Groove On

Studio album by Gerald Levert

Released

September 6, 1994

Genre

R&B, Soul

Length

61:52

Label

East West Records

Producer

Gerald Levert & Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Marc Gordon, David Foster, Greg Charley & John Winston, Dwain Mitchell

Gerald Levert chronology

Private Line
(1991)

Groove On
(1994)

Love & Consequences
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Groove On is the second studio album by Gerald Levert. It was released on September 6, 1994^[1] and reached number two on the US Top R&B Albums and number 18 on the US Billboard 200. The album is the follow-up to Levert's debut album, Private Line (1991). The first single from the album was the David Foster produced "I'd Give Anything", a cover of the 1993 song that was originally recorded by short lived country music group Boy Howdy.^[2] It was Levert's second top 40 crossover hit. The music video for the second single "How Many Times" was directed by actress Jada Pinkett.^[3] Two more singles included "Can't Help Myself" and "Answering Service".

Groove On would be the last Gerald Levert album released under EastWest Records' distribution with Atlantic Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Gerald Levert and Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, except as noted.

"Groove On" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:08
"Rock Me (All Nite Long)" - 5:16
"Let the Juices Flow" - 4:59
"I'd Give Anything" (Chris Farren, Vince Melamed, Jeffrey Steele) - 4:11
"Answering Service" - 5:29
"Someone" (Greg Charley) - 4:31
"How Many Times" - 6:26
"Can't Help Myself" - 5:23
"Have Mercy" - 5:21
"Same Place, Same Time" (Dwain Mitchell, Gerard Labeaud, James Labeaud, Eddie Levert, Gerald Levert) - 4:56
"Nice and Wet" - 4:46
"Love Street" - 6:16

Personnel

Drum Programming: Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Marc Gordon, Dwain Mitchell, Greg Charley, Troy Patterson, Michael Goods, David Foster
Keyboards: Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Marc Gordon, Greg Charley, Troy Patterson, Michael Goods
Synclavier Programming: Simon Franglen
Synthesizer Programming: Claude Gaudette, Tony Smith
Guitar: Michael Thompson, Randy Bowland
Background vocals: Gerald Levert, Gerard Labeaud, James Labeaud, Christopher Kelly, Richard Chatman, Warren Wiebe
Recording engineer: Craig Carruth, Jim Salamone, Michael Tarsia, Ron A. Shaffer, Gordon Rice, Paul Smith, Pete Tokar, Arthur Stoppe, Mark DeMartini, Dave Reitzas
Mixing: Andy Kravitz, Michael Tarsia, Gordon Rice, Paul Smith, Mick Guzauski, Greg Charley, John Winston, Troy Patterson
Mastering: Ted Jensen
Photography: Ruven Afanador
Art direction, Design: Elizabeth Barrett

References

↑ "iTunes - Music - Groove On by Gerald Levert". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
↑ Bogdanov, V. (2003). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 417. ISBN 9780879307448. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 53. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-04-13.

External links

at Allmusic

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.