Loleatta Holloway (album) explained

Loleatta Holloway
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Loleatta Holloway
Cover:	Loleatta holloway 1979 album.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama) Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago, Illinois) PS Recording Studios (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre:	R&B, disco
Label:	Gold Mind
Producer:	Floyd Smith, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten, Bunny Sigler
Prev Title:	Queen of the Night
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Love Sensation
Next Year:	1980

Loleatta Holloway is the fifth studio album by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1979 on the Gold Mind label.^[1]

History

The album features the single "That's What You Said", which peaked at #30 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[2] The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2014 by Big Break Records.

Critical reception

The Boston Globe wrote that "boisterous, unusual disco riffs interfere with her vocals, which are wrongfully slick, the opposite of her jubilant best."^[3]

Personnel

• Roger Hawkins, Scotty Miller, Maurice Jennings  - drums
• Anthony Willis, Raymond Earl, Bernard Reed  - bass
• Bobby Womack, T.J. Tindall, Kim Miller, John Bishop  - guitars
• Bunny Sigler, Patrick Moten, Jimmy Sigler, Dennis Richardson  - keyboards
• Larry Washington, Emanuel Williams  - congas
• Bobby Womack, Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson, The Waters, Patrick Moten  - background vocals
• The James Mack String Section, Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns, Patrick Moten and His Strings and Horns  - strings
• Muscle Shoals Horns  - horns

Charts

Singles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loleatta Holloway Biography by Ed Hogan . AllMusic . 10 January 2024.
2. Web site: US Charts > Loleatta Holloway. Billboard. 29 January 2018.
3. News: Freedberg . Mike . Records . The Boston Globe . 20 Dec 1979 . Calendar . 9.