Billy Ocean (album) explained

Billy Ocean
Type:studio
Artist:Billy Ocean
Cover:BillyOceanAlbum1976.JPG
Released:1976
Recorded:1975
Genre:R&B, disco, soul
Length:33:54
Label:GTO, Epic
Producer:Ben Findon
Next Title:City Limit
Next Year:1979

Billy Ocean is the debut studio album by the British recording artist Billy Ocean, released in 1976 by GTO Records.[1] [2] It includes the hit singles "Love Really Hurts Without You", "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)" and "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)". According to session drummer Paul Robinson, basic tracking was completed over one day.[3] All three songs appeared in the UK Singles Chart in 1976.[4] [5]

Critical reception

Dave Thompson, in Reggae & Caribbean Music, wrote that the album "placed Ocean firmly in a disco-funk-lite vein."[6] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide called the album's single, "Love Really Hurts Without You," "trite radio fodder."[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ben Findon and Leslie Charles; except where indicated

  1. "Tell Him to Move Over" (3:26)
  2. "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers) (3:56)
  3. "Let's Put Our Emotions in Motion" (3:09)
  4. "Let's Do it All Again" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers) (3:40)
  5. "Love Really Hurts Without You" (3:02)
  6. "Whose Little Girl are You?" (2:56)
  7. "Soul Rock" (Charles, Bob Puzey) (2:38)
  8. "One Kiss Away" (2:53)
  9. "Hungry for Love" (2:54)
  10. "Eye of a Storm" (Findon, Geoff Wilkins) (2:38)
  11. "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)" (2:42)

Personnel

[8]

Arranged by Ben Findon, Billy Ocean and Graham Preskett

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billy Ocean/City Limit - Record Collector Magazine. recordcollectormag.com.
  2. Web site: Billy Ocean grinded on the U.K. circuit for well over a decade. July 1, 2013.
  3. Mike Dolbear Interview with Paul Robinson. April 8, 2017. July 23, 2023.
  4. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 402. 1-904994-10-5.
  5. Web site: BILLY OCEAN.. Lynn Van. Matre. chicagotribune.com.
  6. Book: Thompson, Dave. Reggae & Caribbean Music. July 29, 2002. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306557. Google Books.
  7. Book: The New Rolling Stone Record Guide . 1983 . Random House . 366.
  8. Mike Dolbear Interview with Paul Robinson. April 8, 2017. July 23, 2023.

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