Love Sensation (album)

Love Sensation
Studio album by Loleatta Holloway
Released	1980
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) The Schoolhouse (New York City, New York) Blank Tape Studios (New York City, New York) Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama) Universal Recording Studio (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	R&B, disco
Label	Gold Mind
Producer	Dan Hartman, Norman Harris, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten, Floyd Smith, Ron Tyson
Loleatta Holloway chronology
Loleatta Holloway (1979) Love Sensation (1980) Greatest Hits (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Love Sensation is the sixth and final studio album recorded by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1980 on the Gold Mind label.

History

The album features the title track, which peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. ^[2] The second single release, a cover of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long", failed to chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Sensation"	Dan Hartman	6:15
2.	"Long Hard Climb to Love"	Michael Berardi, Richard Berardi	4:37
3.	"Short End of the Stick"	Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack	3:12
4.	"I've Been Loving You Too Long"	Otis Redding, Jerry Butler	4:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Two Became a Crowd"	Gene Allan, Gary Knight	5:23
6.	"Dance What 'Cha Wanna"	Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack	5:10
7.	"My Way"	Bobby Womack, Noel Resnick	5:30
8.	"I'll Be Standing There"	Norman Harris, Ron Tyson	4:50

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Love Sensation" (Tom Moulton 12" Mix)	6:31
10.	"Love Sensation" (Shep Pettibone 12" Mix)	7:43
11.	"Love Sensation" (Tom Moulton Long Remix)	8:35
12.	"Love Sensation" (Short Version)	3:52

Personnel

• Keith Benson, Brian Brake, Roger Hawkins, Steve Gadd – drums
• Jimmy Williams, Dan Hartman, Anthony Willis, Gordon Edwards – bass
• Norman Harris, T.J. Tindall, Phil Houghton, Bobby Womack, Eric Gale – guitars
• Cotton Kent, Eugene Curry, Dan Hartman, Patrick Moten, Richard Tee – keyboards
• Dan Hartman – percussion
• Larry Washington, David Cruse, Ron Tyson – congas
• Jimmy Maelen – timbales
• Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Dan Hartman, Blanche Napoleon, Bobby Womack, The Waters, Patrick Moten, Madeline Strickland – background vocals
• Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns, Patrick Moten and His Strings and Horns – strings
• Muscle Shoals Horns – horns

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Peak
		US Dan [2]
1980	"Love Sensation"	1

References

1. Love Sensation review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
2. "US Charts > Loleatta Holloway". Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2018.

External links

• Love Sensation at Discogs (list of releases)