Make Love to the Music explained

Make Love to the Music
Type:studio album
Artist:Leon & Mary Russell
Cover:Leon_and_mary_russell_make_love_to_the_music.jpg
Released:1977
Studio:Paradise Studios, Tia Juana, Oklahoma
Length:33:36
Label:Paradise
Producer:Leon Russell
Prev Title:Wedding Album
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Americana
Next Year:1978

Make Love to the Music is an album by Leon & Mary Russell, released in 1977 by Paradise Records.[1] [2] There were two CD re-releases one in 2007 by Wounded Bird Records and a second in 2012 by AIS Records.[3]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that Mary "is a convincing individual singer, but her soulful wailings have yet to mix naturally with her husband's own brand of rambling boogie fever."[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Leon Russell; except where indicated
Side 1

1. "Easy Love" – 3:58

2. "Joyful Noise" – 3:38

3. "Now Now Boogie" (Gary Ogan, Russell) – 2:55

4. "Say You Will" (Ogan, Russell) – 3:38

5. "Make Love to the Music" – 3:54

Side 2

6. "Love Crazy" – 2:58

7. "Love is in Your Eyes" – 2:49

8. "Hold On to This Feeling" – 3:51

9. "Island in the Sun" – 5:55

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Evans . Rush . Leon Russell . Goldmine . Spring 2011 . 37 . 5 . 48–51.
  2. Book: Country Music: The Encyclopedia . 2000 . St. Martin's Press . 424.
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-love-to-the-music-mw0000489942 allmusic.com, Make Love to the Music
  4. News: Barackman . Michael . 'Make Love to the Music' . Los Angeles Times . Jun 26, 1977 . Calendar . 88.