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Album: About Love
# Song Title   Time
1)    Landlord
2)    Taste of Bitter Love
3)    Still Such a Thing
4)    Get the Love
5)    Add It Up
6)    Bourgie', Bourgie'
7)    Friendly Persuasion
8)    We Need Hearts
9)    Landlord [Single Version]
10)    Taste of Bitter Love [Single Version]
11)    Bourgie', Bourgie' [Single Version]
 

Album: About Love
# Song Title   Time
1)    Landlord
2)    Taste of Bitter Love
3)    Still Such a Thing
4)    Get the Love
5)    Add It Up
6)    Bourgie', Bourgie'
7)    Friendly Persuasion
8)    We Need Hearts
9)    Landlord [Single Version]
10)    Taste of Bitter Love [Single Version]
11)    Bourgie', Bourgie' [Single Version]
 
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  • Personnel: Gladys Knight (vocals); Gene Orloff (strings); Eddie Daniels (alto saxophone); George Young , Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Howard Johnson , Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Lou Soloff, Jon Faddis (trumpet); Brooks Tillotson, Donald Coradda, John Clark , Peter Gordon (French horn); Sephra Herman (horns); The Pips (background vocals).
  • Audio Mixers: Jimmy Simpson; Mike Hutchinson.
  • Liner Note Author: David Nathan .
  • Recording information: A&M Recording Studio, CA; Sigma Sound Studio, New York.
  • In 1977, 1978, and 1979, Gladys Knight & the Pips put a lot of effort into recording separately. Minus Knight, the Pips recorded two LPs as a trio (1977's At Last The Pips and 1978's Callin', both on Casablanca), while Knight provided her first two solo albums (1978's Miss Gladys Knight on Buddah/Arista and 1979's Gladys Knight on Columbia). But by 1980, the group itself was their top priority again. The R&B department at Columbia had very high hopes for this album, and they weren't disappointed. Both creatively and commercially, About Love was Gladys Knight & the Pips' most successful album since 1974's I Feel a Song. The people they can thank for the album's excellence are the husband and wife team of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote and produced all of the material. The ballad "Landlord" soared to number three on Billboard's R&B singles charts, and the uptempo dance items "Bourgie, Bourgie" (originally recorded by Ashford & Simpson as an instrumental) and "Taste of Bitter Love" also became hits. Meanwhile, About Love also contains its share of gems that weren't released as singles, including the dramatic "Add It Up" and the smooth "Friendly Persuasion." This impressively consistent LP indicated that Gladys Knight & the Pips still had a lot of life left in them as a group, and sure enough, they stayed together for another ten years before parting company for good in 1990. ~ Alex Henderson
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