Spirit of Love

This article is about the Con Funk Shun album. For the Majek Fashek album, see Spirit of Love (Majek Fashek album). For the 2006–2008 Taiwanese Formosa TV drama, see The Spirits of Love.

Spirit Of Love
Studio album by Con Funk Shun
Released	1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	The Automatt, San Francisco, California
Genre	Funk, soul
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Skip Scarborough
Con Funk Shun chronology
Candy (1979) Spirit Of Love (1980) Touch (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Spirit Of Love is the sixth album by the funk/r&b band Con Funk Shun, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. This album has been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. ^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

1. "Got To Be Enough" (M. Cooper/F. Pilate)
2. "By Your Side" (F. Pilate)
3. "Curtain Call" (F. Pilate/S. Scarborough)
4. "Early Morning Sunshine" (C. Martin/G. DeWitty/D. Martin)
5. "Spirit Of Love" (P. Harrell/S. Scarborough)
6. "Happy Face" (M. Cooper)
7. "All Up To You" (K. Fuller/F. Pilate)
8. "Juicy" (M. Cooper)
9. "Honey Wild" (L. McCall/D. Thomas/L.L. McCall)
10. "Lovestruck 1980" (M. Cooper/T. DeWayne)

Personnel

• Michael Vernon Cooper - lead and rhythm guitar, lead and background vocals
• Karl Fuller - trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, background vocals
• Paul Harrell - all soprano, tenor and alto saxophone and flute solos, background vocals
• Cedric Martin - bass guitar, lead and background vocals
• Louis A. McCall - drums, syndrums, background vocals
• Felton C. Pilate - slide and valve trombone, keyboards, all synthesizer solos, rhythm guitar, lead and background vocals
• Danny A. Thomas - clavinet, organ, electric and acoustic pianos, synthesizer, background vocals

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs [4]	30
Billboard Top Soul LPs	7 [5]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [6]
		US R&B	US Dance
1980	"Got To Be Enough"	8	20
	"By Your Side"	27	—
	"Happy Face"	87	—

References

1. Lytle, Craig. "Con Funk Shun - Spirit of Love". Allmusic . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
2. Con Funk Shun - Spirit of Love. Mercury Records. 1980.
3. "Con Funk Shun". RIAA . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
4. "Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Billboard. May 17, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
5. "Top Soul LPs" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Billboard. June 7, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
6. "Con Funk Shun US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011.

External links

• Con Funk Shun-Spirit Of Love at Discogs