I Am Love (album)

I Am Love

Studio album by Peabo Bryson

Released

November 1981

Recorded

1980 - 1981 77 at WEB IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Johnny Pate, Peabo Bryson

Peabo Bryson chronology

Turn the Hands of Time
(1981)

I Am Love
(1981)

Don't Play with Fire
(1982)

I Am Love is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Peabo Bryson, released in 1981 under Capitol Records. The album features singles, "There's No Guarantee" and the top ten R&B hit, "Let the Feeling Flow".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The lead single "Let the Feeling Flow", became Bryson's highest charting pop single at that time. The song reached #42 on Billboards Top Pop Singles. "I Am Love" peaked to #40 on Billboards Top Pop Albums, earning his second top 40 pop album following 1979's "Crosswinds" (at #35).

Track listing

All songs written by Peabo Bryson, "Love is on the Rise" written by Charles Bryson and Peabo Bryson.^[2]

"I Am Love" - 5:49
"Move Your Body" - 4:30
"Split Decision" - 5:17
"Impossible" - 5:49
"There's No Guarantee" - 4:30
"Love is on the Rise" - 3:52
"Let the Feeling Flow" - 4:38
"Get Ready to Cry" - 4:17
"You" - 4:37

Personnel

Dorothy Ashley: harp
Chuck Bryson: percussion, backing vocals
Peabo Bryson: lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano, rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements, BGV arrangement, string arrangements and conductor, producer, mixing
Thomas Campbell: keyboards
Tommy Cooper: assistant engineer
Daniel Dillard: trombone
Ron Dover: tenor saxophone
Terry Dukes: backing vocals
Bobby Holland: photography
Richard Horton: guitar
Thaddeus Johnson: trumpet
Roy Kohara: art direction
Mark Parrish: synthesizer
Johnny Pate: producer, mixing, string arrangements and conductor
Rik Pekkonen: engineer
Andre Robinson: drums
Ed Seay Jr.: engineer, mixing
Gerard Vinci: concertmaster
Dwight W. Watkins: bass, backing vocals
Phil Wright: string contractor
Roland Young: design

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position^[3]
US Billboard Top Pop Albums	40
US Billboard Top Soul Albums	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
Year	Single	U.S.	U.S. R&B
1981	"Let the Feeling Flow"	42	6
1981	"There's No Guarantee"	-	36

References

↑ I Am Love Album Review. Allmusic.com
↑ I Am Love - Peabo Bryson. Discogs Music
↑ Peabo Bryson Album Chart history. Billboard.com
↑ "Peabo Bryson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

External links

Peabo Bryson

Studio albums	Peabo (1976) Reaching for the Sky (1977) Crosswinds (1978) We're the Best of Friends (1979) Paradise (1980) I Am Love (1981) Born to Love (1983) Straight from the Heart (1984)

Live album	Live & More (1980) with Roberta Flack

Singles	"What You Won't Do for Love" (1979) "Let the Feeling Flow" (1981) "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (1983) "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (1984) "Without You" (1987) "Show & Tell" (1989) "Can You Stop the Rain" (1991) "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) "A Whole New World" (1992) "By the Time This Night Is Over" (1993)

Related articles	Discography

Book:Peabo Bryson

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