Livin' Inside Your Love

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Livin' Inside Your Love
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1979
Studio
GenreJazz
Length66:50
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTommy LiPuma
George Benson chronology
Space
(1978)
Livin' Inside Your Love
(1979)
Give Me the Night
(1980)

Livin' Inside Your Love is the seventeenth album by jazz guitarist George Benson, released in 1979. In the United States, it was certified Gold by the RIAA.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Omaha World-Herald[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
Smash Hits4/10[4]

The Omaha World-Herald opined that the music "is not as deep as [Benson] is capable of," but "occasionally inspired."[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Livin' Inside Your Love" (Earl Klugh) – 6:37
  2. "Hey Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:31
  3. "Nassau Day" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:14

Side B

  1. "Soulful Strut" (Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders) – 5:37
  2. "Prelude to Fall" (Ronnie Foster) – 6:30
  3. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:47

Side C

  1. "Love Ballad" (Skip Scarborough) – 5:15
  2. "You're Never Too Far From Me" (George Benson) – 6:43
  3. "Love is a Hurtin' Thing" (Ben Raleigh, Dave Linden) – 4:25

Side D

  1. "Welcome Into My World" (George Benson) – 4:08
  2. "Before You Go" (George Benson) – 6:27
  3. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 6:36

Personnel

Production

  • Producer – Tommy LiPuma
  • Recorded and Mixed by Al Schmitt
  • Assistant Engineers – Don Henderson and Michael O'Reilly
  • Rhythm section recorded at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
  • Strings recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio (New York, NY) and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Production Coordination – Jill Harris and Christine Martin
  • Music Contractors – Frank DeCaro and Christine Martin
  • Art Direction – John Cabalka
  • Design – Brad Kanawyer
  • Photography – Tom Bert
  • Direction – Ken Fritz, Dennis Turner and Connie Pappas.

References

  1. ^ "American album certifications – George Benson – Livin' Inside Your Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
  2. ^ Livin' Inside Your Love at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b Smith, Will (13 Mar 1979). "New Sounds". Omaha World-Herald. p. 6.
  4. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (April 19 - May 2, 1979): 25.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.