Released October 28, 1978 Length 46:19 Release date 28 October 1978 Label 20th Century Fox Records | Recorded 1978 Artist Barry White Producer Barry White | |
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Genres Soul music, Disco, Rhythm and blues, Funk Similar Barry White Sings for Someone, The Man Is Back!, I Love to Sing the Songs I S, The Message Is Love, Just Another Way to S | ||
The Man is the self-produced eighth album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1978 on the revived 20th Century-Fox Records label, which saw its name reverted from 20th Century.
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History
The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at #36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" reached #2 on the R&B chart and #60 on the Billboard Hot 100, while White's cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" reached #45 on the R&B chart and peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart. A third single, "Sha La La Means I Love You", peaked at #55 on the UK Singles Chart. A cover version of "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" (with the shortened title "It's Only Love") would be a hit for British band Simply Red in 1989. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records.
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Songs
1Look at Her7:40
2Your Sweetness Is My Weakness8:04
3Sha La La Means I Love You8:00