Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album) explained

Love Tracks
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gloria Gaynor
Cover:	Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album) (fair use).jpg
Recorded:	1978
Genre:	Disco, dance
Length:	42:15
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Dino Fekaris
Prev Title:	Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	I Have a Right
Next Year:	1979

Love Tracks is the sixth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in November 1978 on Polydor Records. It reached number four on the US Billboard 200 and includes Gaynor's biggest hit and only number-one single, "I Will Survive".

History

Love Tracks includes her million-selling number-one single "I Will Survive", which originally started out as the B-side to the album's first single, a cover of Clout's "Substitute" before it was flipped. (The 12" single was quickly deleted and the 4:56 album version was replaced with the 8:01 12" version in order to sell more albums).

The song "Anybody Wanna Party?" also became a hit, becoming a top-20 hit on the club/dance chart, as well as peaking at number 16 on the R&B chart.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.^[1]

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner wrote that "'I Will Survive' is arresting black pop, sung with directness and conviction that reflects personal triumph... Gaynor has never sounded this confident or inspired."^[2]

Personnel

Musicians

Gloria Gaynor – vocals
James Gadson – drums
Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Wah Wah Watson, Robert White – guitar
Peter Robinson, Freddie Perren – keyboards
Eddie Watkins, Scott Edwards – bass guitar
Paulinho da Costa, Bob Zimmitti – percussion
Peter Robinson – synthesizer
Gene Page – conductor, strings and horns ("Spotlight", "I Said Yes" and "Goin' Out of My Head")
Peter Robinson – conductor, strings and horns ("Anybody Wanna Party" and "Please Be There")
Don Peake – conductor, strings and horns ("You Can Exit")
Dave Blumberg – conductor, strings and horns ("I Will Survive" and "Substitute")
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals

Production

Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren – producers
Freddie Perren – rhythm arrangements
Benjamin Barrett – contractor
Lewis Peters, Jack Rouben – recording and remix engineers
Rick Clifford – assistant engineer
Ed Biggs – mastering
Bob Heimall – design

Charts

Chart (1979)! scope="col"
Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	15
US Billboard 200^[4]	4
US Top 75 Soul Albums (Billboard)^[5]	4

Notes and References

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/love-tracks/ BBR Records - CD re-issue of Love Tracks from 2013
News: Lane . George . Shades of Blue . Bay State Banner . 27 . 12 Apr 1979 . 16.
[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]
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