Smooth Luv: The Ultimate R&B Love Songs Collection

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Practice What You Preach
recording of:
Practice What You Preach
writer:
Gerald Levert (soul singer, songwriter and producer), Edwin “Tony” Nicholas (producer) and Barry White
Barry White5:59
2I Wanna Be Down
recording engineer and producer:
Keith Crouch
mixer:
Booker T. Jones III and Keith Crouch
keyboard [All Keyboards] and membranophone:
Keith Crouch
background vocals:
Brandy Norwood (US R&B singer) and Tiara Le Macks
arranger:
Keith Crouch
vocals arranger:
Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones
recorded at:
Human Rhythm Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Studio 56 in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I Wanna Be Down
writer:
Keith Crouch and Kevin Todd Jones
publisher:
BMG Monarch, Human Rhythm Music, Pecot Music Co. and Young Legend Songs
Brandy3.54:54
3That’s the Way Love Goes
recording engineer:
Steve Hodge (engineer and producer)
producer:
Janet Jackson and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
mixer:
Dave Rideau (engineer) and Steve Hodge (engineer and producer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Janet Jackson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1993) and Virgin Records Inc. (in 2018)
samples:
Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond) and Papa Don’t Take No Mess by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 216)
recording of:
That’s the Way Love Goes
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Janet Jackson, James Harris (James Harris of Jam & Lewis), Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner), John Starks and Fred Wesley
publisher:
Black Ice Publishing, Dynatone Publishing Co. and Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
Janet Jackson3.64:26
4Before I Let You Go
recording of:
Before I Let You Go
writer:
Chauncey Hannibal, Dave Hollister, Markell Riley, Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) and Leon Sylvers
Blackstreet5:01
5Lady
additional recording engineer:
G-Spot (engineer)
recording engineer:
Darrin Harris (engineer)
additional engineer:
Tim Latham
assistant engineer:
Rob Farrell and Chaz Harper
producer:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) and Raphael Saadiq
mixer:
Russell Elevado
additional guitar:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer)
bass and guitar:
Raphael Saadiq
piano:
Tim Christian
vocals:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer)
arranger:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) and Raphael Saadiq
vocals arranger:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Lady
writer:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) and Raphael Saadiq
D’Angelo35:48
6Who Can I Run To?
Xscape3:38
7No Ordinary Love
engineer:
Chris Lord‐Alge and Mike Pela
co-producer:
Mike Pela
bass guitar:
Paul S. Denman
guitar and saxophone:
Stuart Matthewman
keyboard:
Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer)
percussion:
Martin Ditcham
lead vocals:
Sade Adu
vocals:
Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.)
arranger:
Sade (Group w/ singer of same performance name)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1988)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 459)
recording of:
No Ordinary Love
lyricist:
Sade Adu
composer:
Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman
publisher:
Angel Music Ltd., Sony ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd.
Sade47:19
8It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
engineer:
David Domanich and Henry Hirsch
producer:
Lenny Kravitz
mixer:
Henry Hirsch
guest horn:
The Phenix Horns
Rhodes piano, bass guitar, drums (drum set), guitar and sitar and lead vocals:
Lenny Kravitz
horn and strings arranger:
Lenny Kravitz
recording of:
It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
lyricist and composer:
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz3.654:02
9Weak
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1992), BMG Entertainment (in 2001) and BMG Heritage (in 2003)
recording of:
Weak
writer:
Brian Alexander Morgan
SWV4:53
10If You Love Me
sound engineer:
Rob Paustian (other instruments [tracking])
audio engineer:
Brownstone (US female R&B group) (other vocals [vocal production]), Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer) (other vocals [vocal production]) and Dave Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam) (other vocals [vocal production])
executive producer:
Jerry Greenberg (producer, engineer) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer and mixer:
Dave "Jam" Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam)
vocals arranger:
Brownstone (US female R&B group) and Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer)
mixed for and produced for:
Untouchables Entertainment
recorded at:
The Hit Factory Studios, NY (The Hit Factory) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory, NY (The Hit Factory) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
If You Love Me by Brownstone (US female R&B group)
recording of:
If You Love Me
lyricist:
Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer) and Nichole Gilbert
composer:
Dave "Jam" Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam)
publisher:
Brown Girl Music, Orisha Music, Paisley Park, Stone Jam Publishing Inc., The Night Rainbow Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
Brownstone4.55:05
11At Your Best (You Are Love)
recording engineer and engineer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
R. Kelly
mixer:
R. Kelly, Mr. Lee (Chicago house DJ/vocalist Lee Haggard) and Peter Mokran
additional guitar:
Keith Henderson (guitarist)
additional keyboard:
Lafayette Carthon
instruments:
R. Kelly
additional vocals:
Tia Hawkins
vocals:
Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment) (in 1994), RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1994) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1994)
recorded at and engineered at:
Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
mixed at:
Battery Recording Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States
edit of:
At Your Best by Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
cover recording of:
(At Your Best) You Are Love
writer:
Christopher Howard Jasper, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), O’Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Bernard Isley
publisher:
Bovina, Bovina Music Inc. and EMI April Music Inc.
Aaliyah34:51
12Your Body’s Callin’
recording of:
Your Body’s Callin’
lyricist and composer:
Robert Kelly
R. Kelly4:35