Phyllis Hyman (album)

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Phyllis Hyman
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1977
Recorded1976
Studio Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)


Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia)

Record Plant
(New York City)
Genre
Length44:34
Label Buddah
Producer Larry Alexander, John Davis, Jerry Peters, and Sandy Torano
Phyllis Hyman chronology
Phyllis Hyman
(1977)
Sing a Song
(1978)
Singles from Phyllis Hyman
  1. "Loving You – Losing You"
    Released: April 1977
  2. "No One Can Love You More"
    Released: July 1977
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Phyllis Hyman is the self-titled solo debut studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Buddah Records in 1977. The album charted at number 107 on the Billboard 200 chart, [2] and of the singles released from the album, "No One Can Love You More" was the most successful, charting at number 58 in the Billboard Hot Soul singles chart. [3]

Contents

Album information

After recording a cover version of The Stylistics' 1971 hit "Betcha by Golly, Wow" that appeared on Norman Connors' 1976 You Are My Starship album, Hyman was signed to Buddah and began work on her debut. The album featured the hits "Loving You – Losing You", and "I Don't Want to Lose You", an R&B ballad (originally recorded by The Spinners). Phyllis Hyman has since been re-issued on CD. This re-issue is out of print; however, eight of the tracks are available on The Best of Phyllis Hyman – The Buddah Years, issued by Sequel Records in 1990. In 1996 RCA records issued the CD Loving You, Losing You, The Classic Balladry of Phyllis Hyman, which included a previously unreleased track from the 1977 recording session, "Sounds Like a Love Song".

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Loving You – Losing You" (Thom Bell) – 7:41
  2. "No One Can Love You More" (Skip Scarborough) – 4:20
  3. "One Thing on My Mind" (Evie Sands, Richard Germinaro) – 5:30
  4. "I Don't Want to Lose You" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:31
  5. "Deliver the Love" (Onaje Allan Gumbs, Ausar Sahw Rachim) 3:02

Side Two:

  1. "Was Yesterday Such a Long Time Ago" (M. Goode, Buddy Scott) – 4:55
  2. "Night Bird Gets the Love" (Muhyi Shakoor, Clifford Carter) – 4:20
  3. "Beautiful Man of Mine" (Larry Alexander) – 6:20
  4. "Children of the World" (Hubert Eaves III) – 2:55

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 107
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 49

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