Lead Me On (Maxine Nightingale album)

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Lead Me On
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Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1978
Genre R&B
Length31:41
Label Windsong
Producer
Maxine Nightingale chronology
Night Life
(1977)
Lead Me On
(1978)
Bittersweet
(1980)
Singles from Lead Me On
  1. "Lead Me On"
    Released: August 1978 (UK); May 1979 (US)
  2. "Bringing Out (The Girl in Me)"
    Released: September 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Lead Me On is the third studio album by British singer Maxine Nightingale. [2] It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and at number 35 on the R&B albums chart. In the UK, the album had a different track listing and was titled Love Lines.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hideaway" (Richard Ellison, Phyllis Brown) – 5:55
  2. "(Bringing Out) The Girl in Me" (Ray Parker Jr.) – 3:30
  3. "Darlin' Dear" (Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod) – 3:07
  4. "Love Me Like You Mean It" (Parker Jr.) – 3:03

Side two

  1. "Lead Me On" (Allee Willis, David Lasley) – 2:48
  2. "No One Like My Baby" (Fred Bliffert) – 3:07
  3. "You Got to Me" (Len Boone) – 3:00
  4. "Ask Billy (They Tell Me)" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James) – 3:10
  5. "You Are the Most Important Person in Your Life" (Sawyer, McLeod) – 4:08

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 45
US Soul LPs (Billboard) [4] 35

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References

  1. "Lead Me On Review by Amy Hanson". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. "Maxine Nightingale Biography by Amy Hanson". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. "Maxine Nightingale Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  4. "Soul LPs" (PDF). Billboard . 22 September 1979. p. 45. Retrieved 18 November 2021.