Love Is the Message (album)

Love Is The Message
Studio album by MFSB
Released 1973
Recorded 1973 at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Soul, disco
Length 35:06
Label Philadelphia International Records
Producer Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Vince Montana, Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith
MFSB chronology
MFSB
(1973)MFSB1973		 Love Is the Message
(1973)		 Universal Love
(1975)Universal Love1975

Love Is The Message is the second album by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Includes the number one Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary hit & winner of the 1974 Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)". The song would also become the theme song for the television show "Soul Train."

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Zack's Fanfare"Burton Lane, Frank Loesser0:23
2."Love Is the Message"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff6:35
3."Cheaper to Keep Her"Mack Rice6:52
4."My One and Only Love"Guy Wood, Robert Mellin4:34
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (Theme from the television show Soul Train)Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff3:43
6."Zack's Fanfare"Burton Lane, Frank Loesser0:50
7."Touch Me in the Morning"Michael Masser, Ron Miller6:21
8."Bitter Sweet"Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith5:26

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 4
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz LPs 4

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[2]		 US
R&B
[2]		 US
A/C
[2]
1974 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" 1 1 1
"Love Is the Message" 85 42 —

See also

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. Love Is the Message review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > MFSB". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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