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The Glow of Love

The debut: six tracks of Italian-made instrumentals and American vocals, with Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown.
Change, 1980

Luther Vandross sang lead on "The Glow of Love" and "Searching", and Jocelyn Brown on "Angel in My Pocket" and "It's a Girl's Affair"; backing vocals came from Brown, Krystal Davis, Yvonne Lewis, Dennis Collins, Zach Saunders and Vandross. Romani, Gianolio and Malavasi arranged; the lyrics were by Wayne Garfield, Paul Slade and Tanyayette Willoughby; Biancani, Bill Scheniman and Michael Brauer engineered, and Sterling Sound mastered. Greg Porto did the artwork. A 1992 CD adds a Parkside remix of "Searching" (9:03).

AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave it 4.5 stars, calling it a disco and R&B masterpiece, and Christgau gave a B-plus, calling the title song a Rodgers and Edwards rip. Omnivore Recordings lists a CD reissue (OV-606).

Track listing

  1. A Lover's Holiday6:24
  2. It's a Girl's Affair5:29
  3. Angel in My Pocket6:10
  4. The Glow of Love6:11
  5. Searching8:01
  6. The End5:54

More from Change

Miracles (1981), Sharing Your Love (1982), This Is Your Time (1983), Change Of Heart (1984), Love 4 Love (2018)

Sources

  1. The Glow of Love, Wikipedia
  2. Change, Omnivore Recordings