Livin' Inside Your Love

Livin' Inside Your Love is the seventeenth album by

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]
Smash Hits	4/10[4]

The Omaha World-Herald opined that the music "is not as deep as [Benson] is capable of," but "occasionally inspired."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Livin' Inside Your Love" (Earl Klugh) – 6:37
2. "Hey Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:31
3. "Nassau Day" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:14

Side B

1. "Soulful Strut" (Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders) – 5:37
2. "Prelude to Fall" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:30
3. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:47

Side C

1. "Love Ballad" (Skip Scarborough) – 5:15
2. "You're Never Too Far From Me" (George Benson) – 6:43
3. "
   Love is a Hurtin' Thing
   " (Ben Raleigh, Dave Linden) – 4:25

Side D

1. "Welcome Into My World" (George Benson) – 4:08
2. "Before You Go" (George Benson) – 6:27
3. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 6:36

Personnel

• George Benson – guitar, vocals
• Fender Rhodes
  , acoustic piano solo (9)
• Ronnie Foster – Fender Rhodes, Yamaha CS30, Minimoog, Polymoog, acoustic piano solo (3, 5), Fender Rhodes solo (10, 11), Minimoog solo (11)
• Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (2)
• Phil Upchurch – rhythm guitar
• Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar, classical guitar solo (1)
• Will Lee – bass guitar (1-4, 8, 9, 12)
• Robert Popwell – bass guitar (5, 6, 10)
• Stanley Banks – bass guitar (7, 11)
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion
• Mike Mainieri – orchestrations and conductor (1, 5, 7), vibraphone (5)
• Claus Ogerman – orchestrations and conductor (2–4, 6, 8-12)

Production

• Producer – Tommy LiPuma
• Recorded and Mixed by Al Schmitt
• Assistant Engineers – Don Henderson and Michael O'Reilly
• Rhythm section recorded at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
• Strings recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio (New York, NY) and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Production Coordination – Jill Harris and Christine Martin
• Music Contractors – Frank DeCaro and Christine Martin
• Art Direction – John Cabalka
• Design – Brad Kanawyer
• Photography – Tom Bert
• Direction – Ken Fritz, Dennis Turner and Connie Pappas.

References