After the first three albums more or less flopped, this time Labelle worked on the album with producer Allen Toussaint , who already produced the albums Nightbirds and Phoenix with LaBelle while she was in her girl group Labelle . The album includes the international disco hit release (The Tension) and the doo-wop hit I Don't Go Shopping , which reached number 30 on the R&B charts. The album was more successful after its release than her previous albums, but the longed-for success for Patti LaBelle did not occur, so she left her music label Epic Records after the release and switched to Philadelphia International.
Track list
All tracks were written by Patti LaBelle , Edward Batts and James "Budd" Ellison.
Joy to Have Your Love • You Are My Friend • Dan Swit Me • Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile) • Little Girls • It's Alright with Me • Music Is My Way of Life • Release (The Tension) • I Don't Go Shopping • The Spirit's in It • The Best Is Yet to Come (with Grover Washington, Jr.) • If Only You Knew • Love Has Finally Come at Last (with Bobby Womack) • Love, Need and Want You • It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye (with Bobby Womack) • New Attitude • Stir It Up • I Can't Forget You • If You Don't Know Me by Now (Part 1) • On My Own (with Michael McDonald) • Oh , People • Kiss Away the Pain • Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight) • The Last Unbroken Heart (with Bill Champlin) • Just the Facts • If You Asked Me To • Yo Mister • I Can't Complain • Feels Like Another One • Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is) • When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven) • When You Love Somebody (Saving My Love for You) • All Right Now • The Right Kinda Lover • All This Love • I never stopped Loving You • When You Talk About Love • Shoe Was on the Other Foot • Someone Like You • New Day • Gotta Go Solo (with Ronald Isley) • Ain't No Way (with Mary J. Blige) • When Love Begins (with Yolanda Adams) • Anything (with Mary Mary, Kanye West & Consequence)
