I Am Love (album)

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I Am Love
Studio album by Peabo Bryson
Released November 1981
Recorded 1980 - 1981 77 at WEB IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genre Soul Funk
Label Capitol Records
Producer Johnny Pate, Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson chronology
Turn the Hands of Time
(1981)Turn the Hands of Time1981
I Am Love
(1981)
Don't Play with Fire
(1982)Don't Play with Fire1982

I Am Love is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Peabo Bryson, released in 1981 under Capitol Records. The album features singles, "There's No Guarantee" and the top ten R&B hit, "Let the Feeling Flow".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

The lead single "Let the Feeling Flow", became Bryson's highest charting pop single at that time. The song reached #42 on Billboards Top Pop Singles. "I Am Love" peaked to #40 on Billboards Top Pop Albums, earning his second top 40 pop album following 1979's "Crosswinds" (at #35).

Track listing

  • All songs written by Peabo Bryson, "Love is on the Rise" written by Charles Bryson and Peabo Bryson.[2]
  1. "I Am Love" - 5:49
  2. "Move Your Body" - 4:30
  3. "Split Decision" - 5:17
  4. "Impossible" - 5:49
  5. "There's No Guarantee" - 4:30
  6. "Love is on the Rise" - 3:52
  7. "Let the Feeling Flow" - 4:38
  8. "Get Ready to Cry" - 4:17
  9. "You" - 4:37

Personnel

  • Dorothy Ashley: harp
  • Chuck Bryson: percussion, backing vocals
  • Peabo Bryson: lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano, rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements, BGV arrangement, string arrangements and conductor, producer, mixing
  • Thomas Campbell: keyboards
  • Tommy Cooper: assistant engineer
  • Daniel Dillard: trombone
  • Ron Dover: tenor saxophone
  • Terry Dukes: backing vocals
  • Bobby Holland: photography
  • Richard Horton: guitar
  • Thaddeus Johnson: trumpet
  • Roy Kohara: art direction
  • Mark Parrish: synthesizer
  • Johnny Pate: producer, mixing, string arrangements and conductor
  • Rik Pekkonen: engineer
  • Andre Robinson: drums
  • Ed Seay Jr.: engineer, mixing
  • Gerard Vinci: concertmaster
  • Dwight W. Watkins: bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Wright: string contractor
  • Roland Young: design

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position[3]
US Billboard Top Pop Albums 40
US Billboard Top Soul Albums 6

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
U.S. U.S.
R&B
1981 "Let the Feeling Flow" 42 6
"There's No Guarantee" - 36

References

  1. I Am Love Album Review. Allmusic.com
  2. I Am Love - Peabo Bryson. Discogs Music
  3. Peabo Bryson Album Chart history. Billboard.com
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