Bloodline | ||||
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Released | August 12, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
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Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 42:22 | |||
Label | Atlantic Records | |||
Producer | Keg Johnson & Wilmer Raglin James Mtume Eddie Levert, Gerald LeVert & Marc Gordon | |||
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Singles from Bloodline | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Bloodline is the second album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1986. [4] It was their first album for Atlantic Records. [2]
The album reached number eight on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "this trio is fully committed to melody and feeling, making for an effective update of the sweet sounds associated with the street harmonizing the O'Jays themselves started with more than 25 years ago." [5]
LeVert
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Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums [6] | 192 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums [6] | 8 |
Year | Single | Chart positions [7] |
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US R&B | ||
1986 | "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" | 1 |
"Let's Go Out Tonight" | 14 | |
1987 | "Fascination" | 26 |
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