''Heaven Only Knows'' is the seventh album by R&B

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Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

. It was his final studio album for

Philadelphia International Philadelphia International Records (PIR) was an American record label based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1971 by songwriting and production duo Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff along with their longtime collaborator Thom Bell. I ...

, released just after he left the label to record for

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. It produced one single, "I Want My Baby Back," which reached #61 on the ''

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'' charts in 1984.

Critical reception

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'' noted that, "except for the gentle, eloquent 'Crazy About Your Love', these Gamble- and Huff-produced tunes are mawkish and overblown."

Track listing

#"Crazy About Your Love" (

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Kenny Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

Leon Huff Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

) #"Judge for Yourself" (

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, Cynthia Biggs) #"I Want My Baby Back" (Womack, Gamble) #"Life Is for Living" (Frank Prescott, Michael Burton, Phil Terry) #"You and Me for Right Now" (Victor Carstarphen,

Gene McFadden Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team o ...

, John Whitehead) #"Just Because You're Mine" (

, John Whitehead) #"Heaven Only Knows" (

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Casey James Casey Everett James (born May 31, 1982)"Happy Birthday, Casey James and ...

) #"Don't Ever Stop (Giving Your Love to Me)" (Gamble, Huff)

References

Teddy Pendergrass albums 1983 albums Philadelphia International Records albums Albums produced by Kenneth Gamble Albums produced by Leon Huff Albums produced by Thom Bell Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios {{1980s-R&B-album-stub