My Special Love

Studio album by La Toya Jackson

Released

June 1, 1981

Genre

Pop, dance, soul, R&B

Length

36:30

Label

Polydor

Producer

Ollie E. Brown, Randy Jackson

La Toya Jackson chronology

La Toya Jackson
(1980)

My Special Love
(1981)

Heart Don't Lie
(1984)

Singles from My Special Love

"Stay the Night"
"I Don't Want You to Go"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

My Special Love is the second studio album by American singer La Toya Jackson. The album is one of Jackson's more successful, peaking at #175 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. After the album's limited success, it fell into obscurity, receiving a limited re-release on CD in Japan in the early 1990s, which was quickly deleted. This was the last Jackson album released with Polydor Records.

Allmusic called it "the defining album of Jackson's career", also stating that "Though her voice isn't particularly strong, Jackson makes up for what she lacks in power with an energetic, uninhibited approach to the music. Benefiting from solid R&B-funk arrangements and the well-rounded production of Ollie E. Brown, her second album is a flavorful mixture of lively uptempo romps and smooth-sailing slow jams."^[2]

The first single from the album was "Stay the Night", a cover of the 1980 Billy Ocean single, and was moderately successful. The second and final single was "I Don't Want You to Go", which had a very small release and failed to chart. The album also includes "Giving You Up", a duet with brother Randy, and "Camp Kuchi Kaiai", which features background vocals by sister Janet. The album is the rarest album from LaToya, the other being Stop in the Name of Love (1995).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay the Night"	Ken Gold, Billy Ocean	Ollie Brown	5:32
2.	"Fill You Up"	Ollie E. Brown	Ollie Brown	5:09
3.	"Giving You Up"	Randy Jackson	Randy Jackson	3:08
4.	"Love Song"	Jonathan Moffett, Mike McKinney, Tito Jackson, (JBJ) James Bradley Jr	Ollie Brown	4:07
5.	"I Don't Want You to Go"	Allee Willis, Bruce Roberts	Ollie E. Brown	4:18
6.	"Camp Kuchi Kaiai"	La Toya Jackson, Janet Jackson	Ollie E. Brown	3:30
7.	"Summertime with You"	Ollie E. Brown	Ollie Brown	5:44
8.	"Special Love"	Randy Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson	Randy Jackson	5:02

References

La Toya Jackson

Albums	La Toya Jackson My Special Love Heart Don't Lie Imagination La Toya Bad Girl No Relations Formidable From Nashville to You Stop in the Name of Love

Extended plays	Starting Over

Bibliography	La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family Starting Over

Singles	"If You Feel The Funk" "Night Time Lover" "Stay the Night" "I Don't Want You to Go" "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'" "Heart Don't Lie" "Hot Potato" "Private Joy" "Baby Sister" "He's a Pretender" "Imagination" "Oops, Oh No!" with Cerrone "Yes, I'm Ready" "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" "(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" "You're Gonna Get Rocked" "Such a Wicked Love" "You Blew" "Bad Girl" "You and Me" "Sexual Feeling" "Why Don't You Want My Love?" "Oops, Oh No! (Remix)" "Sexbox" "Let's Rock the House" "I Can't Help Myself" "Don't Break My Heart" with Tom Beser "Just Wanna Dance" "Free the World" "Home" "Feels Like Love" "Trouble"

Promotional singles	"I Don't Play That"

Notable collaborations	"We Are the World" "Stop the Madness"

Television	The Jacksons Armed & Famous Celebrity Big Brother 6 The Celebrity Apprentice 4 The Celebrity Apprentice 6 Life With La Toya

Related articles	Discography The Jackson family Jack Gordon Gordon v. Gordon Playboy Celebrity Centerfold

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