Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album)

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 4:26 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]
Robert Christgau	B+^[3]
Smash Hits	4/10^[4]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spotlight"	8:02
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)	3:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"I Will Survive"	4:53
6.	"You Can Exit"	5:16
7.	"I Said Yes"	3:59
8.	"Substitute" (W.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, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, 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 – background 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)^[5]	15
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[6]	34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[8]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	34
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	31
US Billboard 200^[11]	4
US Top 75 Soul Albums (Billboard)^[12]	4

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Platinum

References

↑ BBR Records - CD re-issue of Love Tracks from 2013
↑ Henderson, Alex. Love Tracks review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Love Tracks review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (March 22 - April 4, 1979): 31.
↑ Billboard. June 9, 1979. p. 95. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Gloria Gaynor – Love Tracks". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
↑ "Gloria Gaynor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved July 10, 2013.
↑ Billboard. March 10, 1979. p. 96. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
↑ Billboard. July 7, 1979. p. 3. Accessed from July 10, 2013.
↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum search results for Gaynor, Gloria. riaa.com. Accessed from July 10, 2013.

External links

Love Tracks at Discogs (list of releases)

Gloria Gaynor

Studio albums	Never Can Say Goodbye Experience Gloria Gaynor I've Got You Glorious Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound Love Tracks I Have a Right Stories I Kinda Like Me Gloria Gaynor I Am Gloria Gaynor The Power of Gloria Gaynor The Answer I Wish You Love

Singles	"Never Can Say Goodbye" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Walk On By" "All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin'" "How High the Moon" "Substitute" "I Will Survive" "Stop in the Name of Love" "I Am What I Am" "Mighty High" "Oh, What a Life"

Related articles	Discography

Book:Gloria Gaynor

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