| The Man | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Barry White |
| Cover: | barrywhiteman.jpg |
| Released: | October 1978[1] |
| Recorded: | June – August 1978 |
| Genre: | Soul, funk, disco |
| Length: | 46:19 |
| Label: | 20th Century-Fox Records |
| Producer: | Barry White |
| Prev Title: | Barry White Sings for Someone You Love |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | The Message Is Love |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
The Man is the self-produced eighth album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1978 on the revived 20th Century-Fox Records label, which saw its name reverted from 20th Century.
The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at number 36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" reached number 2 on the R&B chart and number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, while White's cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" reached number 45 on the R&B chart and peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. A third single, "Sha La La Means I Love You", peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart. A cover version of "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" (with the shortened title "It's Only Love") would be a hit for British band Simply Red in 1989. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996, by Mercury Records.
| Peak position | |
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 97 |
|---|---|
| Position | ||
| US Billboard 200[3] | 99 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] | 6 |
| Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] | US R&B [6] | US Dan [7] | UK [8] | |||
| 1978 | "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" | 60 | 2 | 16 | — | |
| "Just the Way You Are" | 102 | 45 | — | 12 | ||
| 1979 | "Sha La La Means I Love You" | — | — | — | 55 | |