I'm Yours (Linda Clifford album)

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I'm Yours
Linda Clifford I'm Yours album.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedMaster Sound Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Curtom Studios
(Chicago, Illinois)
Genre Soul, disco
Label RSO/Curtom
Producer Isaac Hayes, Michael Gore, Gil Askey
Linda Clifford chronology
The Right Combination (with Curtis Mayfield)
(1980)
I'm Yours
(1980)
I'll Keep on Loving You
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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I'm Yours is the sixth studio album recorded by American singer Linda Clifford, released in 1980 on the RSO/Curtom label.

Contents

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 47 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 160 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Red Light", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart, No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 40 on the Hot Soul Singles chart; "Shoot Your Best Shot", which charted at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart and No. 43 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "I Had a Talk with My Man", which reached No. 53 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Isaac Hayes, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shoot Your Best Shot" Isaac Hayes, Mignon Hayes7:48
2."I Had a Talk with My Man" Billy Davis, Leonard Caston Jr. 6:15
3."It Don't Hurt No More" 7:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Red Light" Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford 3:40
5."I Want to Get Away with You" 4:49
6."If You Let Me" 4:14
7."I'm Yours" 4:16

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 160
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 47
Singles
YearSinglePeaks
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
US
Dan

[2]
1980"Red Light"41401
"Shoot Your Best Shot"431
"It Don't Hurt No More"
"I Had a Talk with My Man"53

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References

  1. Guarisco, Donald A.. I'm Yours review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Linda Clifford". Billboard . Retrieved 23 October 2017.