The Name Is Love

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The Name Is Love
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Studio album by
Bobby Vinton
ReleasedMay 1977
Genre Pop
Label ABC
Producer Bob Morgan
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The Name Is Love is an album by the American musician Bobby Vinton, released in 1977. [2] [3] It was his final for ABC Records. Unlike most of his albums (which consisted of only one or two of his own compositions), the majority of the material on this album was written or co-written by Vinton himself. Cover versions include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (the former a hit for Mel Carter in 1965 and the latter a hit for Gene Pitney in 1962). The song "You Are Love" did not become a hit until six years later.

Contents

This album is notable in that country singer Janie Fricke performs the backing vocals. Three singles were released from the album – "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me", "Only Love Can Break a Heart", and "All My Today's".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bobby Vinton; except where indicated

Side A

  1. "Love Makes Everything Better" - 2:40
  2. "I Remember Loving You" - 3:24
  3. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - (Harry Noble) - 2:47
  4. "Her Name Is Love" - (Gary Knight, Gene Allan, Bobby Vinton) - 2:26
  5. "Only Love Can Break a Heart" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:57
  6. "You Are Love" - 2:27

Side B

  1. "All My Today's" - 3:06
  2. "Once More with Feeling" - 2:57
  3. "Baby, When It Comes to Loving You" - (D. "Scotty" Reed) - 2:23
  4. "Ain't That Lovin' You" - 3:13
  5. "Where Were You All of My Life" - (Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan) - 2:50

Album credits

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

YearChartPosition
1977The Billboard 200 [4] 183

Singles - Billboard (North America)

YearSingleChartPosition
1977"Only Love Can Break a Heart"The Billboard Hot 10099
1983"You Are Love"Country Singles87

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  2. ↑ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. Taylor & Francis Group. 2002. p. 525.
  3. ↑ "Top Album Picks: Easy Listening". Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 17. April 30, 1977. p. 100.
  4. ↑ "Bobby Vinton". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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