Turn You to Love
| Turn You to Love | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues[1] | |||
| Length | 38:20 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Reginald “Sonny” Burke | |||
| Terry Callier chronology | ||||
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Turn You to Love is a studio album from American musician Terry Callier.[2] Released by Elektra Records in 1979, this is the artist's sixth album and the second with Elektra. It has received mixed critical reception.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| Pitchfork | 5.5/10[1] |
Writing for Pitchfork, Andy Beta praised Callier's vocals and noted that "he could've been a distinct R&B personality had the breaks gone his way".[1] AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek declared it "easily Terry Callier's most underrated album" after the "miss" that was Fire on Ice.[3]
Track listing
- "Sign of the Times" (Terry Callier and Larry Wade) – 5:00
- "Pyramids of Love" (Wade) – 3:42
- "Turn You to Love" (Callier and Wade) – 3:46
- "Do It Again" (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) – 4:52
- "Ordinary Joe" (Callier) – 4:54
- "Occasional Rain" (Callier) – 3:49
- "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson) – 3:48
- "You and Me (Will Always Be in Love)" (Callier and Wade) – 4:21
- "A Mother's Love" (Callier, Earl Johnson, and Wade) – 3:44
Personnel
- Terry Callier – guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet
- Oliver C. Brown, Jr. – percussion
- Keni Burke – bass guitar on all tracks, except "Ordinary Joe"
- Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangement, conducting, production
- James Gadson – membranophone
- William Green – saxophone
- Elizabeth Howard – backing vocals
- James Jamerson – bass guitar on "Ordinary Joe"
- Barbara Korn – French horn
- Gayle Levant – harp
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Arthur Maebe – French horn
- James "Alibe" Sledge – backing vocals
- Patricia Henley Talbert – backing vocals
- Tommy Tedesco – guitar, mandolin
- Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
- Larry Wade – guitar
- David T. Walker – guitar
- Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson – guitar
- Ernie Watts – saxophone
- Fred Wesley – trombone
- Robert White – guitar
Technical personnel
- Samuel F. Brown III – orchestration
- Ron Coro – art direction
- Roger Dollarhide – engineering
- Mary Francis – design, illustration
- Laura Livingston – engineering
- Sye Mitchell – engineering
- Don Mizell – executive production
- Jimmy Schifflett – engineering
References
- ^ a b c Beta, Andy (June 3, 2003). "Terry Callier: Fire on Ice and Turn You to Love". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Ralph (March 29, 1979). "Callier Appears with New Release". The Washington Informer. No. 29B. p. 5.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Turn You to Love – Terry Callier". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
External links
- Turn You to Love at Discogs (list of releases)
- Turn You to Love at MusicBrainz (list of releases)