All in Love

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All in Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1988 (1988-07)
RecordedMarch 1988
Genre Country pop [1]
Length34:22
Label
Producer
Marie Osmond chronology
I Only Wanted You
(1986)
All in Love
(1988)
Steppin' Stone
(1989)
Singles from All in Love
  1. "Without a Trace"
    Released: March 1988
  2. "Sweet Life"
    Released: August 1988
  3. "I'm in Love and He's in Dallas"
    Released: November 1988

All in Love is a studio album by American singer Marie Osmond. It was released by Capitol Records and Curb Records in July 1988. The album featured a total of ten tracks that were cut with a country pop production. Among its tracks was a duet with Paul Davis called "Sweet Life". The track was among three charting singles included on All in Love. The additional singles were "Without a Trace" and "I'm in Love and He's in Dallas". All in Love made the top 40 of the US country chart and was given mixed reviews from critics.

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Background, recording and content

Marie Osmond formed her own career apart from the Osmond band that her brothers became synonymous with during the 1970s. Along with having careers in film, television and business, she also had a career as a country recording artist. At age 13, Osmond had her first chart-topping single with "Paper Roses" (1973). She returned to the country industry in the early 1980s as an adult. Signing with Capitol Records, she had her greatest commercial success during this period with number one songs like "Meet Me in Montana" and "There's No Stopping Your Heart". As the decade progressed, Osmond had fewer high-charting records but continued recording. [2]

Her eighth album was 1988's All in Love. [3] The project was produced by Paul Worley and Ed Seay. It was recorded in March 1988. [4] The album consisted of ten tracks. [1] The album was described as being a series of ballads that were given pop production. [1] [3] Included was a cover of Paul Davis's "Sweet Life", which was recorded as a duet with Davis himself. [4]

Release and critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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All in Love was released in July 1988 in a joint venture between Capitol Records and Curb Records. It was distributed in three formats: a vinyl LP, a cassette and a compact disc. [4] Decades later, it was re-released by Curb Records to digital formats such as Apple Music. [5]

The album was given mixed reviews from critics following its release. Cashbox called it an album with "slick production" and "mellow songs". Reviewers believed Osmond would find radio success with songs like "Without a Trace" and "Sweet Life". [3] Meanwhile, Billboard thought the album's lyrics were too "fluffy" and had production that was "excessively sweet". [6] Charlotte Dillon of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars believed the album was "overlooked by many critics" and praised the project: "The songs on this offering are country with a good double-sized helping of pop stirred into the mix, and this was recorded back before every other country singer was adding more pop style into his or her country numbers." [1]

Chart performance and singles

All in Love debuted on the US Top Country Albums chart on July 30, 1988. It spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart and reached the number 29 position on August 20, 1988. It was Osmond's final top 40 country album while at the Capitol-Curb labels. [7] A total of three singles were spawned from All in Love. The first was "Without a Trace", which was issued by Capitol in March 1988. [8] The single reached number 50 on the US Hot Country Songs chart [9] and number 40 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [10] The second single off the project was the Davis-Osmond duet "Sweet Life" (first issued as a single in August 1988). [11] It was the album's highest-charting US single, reaching number 47 on the Hot Country Songs chart [9] while climbing to number 55 on the Canadian RPM country chart. [10] "I'm in Love and He's in Dallas" was the album's final single, released in November 1988. [12] The single reached number 59 on the US country chart. [9]

Track listing

All in Love (LP, CD, cassette and digital) [4] [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm in Love and He's in Dallas"2:54
2."Raining Tears"Robbins3:23
3."My Home Town Boy"
3:51
4."Baby's Blue Eyes"
3:12
5."Lonely as the Night Is Long"
3:33
6."99% of the Time"
3:43
7."Somebody Else's Moon"4:07
8."Sweet Life"
  • Susan Collins
  • Davis
3:41
9."All in Love"
3:07
10."Without a Trace"
3:07

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of All in Love. [4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 29

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
AustraliaJuly 1988
  • Vinyl LP
  • cassette
  • Capitol Records
  • Curb Records
[14]
North America
  • Vinyl LP
  • compact disc
  • cassette
[4]
United KingdomVinyl LPCapitol Records [15]
North Americacirca 2020
  • Music download
  • streaming
Curb Records [5]

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