I Wanna Love Somebody

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I Wanna Love Somebody
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Studio album by
Released1993
Genre
Length49:12
Label Jive [1]
Producer
Angela Bofill chronology
Intuition
(1988)
I Wanna Love Somebody
(1993)
Love in Slow Motion
(1996)

I Wanna Love Somebody is an album by the American musician Angela Bofill, released in 1993. [2] [3] Bofill supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced primarily by Eve Nelson. [5] Bofill cowrote some of its songs. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [8]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "songs like 'Always a Part of Me', a breezy ballad, prove she’s still a sensual soul siren." [8] USA Today determined that Bofill "still has a rich, multi-octave voice, and a knack for penning ballads that stick to the ribs." [9] The Orlando Sentinel stated that "syrupy synths clog the production much of the time, but Bofill keeps her vocals tasteful even when the setting is tacky." [10]

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Love Somebody" (Eve Nelson) – 4:06
  2. "I Wonder" (Eve Nelson) – 5:33
  3. "Never Too Much" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 4:30
  4. "Heavenly Love" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 5:14
  5. "Always a Part of Me" (Steven Birch, Preston Glass, Darrell Smith) – 5:12
  6. "Te Amo" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 4:49
  7. "Essence of My Light" (Eve Nelson) – 5:12
  8. "I Still Believe in Love" (Angela Bofill, Ann Curless, Eve Nelson) – 4:50
  9. "We Almost Had It Right" (Eve Nelson) – 3:42
  10. "Amor Celestial" ["Heavenly Love", Spanish Version] – 5:10

Personnel

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