Classic Moments

Classic Moments
Studio album by Patti LaBelle
Released	2005
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Contemporary R&B
Length	58:37
Label	Def Soul Classics
Producer	Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney, Michael Bearden, Daryl Simmons
Patti LaBelle chronology
Timeless Journey (2004) Classic Moments (2005) The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle (2006)

Classic Moments is an album recorded and released by Patti LaBelle, her second full-length release with Island Def Jam's Def Soul Classics imprint, released in 2005.

Overview

The album features LaBelle's inspired renditions of modern pop, soul and R&B songs, mostly ballads, including her takes of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", "She's Out of My Life" (retitled "He's Out of My Life"), "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" and "I'll Stand by You". Released a year after her previous effort, Timeless Journey, the album peaked at number 24 on the pop albums chart and number five on the R&B albums chart, while her take of Aretha and Carolyn Franklin's "Ain't No Way", a duet featuring her and Mary J. Blige, hit the R&B charts peaking at number sixty-eight.

Tracklisting

1. "Ain't No Way" (4:29)
2. "He's Out of My Life" (3:46)
3. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" (4:32)
4. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (3:56)
5. "I Keep Forgetting" (3:16)
6. "Love Ballad" (4:00)
7. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (6:02)
8. "Your Song" (5:23)
9. "I'll Write a Song for You" (5:23)
10. "Silly" (5:12)
11. "I'll Stand by You" (4:24)
12. "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" (4:57)
13. "Land of the Living" (5:17)