Make Love to the Music
1977 studio album by Leon & Mary Russell
Make Love to the Music | ||||
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Studio album by Leon & Mary Russell | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Studio | Paradise Studios, Tia Juana, Oklahoma | |||
Length | 33:36 | |||
Label | Paradise | |||
Producer | Leon Russell | |||
Leon & Mary Russell chronology | ||||
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Make Love to the Music is an album by Leon & Mary Russell, released in 1977 by Paradise Records.[1][2] There were two CD re-releases one in 2007 by Wounded Bird Records and a second in 2012 by AIS Records.[3]
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that Mary "is a convincing individual singer, but her soulful wailings have yet to mix naturally with her husband's own brand of rambling boogie fever."[4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Leon Russell; except where indicated
Side 1
- 1. "Easy Love" – 3:58
- 2. "Joyful Noise" – 3:38
- 3. "Now Now Boogie" (Gary Ogan, Russell) – 2:55
- 4. "Say You Will" (Ogan, Russell) – 3:38
- 5. "Make Love to the Music" – 3:54
Side 2
- 6. "Love Crazy" – 2:58
- 7. "Love is in Your Eyes" – 2:49
- 8. "Hold On to This Feeling" – 3:51
- 9. "Island in the Sun" – 5:55
Personnel
- Karl Himmel (2, 8), Greg Thomas (1, 7), Gary Ogan (3, 4, 6, 9), Teddy Jack Eddy (5) - drums
- Marty Grebb - saxophone
- Mickey Raphael - harmonica
- Ben Keith - dobro
- Dave Miner (7) - percussion
- Gary Ogan (4) - bass guitar
- Technical
- Gary Ogan - production assistant
- Greg Branson - engineer
- Jim McCrary - photography
Charts
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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United States (Billboard 200) | 142 |
References
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Leon Russell
Smash Records | |
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Shelter Records |
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Other labels |
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- Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Joe Cocker
- Leon Live
- Live in Japan
- Live at Gilley's
- "Lady Blue"
- "A Song for You"
- "Tight Rope"
- "This Masquerade"
- "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
- "If I Were a Carpenter"
- "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
- The Church Studio
- Tulsa Sound
- The Wrecking Crew
- The Asylum Choir
- A Poem Is a Naked Person
- The Concert for Bangladesh
- The Union Tour
- The Union (film)