| With Luv' | ||||
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| Studio album by Luv' | ||||
| Released | August 1978 2006 (Remastered, as part of the Completely In Luv' box set) |
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| Recorded | 1977 - 1978 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Disco | |||
| Length | 40:47 | |||
| Label | Philips Records/Phonogram (original release) Universal Music Netherlands |
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| Producer | Hans van Hemert | |||
| Luv' chronology | ||||
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| Singles from With Luv' | ||||
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With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man (the trio's debut record), U.O.Me (Luv's breakthrough in Benelux) and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover (a #1 song in a large part of Continental Europe). A German pressing of this album features Trojan Horse[1], a successful European chart topper. In 2006, this LP was reissued in digitally remastered form by Universal Music Netherlands as part of the Completely In Luv' box set.
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After achieving success on the Dutch and Flemish charts (with the singles My Man and U.O.Me) and on the European hitlists (with the single You're the Greatest Lover), Phonogram/Philips Records decided to release Luv's first full-length studio album: With Luv'.
The production of this opus was supervised by Hans van Hemert, with the help from Piet Souer. Van Hemert and Souer co-wrote all the album's tracks under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens with the exception of Don Juanito de Carnaval (the cover version of A far l'amore comincia tu, the 1977 hit of Raffaella Carrà). The arrangements of this first opus were inspired by the music styles that were popular on the mainstream music market in the late 1970s: the ABBA-esque repertoire (especially with My Man and Dream, Dream), Carnival, Spanish and Latin American music sounds (with U.O.Me and Don Juanito De Carnaval), Disco music (with Everybody's Shaking Hands On Broadway) and Pop music (with compositions like You're the Greatest Lover, Who Do You Wanna Be...).
The release party of the LP took place at the Hilversum Airport on August 22nd 1978[2] [3].
Side A:
Side B:
Philips Records re-issued the LP in 1980[4], after the trio had left the label and was under contract with CNR/Carrere Records. This pressing was part of the "Success series", a re-issue of popular albums of the Philips back catalogue.
With Luv' was remastered and reissued in 2006 as part of the Completely In Luv' box set with the same track listing and three bonus tracks:
| # | Singles | Date |
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| 1. | "My Man" | May 1977 |
| 2. | "Dream, Dream" | November 1977 |
| 3. | "U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)" | February 1978 |
| 4. | "You're the Greatest Lover" | July 1978 |
| 5. | "Trojan Horse" | November 1978 |
| 6. | "Who Do You Wanna Be" | November 1979 |
Luv' was more successful on the singles charts (at a time when it was significant for the music industry) than on the album charts because the trio's first public was mainly composed in the late 1970s by teenagers (known to be vinyl singles buyers).
With Luv' went platinum in the Netherlands and reached the silver status in Denmark.
| Country | Album charts | Peak position | Certification (if any) | Sales/shipments |
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| Netherlands | LP Top 50 | 6 | Platinum[5] | 100,000+ |
| Netherlands | Nationale Hitparade LP Top 50 | 8[6] | Platinum[7] | 100,000+ |
| Germany | Media Control Charts | 50 | - | - |
| Austria | Alben TOP 25 | 15[8] | - | - |
| Denmark | BT Hitliste | 16 (Year-end charts) | Silver[9] | 25,000+ |
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