Turn You to Love

Turn You to Love
Studio album by Terry Callier
Released	1979 (1979)
Genre	Rhythm and blues [1]
Length	38:20
Language	English
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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Pitchfork	5.5/10 [1]

Writing for Pitchfork , Andy Beta praised Callier's vocals and noted that "he could've been a distinct R&B personality had the breaks gone his way". ^[1] AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek declared 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) – 5:00
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

• Terry Callier – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• Oscar Brashear – trumpet
• Oliver C. Brown, Jr. – percussion
• Keni Burke  – bass guitar on all tracks, except "Ordinary Joe"
• Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangement, conducting, production
• James Gadson – membranophone
• William Green – saxophone
• Elizabeth Howard – backing vocals
• James Jamerson  – bass guitar on "Ordinary Joe"
• Barbara Korn – French horn
• Gayle Levant – harp
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Arthur Maebe – French horn
• James "Alibe" Sledge – backing vocals
• Patricia Henley Talbert – backing vocals
• Tommy Tedesco  – guitar, mandolin
• Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
• Larry Wade – guitar
• David T. Walker – guitar
• Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson – guitar
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Robert White – guitar

Technical personnel

• Samuel F. Brown III – orchestration
• Ron Coro – art direction
• Roger Dollarhide – engineering
• Mary Francis – design, illustration
• Laura Livingston – engineering
• Sye Mitchell – engineering
• Don Mizell – executive production
• Jimmy Schifflett – engineering

References

1. 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 . Retrieved January 5, 2023.

External links

• Turn You to Love at Discogs (list of releases)
• Turn You to Love at MusicBrainz (list of releases)