Love Changes

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Love Changes
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Studio album by
Released1987
StudioNew Music Group Studios (Stamford, Connecticut); Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida); The Hit Factory and Soundworks (New York City, New York); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); Lion Share and Motown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
Length79:51
Label Arista
Producer
Kashif chronology
Condition of the Heart
(1985)
Love Changes
(1987)
Kashif
(1989)

Love Changes is the fourth studio album by American singer Kashif. It was released by Arista Records in 1987. The album was digitally remastered in 2012 by Funky Town Grooves and included six bonus tracks.

Contents

Background

The album includes the hit singles "Love Changes" with Meli'sa Morgan, [1] "Love Me All Over", and "Loving You Only". Vocal trio Exposé provided most backing vocals; the track "Fifty Ways (To Fall in Love)" featured background vocals performed by Whitney Houston. The song "Love Changes" was originally sung by R&B group Mother's Finest in 1978, and covered again in 2005 by R&B artist Jamie Foxx, and hip hop artist Mary J. Blige.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Ron Wynn wrote in his retrospective review for AllMusic: "Kashif went the duet route on this late '80s release, working with both Dionne Warwick and Meli'sa Morgan and doing relatively well both times [...] The album was otherwise as slick and overproduced as ever, and his singing went back to the subdued patterns of earlier works." [1]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Kashif; except "Who's Getting Serious?," produced by Lewis Martineé and Kashif. [1]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Changes" (with Meli'sa Morgan) Skip Scarborough 4:51
2."Loving You Only"
4:35
3."It All Begins Again"
  • James Patrick Dunne
  • Phillips-Oland
4:40
4."Love Me All Over"5:18
5."Midnight Mood" (with Kenny G)Kashif2:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Fifty Ways (To Fall in Love)"Kashif4:50
7."Somebody"
  • Kashif
  • Cliff Dawson
4:32
8."Who's Getting Serious?"
  • Toni Colandreo
  • Steve Lunt
  • Seth Swirsky
4:36
9."Reservations for Two" (with Dionne Warwick)
4:23
10."Vacant Heart"Kashif3:59
Funky Town Grooves reissue (2012) bonus tracks [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Love Changes" (Full Version) (featuring Meli'sa Morgan)Scarborough6:23
12."Loving You Only" (Extended Remix)
  • Kashif
  • Fresh
  • Phillips-Oland
6:31
13."Love Me All Over" (Extended Version)
  • Kashif
  • Phillinganes
6:45
14."Love Changes" (Acappella Version) (featuring Meli'sa Morgan)Scarborough4:08
15."Kathryn"Kashif5:44
16."Love Changes" (Instrumental Version)Scarborough5:52

Personnel

Technical and Design

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 118
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [4] 17

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References

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