Love Language (Teddy Pendergrass album)

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Love Language (Teddy Pendergrass album) - Wikipedia

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Love Language

Studio album by

Teddy Pendergrass

Released

May 29, 1984

Recorded

1983–1984

Genre

R&B, soul

Length

35:06

Label

Asylum

Producer

Michael Masser, Luther Vandross

Teddy Pendergrass chronology

Heaven Only Knows
(1983)

Love Language
(1984)

Workin' It Back
(1985)

Singles from Love Language

"Hold Me (featuring Whitney Houston)"
"You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Love Language is the eighth album by R&B/soul singer Teddy Pendergrass. It was his first record for Asylum Records after being a longtime artist on Philadelphia International Records. It did much better on the Billboard 200 than his last two records, peaking at number 38. He had not reached the top 40 on the album charts since 1981's It's Time for Love. The album was composed and produced by Michael Masser, with the exception of the track You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me) (#15 R&B chart, November 3, 1984), which was produced by Luther Vandross and featured Cissy Houston on background vocals and as "Solo Female Voice".

Hold Me (#46 Hot 100, July 28, 1984; #6 Adult Contemporary Chart) written by Masser and Linda Creed was a duet with Whitney Houston (it later turned up on Houston's debut album). As a result of having recorded this duet in 1984, Houston was disqualified from consideration as Grammy Best New Artist of 1985.^[2] Despite this, it helped the album earn a gold award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 500,000 copies in September 1984, Pendergrass' first gold album since It's Time for Love was certified in December 1981.^[3]

The track "In My Time" reached number 11 on the South African charts, spending seven weeks in the top 20.^[4]

Songs from the album were used on the soundtrack to Alan Rudolph's 1984 film Choose Me. In her review of the film, critic Pauline Kael stated: "The songs are performed by Teddy Pendergrass and he's just right. The entire movie has a lilting, loose, choreographic flow to it."^[5] Also in 1984, the Love Language song, "Stay with Me", was included in Miami Vice's season 1 episode, "No Exit" (episode 8).^[6]

Track listing

"In My Time" (Michael Masser, Cynthia Weil) – 3:48
"So Sad The Song" (Gerry Goffin, Masser) – 3:23
"Hot Love" (Linda Creed, Masser, Ray Parker Jr.) – 4:43
"Stay With Me" (Goffin, Masser) – 4:19
"Hold Me" (Duet with Whitney Houston) (Creed, Masser) – 5:59
"You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)" (Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross) – 4:48
"Love" (Randy Goodrum, Masser) – 4:28
"This Time is Ours" (Goffin, Masser) – 3:22

Personnel and production

Tracks 1–5, 7 and 8 arranged and produced by Michael Masser for Prince Street Productions, Inc.
Track 6 arranged and produced by Luther Vandross for Vandross Ltd.
Strings and horns arranged by Gene Page
Recording engineers: Michael Mancini, Dean Burt, Guy Charbonneau, Cliff Bonnell
Mixed by Guy Charbonneau
Remix by Bill Schnee
Mastering engineer: Doug Sax
Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Nathan East
Keyboards: Randy Kerber, Michael Masser, Ray Parker Jr. (also played guitars on "Hot Love")
Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr.
Rhythm arrangements: Marcus Miller
Strings and horns arranged by Nat Adderley Jr.
Recording engineers: Ray Bardani, Michael Barbiero, Doug Epstein, Michael Brauer, Guy Charbonneau
Drums: Yogi Horton
Percussion: Steve Kroon, Errol "Crusher" Bennett
Bass/Synthesizer: Marcus Miller
Keyboards: Nat Adderley Jr.
Guitars: Doc Powell
Background vocals: Cissy Houston

Charts

Chart performance for *Love Language*
Chart (1984)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	81
US Billboard 200^[8]	38
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	4

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1986-01-18.
^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA (Teddy Pendergrass)". Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ "SA Charts 1969 - 1989". Retrieved January 6, 2014.
^ Pauline Kael, in the collection of movie reviews, State of the Art.
^ "Miami Vice" No Exit (TV Episode 1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb, retrieved 2023-09-14
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 8515". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
^ "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
^ "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
^ "American album certifications – Teddy Pendergrass – Love Language". Recording Industry Association of America.

v t e Teddy Pendergrass
Discography
Studio albums	Teddy Pendergrass Life Is a Song Worth Singing Teddy TP It's Time for Love This One's for You Heaven Only Knows Love Language Workin' It Back Joy Truly Blessed A Little More Magic You and I This Christmas (I'd Rather Have Love)
Live albums	Live! Coast to Coast
Singles	"Close the Door" "Only You" "Turn Off the Lights" "Love T.K.O." "Hold Me" "Joy" "Make It with You" "It Should've Been You" "One Shining Moment"
Featured singles	"Two Hearts"
Related articles	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

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