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Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album)
1978 studio album by Gloria Gaynor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Love Tracks is the sixth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in November 1978 on Polydor Records. It reached number four on the US Billboard 200 and includes Gaynor's biggest hit and only number-one single, "I Will Survive".
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History
Love Tracks includes her million-selling number-one single "I Will Survive", which originally started out as the B-side to the album's first single, a cover of Clout's "Substitute" before it was flipped. (The 12" single was quickly deleted and the 4:56 album version was replaced with the 8:01 12" version in order to sell more albums).
The song "Anybody Wanna Party?" also became a hit, becoming a top-20 hit on the club/dance chart, as well as peaking at number 16 on the R&B chart.
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.[1]
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Critical reception
The Bay State Banner wrote that "'I Will Survive' is arresting black pop, sung with directness and conviction that reflects personal triumph... Gaynor has never sounded this confident or inspired."[7]
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted.
Personnel
Musicians
- Gloria Gaynor – vocals
- James Gadson – drums
- Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Wah Wah Watson, Robert White – guitar
- Peter Robinson, Freddie Perren – keyboards
- Eddie Watkins, Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Paulinho da Costa, Bob Zimmitti – percussion
- Peter Robinson – synthesizer
- Gene Page – conductor, strings and horns ("Spotlight", "I Said Yes" and "Goin' Out of My Head")
- Peter Robinson – conductor, strings and horns ("Anybody Wanna Party" and "Please Be There")
- Don Peake – conductor, strings and horns ("You Can Exit")
- Dave Blumberg – conductor, strings and horns ("I Will Survive" and "Substitute")
- Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
Production
- Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren – producers
- Freddie Perren – rhythm arrangements
- Benjamin Barrett – contractor
- Lewis Peters, Jack Rouben – recording and remix engineers
- Rick Clifford – assistant engineer
- Ed Biggs – mastering
- Bob Heimall – design
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Charts
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Certifications
References
External links
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