Get as Much Love as You Can

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Get as Much Love as You Can
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Studio album by
Released1981
Recorded1981
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Soul, Philadelphia soul, disco
Label Philadelphia International
Producer Leon Huff, Dexter Wansel, McKinley Jackson
The Jones Girls chronology
At Peace with Woman
(1980)
Get as Much Love as You Can
(1981)
On Target
(1982)
Professional ratings
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Get as Much Love as You Can is an album by the Jones Girls. [2] [3] Released in 1981, the album reached number twenty-five on the Top Soul Albums chart in the United States.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "(I Found) That Man of Mine" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) 4:11
  2. "Get As Much Love As You Can" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) 4:23
  3. "Nights Over Egypt" (Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel) 4:40
  4. "Love Don't Ever Say Goodbye" (Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel) 4:38
  5. "ASAP (As Soon As Possible)" (McKinley Jackson, Shirley Jones) 4:16
  6. "Let's Be Friends First (Then Lovers)" (McKinley Jackson, Shirley Jones) 5:26
  7. "The World Will Sing Our Song" (Phyllis St. James) 4:05
  8. "You're Breakin' My Heart" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) 4:16

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 155
Billboard Top Soul Albums [4] 25

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
US
Soul
1981"(I Found) That Man of Mine"20
1982"Nights Over Egypt"23

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