| Who Needs Love | ||||
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| Released | April 29, 2003 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 58:18 | |||
| Label | Dome Records | |||
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Who Needs Love is an album by the British acid jazz band Incognito, released in 2003 on Dome Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK R&B Albums Chart and No. 7 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [2] [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic [4] |   |
Johnathan Widran of AllMusic noted, "the band has stayed true to the original vision of frontman/guitarist Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick, and that means, even post-millennium, a liberal mix of jazz, house, groovalicious funk, worldbeat, colorful female vocals, and most of the times, snazzy horn sections. The band's Narada Jazz debut, Who Needs Love also includes spicy touches of soaring Brazilian energy (think whimsical, Sergio Mendes circa mid-'60s), with guest vocalist Ed Motta singing both words and scat over punchy horns, and a thumping disco beat." [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Who Needs Love" | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" | 4:33 |
| 3. | "People At The Top" | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Morning Sun" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Stone Cold Heart" | 6:05 |
| 6. | "Cada Dia (Day By Day)" | 4:48 |
| 7. | "If You Want My Love" | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Don't Be A Fool" | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Byrd Plays" | 5:33 |
| 10. | "Where Love Shines" | 6:51 |
| 11. | "Did We Really Ever Try" | 6:17 |
| 12. | "Blue (I'm Still Here With You)" | 5:56 |
| 13. | "Fly" | 4:24 |
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Italy (FIMai) [5] | 38 |
| UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums (Official Charts) [3] | 22 |
| US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [2] | 7 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [2] | 74 |
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