- Love Oh Love
Infobox Album | Name = Love Oh Love
Type =Album
Artist =Leroy Hutson
Released = 1973
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Funk/Soul/Chicago soul /R&B
Length = 28:38
Label = Curtom
Producer =Leroy Hutson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:s2knikpjbbf9 link]*
User Reviews Rating|5|5"Love Oh Love" is the first solo album by
Leroy Hutson .Track listing
# "So in Love With You"
# "Love, Oh Love"
# "When You Smile"
# "Getting It On"
# "Time Brings on a Change"
# "I'll Be There, I'll Still Care "
# "I'm in Love With You Girl"
# "As Long as There's Love Around"Review
After working as a writer and producer for such soul music stalwarts as
Donny Hathaway and a stint replacingCurtis Mayfield as the lead vocalist inThe Impressions ,Leroy Hutson embarked on a solo career with 1973's Love Oh Love. The album combines the kind of smooth soul music that Hutson performed withThe Impressions with more ambitious and conceptual outings in the vein ofMarvin Gaye andStevie Wonder . When Hutson sticks to love songs, Love Oh Love is magical: "So in Love With You " combines a honey-sweet romantic vocal from Hutson with a spine-tingling string arrangement to create an elegant and heartfelt ballad, while the title track raises its tale of lost love to an up-tempo level with jazzy horns and a percolating rhythm arrangement. "As Long as There's Love Around " is another effective romantic track that layers Hutson's velvety vocals over a complex instrumental track that combines gentle strings and brash horns with an insistently grooving bassline. The progressive-minded tracks are less satisfying: "Time Brings on a Change " is a political commentary song whose use of aMartin Luther King sample is a little too gimmicky for its own good, and "Getting It On " is a funk instrumental that fails to work any memorable hooks into its pleasant groove. Despite these problems, nothing on the album is less than listenable and everything flows together nicely to create a cohesive (if somewhat short) album. In short, Love Oh Love is one of the most consistent albums in theLeroy Hutson catalog and a good introduction to his silky soul style.~ Donald A. Guarisco, Allmusic
Chart positions
Billboard (North America) - singles
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