Time, Love & Tenderness

Infobox Album |
Name = Time, Love & Tenderness
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Bolton


Released = April 23, 1991
Recorded = 1990
Producers = Walter Afanasieff & Michael Bolton
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:44
Label = Columbia
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eg0e4j370wai link]
Last album = "Soul Provider"
(1989)
This album = "Time, Love & Tenderness"
(1990)
Next album = ""
(1992)

"Time, Love & Tenderness" is an album by Michael Bolton. It was produced by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton. The album topped the Billboard 200 chart and produced four Top 40 singles: a cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" reached #4, "Time, Love and Tenderness" reached #7, and "Missing You Now" reached #12. In the UK a fifth single was released, "Steel Bars", which made the top 20. It is also notable that this is the only album from his "hit period" that is "out of print".

Track listing

#"Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (Bolton/Goldmark)
#"Time, Love and Tenderness" (Warren)
#"Missing You Now" (featuring Kenny G)(Afanasieff/Warren/Bolton)
#"Forever Isn't Long Enough" (Bolton/Child/Warren)
#"Now That I Found You" (Bolton/Warren)
#"When a Man Loves a Woman" (Lewis/Wright)
#"We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" (Bolton/Warren)
#"New Love" (Bolton/Child/Warren)
#"Save Me" (Bolton/Child/Warren)
#"Steel Bars" (Bolton/Dylan)

Credits

*Produced By Walter Afansieff & Michael Bolton
*Mixed & Engineered By Dana Jon Chapelle, Michael Gilbert, Mick Higgins, Manny Lacarrubba, Matthew LaMonica, Jim Mitchell, Devon Rietveld, David Thoerner, Roger Talkov, Michael Christopher, Richard Kerr

Personnel

*Walter Afanasieff: Drum Programming, Synthesized Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Hammond Organ, Percussion, Horn Arrangements
*Chris Camozzi, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson-Guitars
*Randy Jackson-Bass
*Kenny G.-Sax
*John Beasley-Piano
*Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Dan Higgins, Larry Williams-Horns
*Jeff Porcaro-Drums
*Kitty Beethoven, Larry Batiste, Desmond Child, Laura Creamer, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Skyler Jett, Melisa Kary,Patti LaBelle, Jean McClain, Jeanie Tracy, Joe Lynn Turner, Myriam Naomi Valle, Tim White -Backing Vocals

Controversy

In 1964, the American R&B group The Isley Brothers recorded a song titled "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". Not included on an Isley Brothers album until years later, the song was released as a single in 1966 on a 45rpm vinyl record, and it "bubbled under" on the Billboard chart, meaning that it peaked between #101 and #125 on the Hot 100. Bolton's song contained similarities to the song by the Isleys that exceeded the title: in 1994, a jury found songwriters Bolton and Goldmark, along with Sony Music Entertainment (the parent company of Bolton's label, Columbia Records), liable for copyright infringement due to multiple similarities between the two songs and ordered them to pay the Isleys all profits earned from the single plus 28% of the album profits, which amounted to over $5 million (U.S.). On May 9, 2000, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an appellate court covering the western regions of the U.S., affirmed the jury's decision, which is one of the largest monetary sums to be awarded in a case such as this. On January 22, 2001, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the decision of the appellate court despite Bolton's claims that he had never heard the Isley Brothers recording (although he was a fan of their music) and that he was exercizing his right to "independent creation". The decision by the Supreme Court not to hear the case resulted in the original verdict remaining valid.

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