Change - Sharing Your Love (LP) (1982) - €7,00

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Change is an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy, in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1948–1987) and Mauro Malavasi (born 1957). They were heavily influenced by the disco band Chic.

Sharing Your Love is the third studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1982 and reached number sixty-six on the US Billboard Album Chart and fourteen on the US Billboard Black Albums chart. 

Sharing Your Love includes the singles "The Very Best in You", "Oh What a Night", "Sharing Your Love", "Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)" and "Keep On It" (in Italy only).

The third release from Change. The difference here is that the overall musical style is different from the 2 previous releases. Recorded entirely in New York at the Media Sound Studios, this 10-track album didn't have the same impact or success sales-wise as the other ones, but still the overall quality and the vocals are just marvelous. 

The first single was _The Very Best In You_ which did a decent run on the dance and r&b charts in April 1982. Followed by the more hardhitting club track _Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright_. 

Another 2 singles were released; _Oh What A Night_ (originally done by The Four Seasons) and _You're My Girl_. 

A slightly different approach was taken with this album. Less disco but more r&b would best describe it really. Nonetheless, there is not one bad track on this LP. 

A stellar cast of wellknown session musicians and singers make this a true gem. One of the reasons this album had trouble achieving the same success as _Miracles_ lies in the fact that the group's producer had taken on other projects at the same time and the creative juices had probably gone into them instead. 

Those projects were _B.B.&.Q Band_, _Ritchie Family_ and _High Fashion_.

The band recorded the songs for album at Mediasound Studios, New York City. The sessions were then mastered at Sterling Sound Studios. Receiving mixed to positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP in April 1982. The artwork was designed by Greg Porto.

Side one

1.  The Very Best In You - 5:41

2.  Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright) - 5:23

3.  Oh What A Night - 5:23

4.  Promise Your Love - 4:27

5.  Everything And More - 4:23

Side two

1.  Sharing Your Love - 6:03

2.  Take You To Heaven - 5:26

3.  Keep On It - 5:36

4.  You're My Number 1 - 4:21

5.  You're My Girl - 4:08

Personnel

• Jacques Fred Petrus - Producer
• Mauro Malavasi - Producer
• Jack Skinner - Engineering

Recorded at Mediasound Studios, NY. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.

Change

• James "Crab" Robinson - lead vocals
• Deborah Cooper - lead vocals
• Timmy Allen - bass
• Mike Campbell - guitar
• Vincent Henry - guitar, saxophone
• Jeff Bova - keyboards
• Rick Galwey - percussion

Notes

Release:  1982

Label:  Polydor Records

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Pressed:  France

Genre: Soul, Post-disco

Catalog#  2393 316

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €7,00