar
  • Vincent Henry - Guitar, Saxophone
  • Jeff Bova - Keyboards
  • Rick Galwey - Percussion

Charts[]

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[6] 66
U.S. Billboard Black Albums[6] 14

References[]

  1. ^ "45cat - Change - The Very Best In You / You're My Girl - Atlantic - USA - 4027". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  2. ^ "Change - Keep On It (Vinyl) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  3. ^ "45cat - Change - Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright) / Take You To Heaven - Atlantic - USA - 4063". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  4. ^ "45cat - Change - Oh What A Night (December 1963) / The Very Best In You - London - Netherlands - 6198 588". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  5. ^ "Change - Sharing Your Love (Vinyl) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Change US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  7. ^ Allmusic review
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