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Any Love (album)

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Released
  
September 20, 1988

Label
  
Epic

Release date
  
20 September 1988

Length
  
47:37

Artist
  
Luther Vandross

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Recorded
  
1987–1988 at A&M Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Right Track Recording (New York City, New York)

Any Love (1988)
  
The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love (1989)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B

Producers
  
Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller

Nominations
  
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

Similar
  
Luther Vandross albums, Soul music albums

Any Love is the sixth studio album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). It reached the top position on the R&B Album charts that year for two weeks. At the 1989 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" and its title track was nominated for "Best R&B Song". Also, "She Won't Talk to Me" received a nomination for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" in 1990. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album also features a cover of Major Harris' hit single "Love Won't Let Me Wait".

Contents

In 1990, French pianist Alex Bugnon covered the title track on his album Head Over Heels.

Smooth jazz guitarist Norman Brown also covered the song on the After the Storm album in 1994.

Also, the song "The Second Time Around" is a re-recording of a song featured on Vandross's band Luther's 1976 album of the same name.

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Personnel

  • Luther Vandross - vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr., Doc Powell - guitar
  • Marcus Miller - bass, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Nat Adderley Jr. - keyboards, synthesizer
  • David Gamson - synthesizer
  • Buddy Williams - drums
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • Jason Miles - programming
  • Kirk Whalum - saxophone on "Love Won't Let Me Wait"
  • George Young - saxophone on "The Second Time Around"
  • Amy Knoles - timpani on "Love Won't Let Me Wait"
  • Alan Rubin, Dave Tofani, Harold Jones, Homer Mensch, Jerome Ashby, Jon Faddis, Peter Gordon, Randy Brecker - horns
  • Darryl Tookes, David Lasley, James Ingram, Kevin Owens, Lisa Fischer, Mark Stevens, Paulette McWilliams, Michael Lovesmith, Brenda White King, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee - backing vocals
  • Technical
  • Ray Bardani - engineer, mixing
  • Matthew Rolston - photography
  • Year-end charts

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    Songs

    1I Wonder5:13
    2She Won't Talk to Me4:37
    3I Know You Want To4:31

    References

    Any Love (album) Wikipedia