Love Storm is the fifth studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1977 on the Capitol label.[2]

Love Storm
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1977
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
United Western Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul, disco
Length35:44
LabelCapitol
ProducerFreddie Perren
Tavares chronology
Sky High!
(1976)
Love Storm
(1977)
Future Bound
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[2]

Commercial performance

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The album peaked at No. 15 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 59 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Whodunit", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Goodnight My Love", which reached No. 14 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Keni St. Lewis and Freddie Perren, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whodunit" 3:35
2."Keep in Touch" 3:47
3."I Wanna See You Soon" 3:49
4."Fool of the Year"Feliciano Tavares, Keni St. Lewis3:20
5."Watchin' the Woman's Movement" 4:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."One Step Away" 4:14
7."Out of the Picture" 3:38
8."The Going Ups & The Coming Downs"Jim Weatherly3:41
9."Goodnight My Love"George Motola, John Marascalco5:37

Personnel

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Charts

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Album

Chart (1975) Peaks
[3]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 99
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 59
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 15

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
1977 "Whodunit" 22 1
"Goodnight My Love" 14

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Love Storm review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 326.
  3. ^ a b c "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 305. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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