Live to Love is the sixth studio album by Gerald Albright. It was produced by Albright and released in 1997 by Atlantic Records.[1] Live to Love reached No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[2]

Live to Love
Studio album by
Released1997
GenreJazz
Length53:44
LabelAtlantic
ProducerGerald Albright
Gerald Albright chronology
Giving Myself to You
(1995)
Live to Love
(1997)
Pleasures of the Night with Will Downing
(1997)

Guest artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Will Downing and Jonathan Butler appear on the album.[1]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

With a 3 out of 5 star rating, Leo Stanley of AllMusic noted "Live to Love finds Gerald Albright returning to urban R&B, turning in an album of laid-back, polished soul and smooth jazz."[3]

Track listing edit

Track no. Song title Songwriter(s) Length
1 "You're My Everything" Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough 04:58
2 "All I Wanna Do" Gerald Albright, David Delhomme 05:43
3 "About Last Night" DaMone Arnold Antoine, Michael Terrel White 04:34
4 "Sooki Sooki" Gerald Albright 05:07
5 "Live to Love" Gerald Albright 05:37
6 "Beautiful Like You" Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough 05:31
7 "Lonely Winds" Gerald Albright, Gorden Campbell, Shyronda Felder, Sy Smith 04:35
8 "Creepin'" Gerald Albright, Jacques Richmond 04:43
9 "Killin' Don't Make No Sense" Gerald Albright 04:51
10 "The Good Ole Days" Gerald Albright 05:47
11 "You're My Everything" Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough 02:18

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gerald Albright - Live to Love. Atlantic Records. 1997.
  2. ^ "Gerald Albright Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Stanley, Leo. "Gerald Albright – Live to Love: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2023.