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)
Love Is The Message
(1973)
Universal Love
(1975)

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 Loesser 0:23
2. "Love Is the Message"  Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff 6:35
3. "Cheaper to Keep Her"  Mack Rice 6:52
4. "My One and Only Love"  Guy Wood, Robert Mellin 4:34
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (Theme from the television show Soul Train)Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff 3:43
6. "Zack's Fanfare"  Burton Lane, Frank Loesser 0:50
7. "Touch Me in the Morning"  Michael Masser, Ron Miller 6:21
8. "Bitter Sweet"  Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith 5:26

Personnel

Charts

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

Singles

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

See also

References

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