Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album)

Love Tracks
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	November 27, 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco
Length	42:15
Label	Polydor
Producer	Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound (1977) Love Tracks (1978) I Have a Right (1979)

Love Tracks is the sixth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1978. It 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 4:26 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.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+[3]
Smash Hits	4/10[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spotlight"	8:02
2.	"Anybody Wanna Party?"	5:14
3.	"Please, Be There" (Dino Fekaris, David Van De Pitte)	4:30
4.	"Goin' Out of My Head" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein)	3:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"I Will Survive"	4:53
6.	"You Can Exit"	5:16
7.	"I Said Yes"	3:59
8.	"Substitute" (W.H. Wilson)	3:15

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"I Will Survive" (12" Disco Version)	8:02
10.	"Anybody Wanna Party?" (12" Disco Version)	7:41
11.	"Substitute" (12" Disco Version)	8:29
12.	"Yo Viviré" (I Will Survive - Spanish 12" Disco Version)	7:53
13.	"I Will Survive" (A Tom Moulton Mix)	10:32

Production

• Produced by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren
• Recorded, engineered and mixed by Jack Rouben and Lewis Peters
• Assistant engineer: Rick Clifford
• Mastered by Ed Biggs

Personnel

• Drums: James Gadson
• Percussion: Bob Zimmitti, Paulinho Da Costa
• Bass guitar: Eddie Watkins, Scott Edwards
• Keyboards: Freddie Perren, Peter Robinson
• Guitars: Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Robert White
• Strings and horns (tracks 1, 4, 7): arranged and conducted by Gene Page
• Strings and horns (tracks 2, 3): arranged and conducted by Peter Robinson
• Strings and horns (tracks 5, 8): arranged and conducted by Dave Blumberg
• Strings and horns (track 6): arranged and conducted by Don Peake
• Backing vocals: Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill

Commercial performance stats

Chart positions

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5]	15
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[6]	34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	34
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	31
US Billboard 200[11]	4
US Top 75 Soul Albums (Billboard)[12]	4

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum

References

1. BBR Records - CD re-issue of Love Tracks from 2013
2. Henderson, Alex. Love Tracks review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Love Tracks review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
4. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (March 22 - April 4, 1979): 31.
5. Billboard. June 9, 1979. p. 95. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
9. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
10. "Gloria Gaynor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved July 10, 2013.
11. Billboard. March 10, 1979. p. 96. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
12. Billboard. July 7, 1979. p. 3. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
13. RIAA Gold and Platinum search results for Gaynor, Gloria. riaa.com. Accessed from July 10, 2013.

External links

• Love Tracks at Discogs