We Are One (Maze album)

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We Are One
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Studio album by
Released1983
Recorded1982-83
StudioThe Automatt Recording Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre Soul, funk
Length39:44
Label Capitol
Producer Frankie Beverly
Maze chronology
Live in New Orleans
(1981)
We Are One
(1983)
Can't Stop the Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Smash Hits 8/10 [3]

We Are One is the fifth studio album and sixth overall album by Bay Area-based R&B group Maze. It was released in 1983 on Capitol Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Frankie Beverly.

  1. "Love Is the Key" 4:26
  2. "Right on Time" 6:11
  3. "Your Own Kind of Way" 5:13
  4. "I Wanna Thank You" 5:26
  5. "We Are One" 6:30
  6. "Never Let You Down" 5:21
  7. "I Love You Too Much" 6:13
  8. "Metropolis" 0:43

Charts

YearAlbumChart positions [4]
US US
R&B
UK
1983We Are One25538

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
US US
R&B
UK
1983"Love Is the Key"80588
"Never Let You Down"26
"We Are One"4786
"I Wanna Thank You"59

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References

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  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 458.
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