Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album)

Love Tracks is the sixth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in November 1978 on Polydor Records.

Love Tracks
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco
Length	42:15
Label	Polydor
Producer	Dino Fekaris
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound (1978) Love Tracks (1978) I Have a Right (1979)
Singles from Love Tracks
"I Will Survive" Released: October 23, 1978 "Anybody Wanna Party?" Released: 1979

History

Love Tracks includes her million-selling #1 hit single "I Will Survive" which originally started out as the b-side to the album's first single, a cover of Clout's "Substitute" before it was flipped. (The 12" single was quickly deleted and the 4:56 album version was replaced with the 8:01 12" version in order to sell more albums).

The song "Anybody Wanna Party" also became a hit, becoming a top 20 hit on the club/dance chart, as well as peaking at #16 on the R&B chart.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Smash Hits	4/10^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stoplight"		3:38
2.	"Anybody Wanna Party?"		5:14
3.	"Please, Be There"	Dino Fekaris, David Van De Pitte	4:30
4.	"Goin' Out of My Head"	Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein	5:33
5.	"I Will Survive"		4:56
6.	"You Can Exit"		5:16
7.	"I Said Yes"		3:59
8.	"Substitute"	Willie H. Wilson	3:15

2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"I Will Survive" (12" Disco Version)	8:02
10.	"Anybody Wanna Party?" (12" Disco Version)	7:41
11.	"Substitute" (12" Disco Version)	8:29
12.	"Yo Viviré" ("I Will Survive" - Spanish 12" Disco Version)	7:53
13.	"I Will Survive" (A Tom Moulton Mix)	10:32

Personnel

• Gloria Gaynor – vocals
• James Gadson – drums
• Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Wah Wah Watson, Robert White – guitar
• Peter Robinson, Freddie Perren – keyboards
• Eddie Watkins, Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• Paulinho da Costa, Bob Zimmitti – percussion
• Peter Robinson – synthesizer
• Gene Page – conductor, strings and horns ("Spotlight", "I Said Yes" and "Goin' Out of My Head")
• Peter Robinson – conductor, strings and horns ("Anybody Wanna Party" and "Please Be There")
• Don Peake – conductor, strings and horns ("You Can Exit")
• Dave Blumberg – conductor, strings and horns ("I Will Survive" and "Substitute")
• Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals

Production

• Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren – producers
• Freddie Perren – rhythm arrangements
• Benjamin Barrett – contractor
• Lewis Peters, Jack Rouben – recording and remix engineers
• Rick Clifford – assistant engineer
• Ed Biggs – mastering
• Bob Heimall – design

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[6]	15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[9]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10]	34
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	31
US Billboard 200^[12]	4
US Top 75 Soul Albums (Billboard)^[13]	4

Certifications

Region	Certification
France	214.500
United States (RIAA)^[14]	Platinum

References

1. BBR Records - CD re-issue of Love Tracks from 2013
2. Henderson, Alex. Love Tracks review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 275.
5. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (March 22 - April 4, 1979): 31.
6. Billboard. June 9, 1979. p. 95. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
10. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
11. "Gloria Gaynor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
12. Billboard. March 10, 1979. p. 96. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
13. Billboard. July 7, 1979. p. 3. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
14. RIAA Gold and Platinum search results for Gaynor, Gloria 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. riaa.com. Accessed from July 10, 2013.

External links

• Love Tracks at Discogs (list of releases)