Drowning in the Sea of Love (album)

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Drowning in the Sea of Love
Drowing in the Sea of Love Joe Simon album.jpg
Studio album by
Released1972
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Soul, R&B
Label Spring
Producer Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
Joe Simon chronology
The Sounds of Simon
(1971)
Drowning in the Sea of Love
(1972)
The Power of Joe Simon
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B [2]
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Drowning in the Sea of Love is the seventh studio album by the American singer Joe Simon, released in 1972 on the Spring Records label.

Contents

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 11 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 71 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Pool of Bad Luck", which reached No. 13 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart and No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "I Found My Dad", which charted at No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drowning in the Sea of Love" Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff 3:22
2."Glad to Be Your Lover" Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt2:56
3."Something You Can Do Today"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff4:16
4."I Found My Dad"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt2:48
5."The Mirror Don't Lie"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt4:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."O'le Night Owl"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff2:37
7."You Are Everything" Linda Creed, Thom Bell 4:13
8."If"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt3:21
9."Let Me Be the One (The One Who Loves You)"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff3:00
10."Pool of Bad Luck"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff4:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 71
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 11
Singles
YearSinglePeaks
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
1971"Drowning in the Sea of Love"113
1972"Pool of Bad Luck"4213
"I Found My Dad"505

References

  1. Hamilton, Andrew. Drowning in the Sea of Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 12, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 636.
  4. 1 2 3 "US Charts > Joe Simon". Billboard . Retrieved October 10, 2017.