Give Me the Reason

Infobox Album
Name = Give Me the Reason
Type = studio
Artist = Luther Vandross


Released = September 24 1986
Recorded = 1986 at
AIR Studios Montserrat
(Montserrat)
Minot Sound
(White Plains, New York)
Westlake Recording Studios
(West Hollywood, California)
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 40:18
Label = Epic, Legacy
Producer = Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfpxql5ld6e link]
*"Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/luthervandross/albums/album/202016/review/5942895/give_me_the_reason link]
Last album = "The Night I Fell in Love"
(1985)
This album = "Give Me the Reason"
(1986)
Next album = "Any Love"
(1988)

"Give Me the Reason" is the fifth studio album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). The album earned Vandross an American Music Award for "Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist" and a nomination for "Favorite Soul/R&B Album" in 1988, while the title track "Give Me the Reason" was nominated for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" and "Best R&B Song" in 1987.

Track listing

#"Stop to Love" (Luther Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr.) – 5:10
#"See Me" (Vandross, Marcus Miller) – 5:29
#"I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love)" (Vandross, Miller) – 4:45
#"So Amazing" (Vandross) – 3:41
#"Give Me the Reason" (from "Ruthless People") (Vandross, Adderley) – 4:45
#"There's Nothing Better Than Love" (with Gregory Hines) (Vandross, Skip Anderson) – 4:42
#"I Really Didn't Mean It" (Vandross, Miller) – 5:43
#"Because It's Really Love" (Vandross) – 6:13
#"Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:45

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