| Let There Be Love! | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Shirley Murdock |
| Cover: | Let There Be Love!.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Studio: | Troutman Sound Labs |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Label: | Elektra[1] |
| Producer: | Roger Troutman |
| Prev Title: | A Woman's Point of View |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | The Very Best of Shirley Murdock |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Let There Be Love! is an album by the American R&B singer Shirley Murdock, released in 1991.[2] [3]
The album's first track, "In Your Eyes", was a top 10 R&B hit.[4]
The album was produced by Roger Troutman, with assistance from Murdock and Dale DeGroat.[5] Murdock cowrote a few songs, including "Let There Be Love" and "In Your Eyes".[6] Let There Be Love! was recorded at Troutman Sound Labs, in Dayton, Ohio.[7]
Billboard called the album a "shimmering set of lush ballads and rousing dance/funk tunes."[5] The Washington Post considered "We Should Be Together" to be the album's best song, deeming it "a funky, scat-filled jazz tune complete with plunger-mute horn riffs."[8] The Boston Globe opined that Murdock "is one of those under-publicized and underrated singers, raised on gospel, whose power on more secular offerings is a bit too jolting for the average consumer."[9]
The Dayton Daily News thought the album to be "solidly written and produced," praising the "heavy house-music influence" of the title track.[10] USA Today described it as "an adult-oriented collection of lovely ballads and a few discreetly funky dance numbers that generally serve to emphasize her prowess with the slow songs."[11]
AllMusic wrote that "while Let There Be Love! isn't the soul extravaganza Murdock is quite capable of delivering, R&B/pop ballads and slow jams like 'The Last Hurrah', 'Say It, Mean It' and the Anita Baker-ish 'Anywhere' aren't anything to be embarrassed by either." MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide thought that Murdock "leaves the soap opera topics behind this time and crafts a work that fully meshes the best aspects of her gospel and secular influences."