Love Child (Sweet Sensation album)
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Love Child was the second album released by the New York-based Latin freestyle trio Sweet Sensation. Released April 1990, this was the follow-up to the group's platinum-selling 1988 debut album, Take It While It's Hot. Like its predecessor, this album had an up-tempo feel, but also included lavish R&B-styled ballads.
The album's title song was a cover version of a #1 R&B/#1 Pop smash by the Supremes. Sweet Sensation's version went to #15 on Billboard's dance chart and #13 on Billboard's pop chart. However, it was the album's second single that gave the group its biggest hit ever, "If Wishes Came True," which was a lavishly orchestrated ballad featuring a classical guitar intro, a soaring electric guitar solo, and heartfelt vocals by Betty Lebron. The song spent one week at #1 on Billboard's pop chart in September 1990, while going top-ten on Billboard's R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. The album also spawned two more hit singles: "Each And Every Time" (#51) and "One Good Man" (#72), and it peaked at #78 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was certified platinum by the RIAA during the spring of 1991.
Track listing
| 1. |
"One Good Man" | Andy Marvel, Fred Shehadi |
5:14 |
| 2. |
"Each and Every Time" | Ken Cedar, Arnie Roman |
4:05 |
| 3. |
"Bring it Back" | Marvin Ennis, Bill Pettaway |
4:22 |
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"If Wishes Came True" | Deena Charles, Russ DeSalvo, Robert Steele |
5:12 |
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"I Surrender" | Romeo J.D. |
4:15 |
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"Destiny" | Jim Klein |
4:41 |
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"Love Child" | Deke Richards, Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson |
4:10 |
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"Pleasure and Pain" | Romeo J.D. |
4:52 |
| 9. |
"He'll Never Know" | Cedar, Shelley Peiken |
4:25 |
Personnel
Sweet Sensation
- Betty LeBron: Lead & backing vocals
- Audrey Wheeler:background vocals
Musicians
- Percussion: Graham Hawthorne, Bashiri Johnson, Emedin Rivera, Steve Thornton
- Loops: Charlie Dee Diaz
- Programming: Charlie Dee Diaz, Phillip Ashley, Ken Cedar, Gary Henry, Richard Joseph, Dr. Bob Khozouri, Mac Quayle, Romeo J.D., Peter "Ski" Schwartz
- Keyboards: Dr. Bob Khozouri, Jim Klein, Andy Marvel
- Guitars: Russ De Salvo, Werner F., John Hart, Jim Klein
- Scratching: King Shameek
- Trombone: Barry Rogers
Production
- Produced by Ted Currier & Steve Peck
- Additional production by Charlie Dee Diaz
- Executive producer: Cherrie Shepard
- Arranged by Phillip Ashley, Ken Cedar, Andy Marvel, Steve Peck, Mac Quayle, Arnie Roman
- Vocal arrangements: Tony Terry & Audrey Wheeler
- Engineers: Paul Berry, Richard Joseph, Steve Peck
- Mixing: Ted Currier, Rod Hui, Jim Lyons, Steve Peck, Charlie Dee Diaz
- Mastering: Ted Jensen
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