The Man (Barry White album)

The Man

Studio album by Barry White

Released

September 22, 1978

Recorded

1978

Soul, funk, disco

Length

46:19

20th Century-Fox Records

Barry White chronology

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
(1977)

The Man
(1978)

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B ^[2]

The Man is the self-produced eighth album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1978 on the 20th Century-Fox Records label, which saw its name changed from 20th Century.

History

The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at #36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" reached #2 on the R&B chart and #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, while White's cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" reached #45 on the R&B chart and peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart. A third single, "Sha La La Means I Love You", peaked at #55 on the UK Singles Chart. A cover version of "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" (with the shortened title "It's Only Love") would be a hit for British band Simply Red in 1989. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Look at Her"	Frank Wilson, Raymond Cooksey, Tommy Payton	7:40
2.	"Your Sweetness Is My Weakness"	Barry White	8:04
3.	"Sha La La Means I Love You"	Barry White	8:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"September When I First Met You"	Barry White, Frank Wilson, Paul Politi, Ervin Brown	6:57
5.	"It's Only Love Doing Its Thing"	Jimmie Cameron, Vella Cameron	4:04
6.	"Just the Way You Are"	Billy Joel	7:09
7.	"Early Years"	Ronald Coleman	6:50

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak ^[3]^[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	36
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1
UK Albums Chart	46

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]	US Dan ^[3]	UK ^[4]
1978	"Your Sweetness Is My Weakness"	60	2	16	—
1978	"Just the Way You Are"	102	45	—	12
1979	"Sha La La Means I Love You"	—	—	—	55

See also

List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)

External links

The Man at Discogs

References

↑ Elias, Jason. The Man > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Man > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "US Charts > Barry White". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

Barry White

Studio albums	I've Got So Much to Give (1973) Stone Gon' (1973) Can't Get Enough (1974) Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975) Let the Music Play (1976) Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) The Message Is Love (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White) (1981) Beware! (1981) Change (1982) Dedicated (1983) The Right Night & Barry White (1987) The Man Is Back! (1989) Put Me in Your Mix (1991) The Icon Is Love (1994) Staying Power (1999)

Compilations	Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977) Heart and Soul (1985) The Collection (1988) Just for You (1992) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) Love Songs (2003) The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White (2003) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005) Gold (2008) Number Ones (2009) Unlimited (2009) Icon (2010)

Singles	"Man Ain't Nothin" "All in the Run of a Day" "In the Ghetto" "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" "I've Got So Much to Give" "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" "Let the Music Play" "You See the Trouble with Me" "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Playing Your Game, Baby" "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" "Just the Way You Are" "Sha La La Means I Love You" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me)" "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" "How Did You Know It Was Me?" "Love Ain't Easy" "Sheet Music" "Love Makin' Music" "I Believe in Love" "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) "I Want You" (with Glodean White) "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White) "Louie Louie" "Beware" "Change" "Passion" "America" "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind" "Sho' You Right" "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)" "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix) "Super Lover" "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)" "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya" "When Will I See You Again" "Put Me in Your Mix" "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) "Practice What You Preach" "Love Is the Icon" "Come On" "I Only Want to Be with You" "There It Is" "Staying Power" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan) "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar Deluxe Remixes)

Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane) "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait) "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)

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