Don't Cha Love It

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Don't Cha Love It
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Studio album by
Released1975 (1975)
Genre Soul
Length36:23
LanguageEnglish
Label Tamla
Producer Freddie Perren
The Miracles chronology
Do It Baby
(1974)
Don't Cha Love It
(1975)
City of Angels
(1975)

Don't Cha Love It is a 1975 studio album by American soul vocal group The Miracles.

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Reception

Editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton considering it "the weakest to date" due to lackluster lyrics by Christine Yarian and poor production choices by Freddie Perren. [1] In the 1983 edition of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, this album was scored three out of five stars. [2] In 2011's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this album received two out of five stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Keep on Keepin' On (Doin' What You Do)" (Richard Wyatt, Jr. and Christine Yarian) – 3:37
  2. "Sweet Sweet Lovin'" (Edward L. Jones, Freddie Perren, and Yarian) – 3:45
  3. "A Little Piece of Heaven" (Perren and Yarian) – 4:25
  4. "Don't Cha Love It" (Perren and Yarian) – 3:20
  5. "Got Me Goin' (Again)" (Perren and Yarian) – 3:47
  6. "Gemini" (Perren, Pam St. Cyr, and Yarian) – 3:05
  7. "Brokenhearted Girl – Brokenhearted Boy" (Elmer Hopper, Perren, and Yarian) – 4:05
  8. "Take It All" (Perren and Yarian) – 3:40
  9. "Gonna Tell the World (Wedding Song)" (Perren and Yarian) – 3:21
  10. "You Are Love" (Perren and Yarian) – 3:22

Personnel

The Miracles

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Don't Cha Love It reached seventh on the Top R&B Albums and peaked at 96 on the Billboard 200. [4]

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References

  1. Hamilton, Andrew. "The Miracles – Don't Cha Love It". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. Dave Marsh; John Swenson, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 337. ISBN   9780394721071.
  3. Colin Larkin, ed. (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
  4. "The Miracles – Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2022.