Love Demands

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Love Demands
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 2018
Genre
Length43:19
Label Goldenlane
Producer Brady Gasser, Justin Slattery
Jürgen Engler
Meli'sa Morgan chronology
I Remember
(2005)
Love Demands
(2018)

Love Demands is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Meli'sa Morgan, released in 2018 and issued by Goldenlane Records. [1] The album features Morgan's interpretation on a selection of songs originally recorded by Tom Jones, The Supremes, the Bee Gees, Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke. [2]

Contents

Also included are new tracks co-written Morgan and two bonus tracks of newly recorded versions of her 1980s hit "Fool's Paradise" and "Do Me, Baby", original recorded by Prince. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"5:10
2."Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"
  • Ronnie Shannon
3:01
3."Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"3:35
4."I've Been Loving You Too Long"2:57
5."It's Not Unusual"2:52
6."Nothing Can Change This Love"2:48
7."Love Demands"
  • Brady Gasser
  • J. Meli'sa Morgan
3:47
8."Can't Explain"
  • B. Gasser
  • J. M. Morgan
3:42
9."Holla"
  • B. Gasser
  • J. M. Morgan
4:07
10."Decisions" (featuring Sabastin Commas)
  • B. Gasser
  • J. M. Morgan
3:30
11."The Only One"
  • B. Gasser
  • J. M. Morgan
  • Sabastin Commas
3:57
12."No More"
  • B. Gasser
  • J. M. Morgan
3:56
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Do Me, Baby" (Love Demands Sessions)5:19
14."Fool's Paradise" (Love Demands Sessions)
  • Lesette Wilson
  • J.M. Morgan
5:16

Credits

Credits taken from album liner notes. [4]

Copyright (c) – Goldenlane Records, Phonographic Copyright (p) – Goldenlane Records Produced For – EarthMovers Productions – Produced For – Asilem Productions, Inc.

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References

  1. "Meli'sa Morgan Discography". Allmusic.
  2. Kantor, Justin (July 21, 2018). "Review: Meli'sa Morgan 'Love Demands' (Album)". Soul Tracks.
  3. Carson, Dominique (August 28, 2018). "Meli'sa Morgan Talks New Album, New Single, Longevity, Relevancy and More". Singers Room.
  4. Meli'sa Morgan – "Love Demands" (CD, Album) at Discogs