The Men I Love | ||||
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Compilation album by Amii Stewart | ||||
Released | 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
Genre | R&B, Pop music | |||
Label | RTI | |||
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The Men I Love is a tribute album by Amii Stewart released in 1995, a follow-up to 1994's Lady To Ladies. On this album Stewart pays tribute to her favourite male singers, among them Paul McCartney, Sting, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John.
Edward Lee Floyd is an American soul-R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s including the No. 1 R&B hit song "Knock on Wood".
John William Bristol was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which he wrote an eponymous song. His composition "Love Me for a Reason" saw global success when covered by The Osmonds including a number 1 in the UK charts in 1974. His most famous solo recording was "Hang On in There Baby" recorded in 1974, which reached the Top Ten in the United States and number 3 in the United Kingdom. Both singles were in the UK top 5 simultaneously.
Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in February 1979. The album yielded two successful single releases, "Knock on Wood" and "Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven". A double A-side single with remixed versions of "Knock on Wood" and "Light My Fire" reached #7 on the UK charts in 1985 followed by a re-issue of "You Really Touched My Heart".
Images is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in April 1981. The album yielded three European single releases, "My Guy/My Girl", "Where Did Our Love Go", and "Great Balls Of Fire" and had been followed by single "Rocky Woman" which was also included on the Mexican edition. Images was released as I'm Gonna Get Your Love in the U.S., with a slightly altered track listing.
I'm Gonna Get Your Love is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in the USA in 1981, a slightly altered version of European album Images with the title track and "Calling For Your Love" replacing her rendition of "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Love Is Bad For Your Health". The singles released in the U.S. were "My Guy/My Girl" with Johnny Bristol, "I'm Gonna Get Your Love", "Why'd You Have To Be So Sexy" and "Digital Love".
Try Love is a studio album by Amii Stewart, first released in Italy in 1984. It includes singles "That Loving Feeling", "I Gotta Have You Back" and "Try Love".
Amii Stewart is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1983 which includes hit single "Working Late Tonight" as well as covers of two songs from Donna Summer's unreleased 1981 album I'm a Rainbow. In 2015, Funky Town Grooves announced they would be reissuing the album on CD for the first time ever.
Amii is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1986 which includes singles "Love Ain't No Toy" and "Time Is Tight". The album was produced by Giorgio Moroder and Dutch brothers Bolland & Bolland for Teldec Germany and RCA Italy.
Time for Fantasy is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1988. One of the ballads, "I Still Believe," which had already become a major hit for pop singer Brenda K. Starr in 1987, was also covered by Mariah Carey some ten years later. The album has been re-released as Dusty Road, Heartache To Heartache, Run In The Night and It's Fantasy.
Pearls – Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1990. The album which covers many of film composer Ennio Morricone's best known songs was recorded with Rome's Philharmonic Orchestra.
The album has been re-released as My Heart And I, Desire, One Love, Saharan Dream and Here's To You.
Magic is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1992. The album which includes singles "Don't Be So Shy" and "Don't Stop" was a collaboration with Narada Michael Walden and British songwriting duo Climie Fisher.
Lady To Ladies is a tribute album by Amii Stewart released in 1994. The album includes songs made famous by other female singers, among them Nina Simone, Annie Lennox, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Roberta Flack and Chaka Khan. "Why" was at a later point re-recorded as a duet with Randy Crawford and issued as a single.
Love Affair is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1996.
The Greatest Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Amii Stewart released in 2005. The album is more or less a re-release of Hot Productions' 1996 compilation Knock On Wood - The Best Of Amii Stewart with a few changes. While this edition is digitally remastered it omits 1985 hit "Friends" and replaces it with the instrumental reprise of "Paradise Bird".
Lady Day is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 2004. The album is the Italian cast recording of a musical based on the life of American jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday co-written by and starring Stewart.
All of Me is a greatest hits album of recordings by Amii Stewart released in Europe in 1995. The album includes most of Stewart's greatest hits and single releases until that point, from her career as a disco diva through her '80s and '90s collaborations with Mike Francis, Giorgio Moroder, Bolland & Bolland and Ennio Morricone.
Knock on Wood – The Best of Amii Stewart is a compilation album of recordings by Amii Stewart released in 1996. The compilation mainly covers material from her early disco career and albums Knock On Wood and Paradise Bird, both from 1979. This compilation was one of the first to use the original versions of Amii Stewart's hits instead of the 1985 remixes from album The Hits, with one exception - the duet "My Guy"/"My Girl" which originally was recorded with Johnny Bristol. Knock on Wood - The Best of Amii Stewart also contains two tracks from 1981's Images/I'm Gonna Get Your Love and finishes with 1985's European hit single "Friends".
The Best Disco... Ever! is a compilation album released by EMI in 2007. It contains songs by international artists.
Heart Like a Hurricane is the second studio album by the American country music singer Larry Stewart and second release after his 1991 departure from the band Restless Heart. Three singles were released from this album: "Heart Like a Hurricane", "Losing Your Love" and "Rockin' the Rock". Although none of the three fell entered the Top 40 on the Billboard US country charts, "Losing Your Love" was a #21 on the RPM country charts in Canada. Ty Herndon recorded "She Wants to Be Wanted Again" on his 1996 album Living in a Moment and released it as a single that year. "Losing Your Love" was originally recorded by Vince Gill on his 1987 album The Way Back Home.
Brand New Love Affair is an EP by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2009 by Edina Music.