Flame (Patti LaBelle album)

Flame is the thirteenth studio album for singer Patti LaBelle, released on MCA Records in 1997. Executive produced by LaBelle, the album featured songs from the likes of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who contributed to much of the compositions and productions on the record while other producers including Gerald Levert, Brenda Russell and David Foster were also featured on the album. The album featured the international hit and number-one dance single, "When You Talk About Love", and the R&B radio favorite, "Shoe Was on the Other Foot". The album was also notable in including the ballad, "Don't Block the Blessings", which was the title of LaBelle's best-selling autobiography released a year before Flame. The album went gold by year's end giving the singer her fifth gold album.

Track listing

1. "Someone Like You" (James Harris, Terry Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright) (5:55)
2. "I Like the Way It Feels" (Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas, Patti LaBelle) (4:38)
3. "You Are My Solid Ground" (David Foster, Linda Thompson) (3:59)
4. "Flame" (Brenda Russell, Ira Antelis) (4:10)
5. "Let Me Be Your Lady" (James Harris, Terry Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright) (4:17)
6. "Does He Love You" (Sandy Knox, Billy Stritch) (4:17)
7. "Shoe Was on the Other Foot" (Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas) (4:24)
8. "Addicted to You" (Sheldon Goode, Sami McKinney, Denise Rich) (4:12)
9. "When You Talk About Love" (James Harris, Terry Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright) (5:32)
10. "Love Is Just a Whisper Away" (Sami McKinney, Moore, Denise Rich) (5:19)
11. "If By Chance" (Bernard Belle) (4:39)
12. "Let Me Be There for You" (Jayne Oldeman, Dwayna Kitz) (4:19)
13. "You Saved My Life" (Terry Steele, Tommy Keane) (4:00)
14. "Don't Block the Blessings" (Don Graham, Pam Wolfe, Malcolm Allison, Armstead Edwards) (4:49)