Flame (Ronnie Laws album) explained

Flame
Type:Album
Artist:Ronnie Laws
Cover:File:Ronnie Laws- Flame.jpg
Released:September 1978
Studio:Indigo Ranch
Genre:Jazz
Length:39:06
Label:United Artists
Producer:Ronnie Laws
Chronology:Ronnie Laws
Prev Title:Friends & Strangers
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Every Generation
Next Year:1980

Flame is the fourth studio album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws, released in September 1978 by United Artists Records.[1] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]

Overview

Flame was executively produced by Wayne Henderson.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that Laws "seems to be drifting down that MOR/jazz path that Chuck Mangione is forging."[3]

Covers

Sylvia St. James recorded a vocal version of "Grace", with lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman, on her 1981 studio album Echoes & Images

Yves Tumor samples the Sylvia St. James version of "Grace", in his 2018 single Noid.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Ronnie Laws: Flame. September 1978. United Artists Records.
  2. Web site: Ronnie Laws: Flame (Top Soul Albums). billboard.com.
  3. News: Hunt . Dennis . Ronnie Laws: 'No Complaints' . Los Angeles Times . 16 Dec 1978 . II.7.
  4. Web site: Erickson . Steve . 2020-04-03 . Yves Tumor's Latest Outstrips Past Successes – Gay City News . 2022-12-12 . gaycitynews.com . en-US.