''Love Tracks'' is the sixth studio album by
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor ( née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), " Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), " I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" ( ...
, released in November 1978 on
Polydor Records.
History
''Love Tracks'' includes her million-selling #1 hit single "
I Will Survive" which originally started out as the b-side to the album's first single, a cover of
Clout's "
Substitute" before it was flipped. (The 12" single was quickly deleted and the 4:56 album version was replaced with the 8:01 12" version in order to sell more albums).
The song "Anybody Wanna Party" also became a hit, becoming a top 20 hit on the club/dance chart, as well as peaking at #16 on the R&B chart.
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by
Big Break Records.
BBR Records - CD re-issue of ''Love Tracks'' from 2013
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Track listing
Personnel
*Gloria Gaynor – vocals
* James Gadson – drums
*Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Wah Wah Watson
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Career
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, Robert White – guitar
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, Freddie Perren – keyboards
*Eddie Watkins, Scott Edwards – bass guitar
* Paulinho da Costa, Bob Zimmitti – percussion
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* Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1873–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film ''Freaks'' (1932)
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– synthesizer
* Gene Page – conductor, strings and horns ("Spotlight", "I Said Yes" and "Goin' Out of My Head")
*Peter Robinson – conductor, strings and horns ("Anybody Wanna Party" and "Please Be There")
*Don Peake – conductor, strings and horns ("You Can Exit")
*Dave Blumberg – conductor, strings and horns ("I Will Survive" and "Substitute")
*Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
Production
*Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren – producers
*Freddie Perren – rhythm arrangements
*Benjamin Barrett – contractor
*Lewis Peters, Jack Rouben – recording and remix engineers
*Rick Clifford – assistant engineer
*Ed Biggs – mastering
*Bob Heimall – design
Charts
Certifications
References
External links
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1978 albums
Gloria Gaynor albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page
Albums produced by Freddie Perren
Polydor Records albums