Somethin' Bout Love

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Somethin' Bout Love
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ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999
Genre Jazz
Label Atlantic/Wea
Brian Culbertson chronology
Secrets
(1997)
Somethin' Bout Love
(1999)
Nice & Slow
(2001)
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Somethin' Bout Love is the third studio album of keyboardist Brian Culbertson released in 1999 on Atlantic/WEA Records. The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [2] [3] [4]

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Singles

Get'n Over You got to No. 16 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. [5] I'm Gonna Miss You also reached No. 21 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. [6]

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somthin' Bout Love" Donnell Spencer Jr. 4:46
2."Do You Really Love Me?" Brian Culbertson 4:34
3."Get'n Over You"Lori Perry3:31
4."The Secret Garden (Instrumental)" El DeBarge, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett 6:40
5."Sittin' Back"Brian Culbertson4:19
6."Back In The Day"Brian Culbertson4:33
7."It's Only You"Brian Culbertson4:40
8."The Rise And Fall (Of Loving You)"Brian Culbertson4:22
9."Escape"Brian Culbertson4:56
10."The Secret Garden"El DeBarge, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett6:24
11."I'm Gonna Miss You"Brian Culbertson6:13

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