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1979 studio album by the Manhattans
Love Talk
Studio album by the Manhattans
Released1979
Studio
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelColumbia
ProducerBert deCoteaux, The Manhattans, Scorpicorn Music, Inc., Jack Faith
The Manhattans chronology
There's No Good in Goodbye
(1978) 		Love Talk
(1979) 		After Midnight
(1980)

Love Talk is the tenth studio album by American vocal group the Manhattans, released in 1979 through Columbia Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul

The album peaked at No. 20 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 141 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Here Comes the Hurt Again", which peaked at No. 29 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "The Way We Were" / "Memories", which reached No. 33 on the same chart.

The Bay State Banner wrote that "these kings of the somber narrative, this selection of songs and lead vocals are worthy of being included in any all-time listing of vocal groups works."

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After You"Doug Frank, Doug James3:58
2."Love Talk"Winfred Lovett4:33
3."The Right Feeling at the Wrong Time"Barbara Wyrick, Keith Lamb3:45
4."Devil in the Dark"Allan Felder, T.G. Conway, Cary Gilbert4:06
5."Here Comes the Hurt Again"Frank Johnson4:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I Just Wanna Be the One in Your Life"Michael Price, Daniel Walsh3:41
7."New York City"Winfred Lovett4:29
8."That's Not Part of the Show"Edward Bivins4:27
9."The Way We Were" / "Memories" (Medley)Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman / Gus Kahn, Egbert Van Alstyne5:13
10."We Tried"Winfred Lovett3:38

Charts

Album

Chart (1979) Peaks
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 141
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 20

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
R&B
1979 "Here Comes the Hurt Again" 29
"The Way We Were" / "Memories" (medley) 33

References

  1. Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone. 2001. p. 603.
  2. Lytle, Craig. Love Talk review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 214.
  4. Lane, George (12 Apr 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 27. p. 16.
  5. ^ "US Charts > The Manhattans". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

External links

The Manhattans
Studio albums
Singles
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