Get Loose (album)
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Get Loose is the fifth studio album from American singer Evelyn King, released by RCA Records in August 1982. It was produced by Morrie Brown with Kashif and Paul Lawrence Jones III as assistant producers.
History
The album peaked at number-one on the
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
BBC | (positive)[3] |
Robert Christgau | B−[2] |
Phyl Garland of Stereo Review complimented the sound quality, calling it "good" but was disenchanted with the album's content and felt its success was "[an] indication of the pitifully limited taste of youngsters addicted to junk music. The heavy beat, underscoring such lyrics as 'Ooh, you make my love come down,' is supposed to incite a desire to dance, but this treatment is about as exciting as an unwashed sock. Both the tunes and lyrics (if you can call them that) sound as if they were written by a computer programmed to churn out mindless cliches. She is good enough to make me almost like the better items here, Betcha She Don't Love You, Stop That, I'm Just Warmin' Up. Otherwise listening to this album is like being trapped inside one of those portable noise machines that culturally stunted kids tote through the streets. Performance: too programmed, recording: Good."[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Betcha She Don't Love You " | Kashif | 5:05 |
4. | "Get Loose" | Paul Lawrence Jones III | 4:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "Back to Love" | Kashif | 5:17 |
6. | "Stop That" | Paul Lawrence Jones III | 6:37 |
7. | "Get Up off Your Love" | Paul Lawrence Jones III, Arthur "Sonny" Moore | 4:38 |
8. | "I'm Just Warmin' Up" | Barbara Wyrick | 4:36 |
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Love Come Down" (12" Version) | 6:15 |
10. | "Get Loose" (U.S. 12" Vocal Mix) | 5:33 |
11. | "Betcha She Don't Love You" (U.S. 12" Instrumental Mix) | 6:19 |
12. | "Love Come Down" (12" Instrumental Mix) | 5:52 |
Chart performance
Chart (1982) | Peak [5] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 27 |
U.S. Billboard Top Black LPs | 1 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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1982 | "Love Come Down" | 17 | 1 | 1 |
"Betcha She Don't Love You" | 49 | 2 | — | |
1983 | "Get Loose" | — | 61 | — |
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1982 (U.S.)
References
- AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Get Loose > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ Easlea, Daryl. "Get Loose > review". BBC. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ G., P. (1983). "Reviews". Stereo Review. 48. CBS Magazines: 176.
- ^ a b c d "US Charts > Evelyn "Champagne" King". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-11.