Four Seasons of Love

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Four Seasons of Love
Four Seasons of Love cover
Studio album by Donna Summer
Released October 11, 1976
Recorded 1976
Genre Disco/R&B
Length 32:23
Label Casablanca
Producer Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars [1]
Donna Summer chronology
A Love Trilogy
(1976)		 Four Seasons of Love
(1976)		 I Remember Yesterday
(1977)

Four Seasons of Love is the fourth album released by singer Donna Summer. Released in 1976, this concept album became her third consecutive successful album to be certified gold in the US. It peaked at #22 [1] on the Billboard 200.

This was the fourth concept album Summer had made, though unlike the previous two which had contained one long track on side one and a small selection of slightly shorter ones on side two, Four Seasons Of Love was more equally balanced. The album told the story of a love affair by relating it to the four seasons. Side One contained "Spring Affair" and "Summer Fever", both disco tracks, and Side Two contained "Autumn Changes" (a slightly slower disco number) and "Winter Melody" (which had an even slower beat), plus a reprise of "Spring Affair". This concept was reflected in the four photos of Summer, one for each season of the year, in a pull-out calendar included with the original LP album. The photo on the cover was, fittingly, the Summer photograph. Summer's "first lady of love" image came across strongly on this album, though her trademark moans and groans were slightly less evident than on previous work. Pics included "Winter" in a fur with a tear on her cheek; "Spring" in a Scarlet O'Hara style hoop skirt on a swing; and "Autumn" as a Marilyn Monroe re-enacting the white skirt billowing up - an allusion to her song "Love to Love You, Baby", which she's quoted as using Monroe for inspiration on her recording of it.

As with the previous two albums, Four Seasons of Love was distributed by different record labels in different countries, including Casablanca Records in the U.S. Edited versions of "Spring Affair" and "Winter Melody" were released in various places, but neither had a big impact on any charts (although the latter made the Top 30 on the UK singles chart). The album was also released as a Club Special Edition / Club Sonderauflage in West Germany on the Atlantic Records Label.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks Bellotte, Moroder, Summer

[edit] Side A

  1. "Spring Affair" - 8:30
  2. "Summer Fever" - 8:04

[edit] Side B

  1. "Autumn Changes" - 5:29
  2. "Winter Melody" - 6:28
  3. "Spring Affair" (reprise) - 3:50


[edit] Charts

Single
Year Single Chart Position
1976 "Winter Melody" UK single chart 27


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&pid=5782&kw=Donna+Summer
Preceded by
"My Sweet Summer Suite" / "Brazilian Love Song" by Love Unlimited Orchestra		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (all cuts)
November 13, 1976 - December 18, 1976		 Succeeded by
"Don't Leave Me This Way" / "Any Way You Like It" by Thelma Houston
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