''Time for Love'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American singer
Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony Jackson (born October 2, 1956) is an American singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his well–known R&B/soul hits are ...
. It was released by
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
on August 3, 1992 in the United States. The album includes the singles "
Me and Mrs. Jones", "Can We Try" and the album's opener "I Could Use a Little Love Right Now". ''Time for Love'' by Jackson served as his last album with the label.
Critical reception
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
editor Alex Henderson called ''Time for Love'' "a satisfying effort that isn't much different from his previous Capitol releases. The New Yorker obviously knew what his strengths were – smooth soul/urban contemporary music and romantic ballads – and once again, the singer succeeds by zeroing in on them
.Though it falls short of the excellence of ''
Rock Me Tonight
''Rock Me Tonight'' is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Ro ...
'' and ''
Just Like the First Time
''Just Like the First Time'' is the second studio album by American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released in November 1986, the album had one of the longest record runs at number one on the U.S. R&B Albums chart, as it spent 26 weeks at the t ...
'', this CD was a welcome addition to his catalog."
Track listing
Personnel and credits
Musicians
* Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-10)
* Barry J. Eastmond – keyboards (1, 2, 7, 8, 9), bass (1), drum programming (1, 2, 7, 8, 9), arrangements (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
* Gene Lennon – keyboards (3), drum programming (3), drums (4)
* Joshua Thompson – keyboards (3), drum programming (3), drums (4)
* Kenni Hairston – keyboards (4, 10), arrangements (4, 10), drums (4), programming (10)
* Kiyamma Griffin – keyboards (5), drums (5)
* Joey Moskowitz – programming (10)
* Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitar (1)
* Ira Siegel – guitar (2)
*
Najee
Jerome Najee Rasheed (born November 4, 1957, New York City), known professionally as Najee, is an American Jazz-Smooth Jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Early life
Najee was born in the lower west side of Manhattan in New York City and lived his te ...
– saxophone (6), lead vocals (6)
* Vincent Henry – saxophone (10)
* Andre Ward – saxophone (10)
* Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 8, 10)
* Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 7)
* Derrick Culler – backing vocals (3)
* Hunter Hayes – backing vocals (3)
* Janice Dempsey – backing vocals (5)
* Russell Patterson – backing vocals (5)
* Jerry Barnes – backing vocals (6)
* Katreese Barnes – backing vocals (6)
* Rachele Cappelli – backing vocals (6)
* Reggie Griffin – backing vocals (6)
*
Will Downing
Wilfred "Will" Downing (born November 29, 1963) is an American singer and songwriter. He is married to singer Audrey Wheeler, who was a member of the R&B group Unlimited Touch.
Biography
Downing enrolled in Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, ...
– backing vocals (9)
*
James D-Train Williams
James Nelson Williams (born 1962), known by the stage name D Train, is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1980s with the release of his first album “ You're the One for Me” (wor ...
– backing vocals (9)
*
D'Atra Hicks
D'Atra Hicks (born Deitra Cherelle Hicks; December 27, 1967) is an American actress and singer. Hicks is best known for her role as Jackie Simmons in Tyler Perry's 2002 stage play ''Madea's Family Reunion''. Hicks has also performed as Nurse Tru ...
– lead vocals (11)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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Discogs
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1992 albums
Freddie Jackson albums
Capitol Records albums