Something About You (Angela Bofill album)

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Something About You
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ReleasedOctober 28, 1981
Recorded1981
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Label Arista
Producer Narada Michael Walden
Angela Bofill chronology
Angel of the Night
(1979)
Something About You
(1981)
Too Tough
(1983)
Singles from Something About You
  1. "Something About You / Time to Say Goodbye"
    Released: October 19, 1981
  2. "Holdin' Out for Love / Only Love"
    Released: January 21, 1982
  3. "Break It to Me Gently / Time to Say Goodbye"
    Released: April 7, 1982
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Something About You is the third studio album by American singer Angela Bofill, released in 1981. This was her first direct release through Arista Records, with Narada Michael Walden as producer and Clive Davis as executive.

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Between the releases of Angel of the Night and Something About You, Bofill left GRP Records and joined Arista, which distributed GRP at the time, hoping to expand on her crossover success. In spite of the controversies surrounding Bofill and GRP, the album managed to sell, but with less success than her first two albums.

In 2002, Something About You was digitally remastered and re-released on Arista Records with extra tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Something About You" (Allee Willis, John Lewis Parker, Robert Wright)
  2. "Break It To Me Gently" (Doug Frank, Doug James)
  3. "On and On" (Alfred McCrary, Linda McCrary)
  4. "Tropical Love" (Jeff Cohen, Lisa Walden, Narada Michael Walden)
  5. "You Should Know By Now" (Bunny Hull, Earl Klugh)
  6. "Only Love" (Angela Bofill)
  7. "Holdin' Out for Love" (Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow)
  8. "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell)
  9. "I Do Love You" (Allee Willis, Narada Michael Walden)
  10. "Three Blind Mice" (Public domain)
  11. "Time to Say Goodbye" (Angela Bofill)

Bonus tracks released with the 2002 remastered edition

  1. "Never Wanna Be Without Your Love" - (with Narada Michael Walden)
  2. "Esperando Al Amor" Produced by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
  3. "Love Light" Produced by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
  4. "Rhythm of Your Mind"

Personnel

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
US
R&B
1982"Holdin' Out For Love"26
"Something About You"21

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