Turn You to Love

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Turn You to Love
Terry Callier - Turn You to Love.jpg
Studio album by
Released1979 (1979)
Genre Rhythm and blues [1]
Length38:20
LanguageEnglish
Label Elektra
Producer Reginald “Sonny” Burke
Terry Callier chronology
Fire on Ice
(1978)
Turn You to Love
(1979)
Time Peace
(1998)

Turn You to Love is a studio album from American musician Terry Callier. [2] Released by Elektra Records in 1979, this is the artist's sixth album and the second with Elektra. It has received mixed critical reception.

Contents

Critical reception

Writing for Pitchfork , Andy Beta scored this album and 1978's Fire on Ice a 5.5 out of 10, with praise for Callier's vocals on this recording proving that "he could've been a distinct R&B personality had the breaks gone his way". [1] The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide scored this album four out of five stars, with reviewer Thom Jurek declaring it "easily Terry Callier's most underrated album" after the "miss" that was Fire on Ice. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Sign of the Times" (Terry Callier and Larry Wade) – 8:25
  2. "Pyramids of Love" (Wade) – 3:42
  3. "Turn You to Love" (Callier and Wade) – 3:46
  4. "Do It Again" (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) – 4:52
  5. "Ordinary Joe" (Callier) – 4:54
  6. "Occasional Rain" (Callier) – 3:49
  7. "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson) – 3:48
  8. "You and Me (Will Always Be in Love)" (Callier and Wade) – 4:21
  9. "A Mother's Love" (Callier, Earl Johnson, and Wade) – 3:44

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Beta, Andy (June 3, 2003). "Terry Callier: Fire on Ice and Turn You to Love". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. Clarke, Ralph (March 29, 1979). "Callier Appears with New Release". The Washington Informer. No. 29B. p. 5.
  3. Jurek, Thom. "Turn You to Love – Terry Callier". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved January 5, 2023.