Loveline (Tavares album)

Loveline [1][2] is the tenth album by the American soul/R&B group Tavares, produced by Alan Abrahams and released in 1981 on the Capitol label. It is the last album that Tavares recorded for Capitol after a nine-year association which covered their whole recording career to that date. The group moved to RCA for their last two albums.

Loveline
Studio album by
Tavares
Released1981
GenreR&B, soul
Length43:34
LabelCapitol
ProducerAlan Abrahams
Tavares chronology
Love Uprising
(1980)		 Loveline
(1981)		 New Directions
(1982)

Loveline is Tavares' second successive album to fail to register on either the pop or the R&B top 100.

The incipit of the song Loveline is very similar to the Alton McClain and Destiny's 1979 hit "It Must Be Love".

Reception

Billboard described the album as a "well-paced collection of driving, mid-tempo rhythm numbers and soft, expressive ballads." The magazine also wrote that their singles capture the dynamics of their previous singles.[3]

Track listing
  1. "Keep On" (Kashif, Paul Laurence) - 3:40
  2. "Turn Out the Nightlight" (Bunny Hull, Andrew Woolfolk) - 4:45
  3. "Better Love" (Charles Fearing, Laythan Armor) - 4:44
  4. "God Bless You" (Brenda Russell) - 4:50
  5. "Touché" (Laythan Armor, Alan Abrahams, Charles Fearing) - 3:40
  6. "Loveline" (Kashif, Paul Laurence) - 4:25
  7. "Don't Want to Fool You" (Brenda Russell) - 5:45
  8. "House of Music" (Sandy Linzer, Doug James) - 4:25
  9. "Right Back in Your Arms Again" (Al Jarreau, Patrick Henderson) - 3:45
  10. "Right On Time" (Kashif) - 3:35

Singles
  • "Turn Out The Nightlight" (US R&B #45)[4]
  • "Loveline" (US R&B #47)[5]

References
  1. "Discogs"
  2. "SoulTracks"
  3. "Top Album Picks". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 34. August 29, 1981. p. 70. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. "Music VF - Turn Out The Nightlight"
  5. "Music VF - Loveline"
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