Introducing Darlene Love

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Introducing Darlene Love
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Studio album by
Darlene Love
ReleasedSeptember 2015
Studio
  • Renegade Studios, New York City
  • Star Trax Studio
Length1:02:29
Label Columbia
Producer Steven Van Zandt
Darlene Love chronology
It's Christmas of Course
(2007)		Introducing Darlene Love
(2015)

Introducing Darlene Love is an album by American singer Darlene Love, released in 2015 on Columbia Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in October 2015. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Maddy Costa of The Guardian wrote "Darlene Love is one of the 1960s girl-group footsoldiers who has consistently marched at the periphery of the spotlight, except when friends in high places – including David Letterman – thrust her into full view. The E Street Band's Steven Van Zandt is a long-time champion, and the 65-minute album he has constructed around her, featuring new songs by Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello, has the gushing quality of a fan tribute." [3] Mark Deming of AllMusic found Introducing "a convincer, proving Darlene Love still holds the title of one of rock and R&B's greatest vocalists." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Among the Believers" Steven Van Zandt 3:28
2."Forbidden Nights" Elvis Costello 3:46
3."Love Kept Us Foolin' Around" Linda Perry 3:39
4."Little Liar" Desmond Child, Joan Jett 3:55
5."Still Too Soon to Know" (featuring Bill Medley)Elvis Costello3:36
6."Who Under Heaven" Jimmy Webb 6:37
7."Night Closing In" Bruce Springsteen 4:20
8."Painkiller" Michael Des Barres, Paul Ill4:23
9."Just Another Lonely Mile"Bruce Springsteen4:25
10."Last Time"Steven Van Zandt4:38
11."River Deep, Mountain High" Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector 4:34
12."Sweet Freedom" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 3:15
13."Marvelous" Walter Hawkins 5:41
14."Jesus Is the Rock (That Keeps Me Rollin')"Steven Van Zandt6:18

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 134
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 12
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 2

References

  1. ↑ Introducing Darlene Love. Darlene Love. Columbia Records. 2015.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ "Darlene Love Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Costa, Maddy (September 17, 2015). "Darlene Love: Introducing Darlene Love review – bombastic belting". The Guardian . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Darlene Love – Introducing Darlene Love: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Hermes, Will (September 15, 2015). "Music: Introducing Darlene Love". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Darlene Love Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Darlene Love Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Darlene Love Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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