Bloodline (LeVert album) explained

Bloodline
Type:	Studio
Artist:	LeVert
Cover:	Bloodline (LeVert album).jpg
Released:	August 12, 1986
Recorded:	1986
Studio:	Dawnbreaker Studios (Los Angeles, California) Sigma Sound, Sound Palace and Unique Recording Studios (New York City, New York) Palace Recording Studios and Kapperhead Productions, Inc. (Canton, Ohio)
Genre:	R&B
Length:	42:22
Label:	Atlantic Records
Producer:	Keg Johnson & Wilmer Raglin James Mtume Eddie Levert, Gerald LeVert & Marc Gordon
Prev Title:	I Get Hot
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Big Throwdown
Next Year:	1987

Bloodline is the second album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1986.^[1] It was their first album for Atlantic Records.

The album reached number eight on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "this trio is fully committed to melody and feeling, making for an effective update of the sweet sounds associated with the street harmonizing the O'Jays themselves started with more than 25 years ago."^[2]

Track listing

1. "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) - 5:54
2. "Fascination" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon, James Mtume) - 4:29
3. "Pose" (Wilmer Raglin, Jr., William F. Zimmermann) - 6:12
4. "I Start You Up, You Turn Me On" (James Mtume) - 4:31
5. "Kiss and Make Up" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) - 4:45
6. "Let's Go Out Tonight" (Gerald LeVert) - 5:17
7. "Grip" (Gerald LeVert) - 5:57
8. "Looking for Love" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) - 5:17

Personnel

LeVert

• Gerald LeVert – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements (1, 7, 8), keyboards (5, 6)
• Sean LeVert – percussion (5, 6)
• Marc Gordon – keyboards (1, 2, 4-6), backing vocals (2, 4), arrangements (8)

Additional Personnel

• Ramsey Embick – keyboards (1)
• William Zimmerman – keyboards (1, 3), arrangements (3)
• James Mtume – keyboards (2, 4), backing vocals (2, 4)
• Dennis Williams – keyboard programming (5, 6), arrangements (5, 6)
• David T. Walker – guitars (1, 3)
• Ed Moore – guitars (2, 4)
• Craig Cooper – guitars (3, 7, 8), keyboards (7, 8)
• Robert Cunningham – guitars (5, 6)
• Mike Ferguson – bass (5, 6)
• Ricky Brown – electric bass (8)
• Ken Johnson – arrangements (1, 7)
• Wilmer Raglin – arrangements (1, 7)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 7, 8)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (2, 4)
• Tyrone Brunson – backing vocals (2, 4)
• Philip Field – backing vocals (2, 4)

Production

• Ken Johnson – producer (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Wilmer Raglin – producer (1, 3, 7, 8)
• James Mtume – producer (2, 4)
• Eddie Levert – producer (5, 6)
• Marc Gordon – producer (5, 6)
• Gerald Levert – producer (5, 6)
• Gary Dobbins – engineer (1, 3, 7, 8)
• James Dougherty – engineer (2, 4)
• Shameek "The Mix" Gonsalves – engineer (5, 6)
• Dennis King – mastering at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY)
• Harry J. Coombs – management

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[3]	192
Billboard Top Soul Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
		US R&B
1986	"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind"	1
	"Let's Go Out Tonight"	14
1987	"Fascination"	26

Notes and References

1. Web site: LeVert | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. News: Hochman . Steve . LEVERT: SOUL HEIRS . Los Angeles Times . 19 Oct 1986 . Calendar . 68.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4748/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} LeVert US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-29.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4748/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} LeVert US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-29.