La La Means I Love You (album)

La La Means I Love You
Studio album by The Delfonics
Released May 1968
Recorded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Philadelphia soul
Length 31:13
Label Philly Groove Records
Producer Thom Bell
The Delfonics chronology

La La Means I Love You
(1968)		 Sound of Sexy Soul
(1969)
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La La Means I Love You is the debut album by American soul group The Delfonics, released in 1968 on the Philly Groove label. The album was produced by Thom Bell and consists of a mixture of original songs written by Bell and lead singer William Hart, and cover versions of already well-known songs. The celebrated title track was a #4 pop hit, and "I'm Sorry" and "Break Your Promise" also charted.

With its lush, smooth orchestral sound and production, La La Means I Love You is now considered a classic soul album and one of the most important and influential records in the development of the nascent Philadelphia soul sound which would come to dominate the commercial soul music market in the early and mid 1970s.

Track listing

All tracks written by Thom Bell and William Hart unless stated

  1. "I'm Sorry" 2:49
  2. "Break Your Promise" 3:04
  3. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) 3:24
  4. "Hurt So Bad" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Hart, Bobby Weinstein) 2:04
  5. "Losing You" 2:32
  6. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 2:49
  7. "La-La (Means I Love You)" 3:20
  8. "You Are Gone" 2:37
  9. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 3:18
  10. "Can You Remember" 3:02
  11. "A Lover's Concerto" (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell) 2:14

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. La La Means I Love You (album) at AllMusic