All This Love (album) explained

All This Love
Type:	studio
Artist:	DeBarge
Cover:	Allthislove.jpg
Released:	July 22, 1982
Recorded:	1982
Studio:	Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios & Artisian Sound Recorders, Inc., Hollywood, California Kendun Recorders & Yamaha Research & Development Studio, Burbank, California
Length:	37:37
Label:	Gordy
Producer:	Berry Gordy (exec.) El DeBarge Iris Gordy
Prev Title:	The DeBarges
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	In a Special Way
Next Year:	1983

All This Love is the second studio album by DeBarge, released by Gordy Records on July 22, 1982.

Reception

After their first album saw limited success, this album featured productions and compositions by the DeBarge members, primarily led by singer El DeBarge, whose countertenor vocals (a mixture of tenor and falsetto) would lead the group to success throughout the mid-1980s. Due to the release of the hit singles "I Like It" reaching number two on the R&B charts and the title track "All This Love" reaching number 5 on the R&B charts and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts, the album eventually reached gold status.

Track listing

1. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (El DeBarge/James DeBarge) - 4:37
2. "Stop! Don't Tease Me" (E. DeBarge) - 6:00
3. "I Like It" (Randy DeBarge/E. DeBarge/Bunny DeBarge) - 4:40
4. "Can't Stop" (Crossley/Nolen) - 4:05
5. "All This Love" (E. DeBarge) - 5:52
6. "It's Getting Stronger" (B. DeBarge) - 4:00
7. "Life Begins with You" (B. DeBarge) - 4:48
8. "I'm in Love with You" (M. DeBarge/ Bunny DeBarge) - 3:35

Production

• Executive Producer – Berry Gordy Jr.
• Produced by Eldra DeBarge and Iris Gordy
• Co-Producers – Raymond Crossley and Curtis Anthony Nolen
• Engineers – Bobby Brooks, Milt Calice, Jane Clark, Steve MacMillan, Barney Perkins and Phillip Walters.
• Assistant Engineers – Steve Catania, Michael Craig Johnson and Kevin Sorrells.
• Mastered by John Matousek at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Johnny Lee and Terry Taylor
• Design – Terry Taylor
• Photography – Raul Vega

Personnel

DeBarge

• Bunny DeBarge – backing vocals, lead vocals (6, 7), BGV arrangements
• El DeBarge – keyboards, lead vocals (2–6, 8), backing vocals, rhythm arrangements (1–3, 5-8), horn arrangements (2), BGV arrangements
• James DeBarge – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (1), rhythm arrangements (1), BGV arrangements
• Mark DeBarge – saxophone, trumpet, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements (8), BGV arrangements
• Randy DeBarge – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (3), rhythm arrangements (3), BGV arrangements

Additional personnel

• Raymond Crossley – keyboards, arrangements (4), BGV arrangements (4)
• Russell Ferrante – keyboards, rhythm arrangements (2, 3, 6, 7)
• Charles Fearing – guitars, acoustic guitar solo (5)
• José Feliciano – acoustic guitar (5)
• Robben Ford – guitars
• Curtis Anthony Nolen – guitars, arrangements (4), BGV arrangements (4)
• Freddie Washington – bass
• Ken Wild – bass
• Ollie E. Brown – drums
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Richard Heath – percussion
• Nate Hughes – percussion
• Daniel LaMelle – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn arrangements (1–3, 6), sax solo (6)
• Jeff Clayton – baritone saxophone, flute
• Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone
• Damon Rentie – tenor saxophone
• George Bohanon – trombone
• John Ervin – trombone
• Clay Lawrey – trombone
• Ray Brown – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Cliff Ervin – trumpet
• Roy Poper – trumpet
• Nolan Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Linda Howard – BGV arrangements (1)
• Barbara Mitchell – BGV arrangements (1)
• Benjamin Wright – rhythm arrangements (1, 5, 8), horn and string arrangements (5, 7)
• Janice Gower – concertmaster (5, 7)

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
US Billboard 200^[1]	43
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[2]	6

External links

• DeBarge-All This Love at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983. Billboard. March 27, 2021.
2. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1983. Billboard. March 27, 2021.