Every Home Should Have One | ||||
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Released | September 28, 1981 | |||
Recorded | March 16 – May 31, 1981 | |||
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Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | Qwest | |||
Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
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Every Home Should Have One is the fourth studio album by American R&B/jazz singer Patti Austin, released on September 28, 1981, by Qwest Records. The album includes the number-one hit duet with James Ingram, "Baby Come to Me", and the title track, "Every Home Should Have One", which peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also scored with "Do You Love Me?", a #24 R&B & #1 Dance Chart hit.
The vinyl/cassette mix of the album differs from the CD mix. With the CD version some tracks are remixed, e.g. track 4 gains overdubs, and/or edited, e.g. track 5 loses the fade-in intro. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Do You Love Me" | Rod Temperton | 3:24 |
2. | "Love Me to Death" | Temperton | 4:08 |
3. | "The Way I Feel" | Eric Kaz, Wendy Waldman | 4:19 |
4. | "Every Home Should Have One" | Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker | 3:24 |
5. | "Baby, Come to Me" (with James Ingram) | Temperton | 3:31 |
6. | "The Genie" | Temperton | 3:57 |
7. | "Stop, Look, Listen" | Linda Creed, Thom Bell | 3:06 |
8. | "Symphony of Love" | Rod Bowkett | 3:39 |
9. | "Oh No Margarita" | Austin, Michael Boddicker | 3:52 |
10. | "The Island" | Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman | 3:46 |
Weekly charts
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Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
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US R&B | US Hot 100 | US A.C | |||
1981 | "Every Home Should Have One" | 55 | 62 | 24 | |
1981 | "Baby, Come to Me" (with James Ingram) | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
1982 | Do You Love Me (Patti Austin song) | 24 | - | - | |
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