Love or Physical is an album by the American musical duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1989.[2][3] The first single was "I'll Be There for You".[4] The duo would not record another album until their collaboration with Maya Angelou in 1996, Been Found.[5] The album peaked at No. 135 on the Billboard 200.[6]
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "In Your Arms" "is the loveliest and most genuinely sensual ballad this husband-and-wife duo has recorded in a long time."[10] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted that "their sound is impeccably produced but actually quite sparse in spots."[11]
The Advocate stated that "the title track is a fresh urban-contemporary approach to male-female relationships."[12]USA Today concluded that the album "goes beyond carnal concerns and explores deeper matters."[13]The Dallas Morning News concluded that "it's still a pleasure to listen when the vocal interplay between these two veterans turns dexterous, as it does on the romantic ballad 'I'll Be There for You'."[14]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson; except where noted.
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Love or Physical"
4:24
2.
"I'll Be There for You"
4:38
3.
"Comes with the Package"
4:15
4.
"Til We Get It Right"
5:07
5.
"Something to You"
4:59
6.
"In Your Arms"
Bruce Roberts, Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
4:39
7.
"Cookies and Cake"
4:43
8.
"Timing"
4:52
Personnel
Nickolas Ashford – vocals on all tracks; arrangements on all tracks except "Comes with the Package"; additional percussion on "Love or Physical" and "Timing"; drum programming and percussion on "I'll Be There for You" and "Cookies and Cake"; backing vocals on "Til We Get It Right"
Valerie Simpson – vocals on all tracks; arrangements on all tracks except "Comes with the Package"; additional synthesizers on "Love or Physical"; synthesizers on "I'll Be There for You", "Til We Get It Right" and "Something to You"; additional percussion on "Love or Physical" and "Timing", drum programming and percussion on "I'll Be There for You" and "Cookies and Cake"; backing vocals on "Til We Get It Right"; synth solo on "Cookies and Cake"
Danny Sembello – keyboards and synthesizers on "Love or Physical"; keyboard solo on "Love or Physical"; synthesizers on "Timing"; drum programming and arrangements on "Love or Physical" and "Timing"
Joseph Joubert – additional synthesizers on "Love or Physical", "In Your Arms" and "Cookies and Cake"; synthesizers and arrangements on "I'll Be There for You", "Til We Get It Right" and "Something to You"
David Frank – synthesizers and arrangements on "Comes with the Package"
Leon Pendarvis – synthesizers and arrangements on "In Your Arms"
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