| Love Is the Message | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | MFSB |
| Cover: | MFSBLoveisthemessage.jpg |
| Released: | 1973 |
| Recorded: | 1973 |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Length: | 35:06 |
| Label: | PIR |
| Producer: | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Vince Montana, Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith |
| Prev Title: | MFSB |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Universal Love |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Love Is the Message is the second album by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB. The album includes the number one pop, R&B, and adult contemporary hit and winner of the 1974 Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)". The song was the theme song for the television show Soul Train.
In the transition period between disco and the up-and-coming hip hop movement, the title track became a staple at house and block party events in the summers of 1978 and 1979. That track later became the basis for the last Salsoul Orchestra single "Ohh, I Love It (Love Break)", released in 1983.
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 55 |
| Canada (RPM)[2] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs[3] | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Jazz LPs | 4 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US A/C | ||
| 1974 | "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Love Is the Message" | 85 | 42 | - | |