Love Zone (Surface album)

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Love Zone
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Released1998
Genre R&B, soul
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Surface
Surface chronology
3 Deep
(1990)
Love Zone
(1998)
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Love Zone is the fourth and last studio album by Surface, released by Victor Entertainment Inc. on July 14, 1998 and distributed for the Japanese market only. It was the last album to feature the best-known lineup of the group; Jackson, Townsend and Conley.

Contents

The group announced a reunion tour for mid-2005 and the recording of a new album; however, David Townsend died on October 26, 2005 at age 50 before the new album was completed.

Track listing

#TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Wanna Do Is Hold You"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend4:52
2."You're My Lady"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend3:55
3."When I Hold You in My Arms"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend3:46
4."Ah Ah Oo Oo Hmm" (Interlude)David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend0:22
5."My Story of Life"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend5:00
6."Love Zone"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend5:44
7."Eri, Tao, My My, and Pic" (Interlude)David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend0:37
8."Flippin'"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend5:06
9."The Other Side of My Bed"Raj Gupta, Thurston O'Neal, Myron Cheese, David Conley, Everett Collins, David Townsend5:13
10."Shower Me with Your Love" (Unplugged Version)David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend5:13
11."Will You Wait for Me" (Interlude)David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend0:20
12."Falling in Love"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend5:05
13."Quiet Storm"David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend4:26

Personnel

Surface

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