A Lot of Love is the fifteenth album by American singer Melba Moore. It was released by Capitol Records on July 18, 1986. This album featured two number-one R&B hits, including the duet, "A Little Bit More", with Freddie Jackson and "Falling". She scored other popular R&B hits including "Love the One I'm With (A Lot of Love)" and "It's Been So Long".

A Lot of Love
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 1986
Length43:35
LabelCapitol
Producer
Melba Moore chronology
Read My Lips
(1985)
A Lot of Love
(1986)
I'm in Love
(1988)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Bil Carpenter awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "Warm soul duets with Freddie Jackson and Kashif."[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."There I Go Falling in Love Again"Paul LaurenceLaurence3:32
2."It's Been So Long" (introducing Dennis Collins)Howard King
  • King
  • Kevin "Chad" Robinson
4:57
3."I'm Not Gonna Let You Go"
  • Ondrea Dawkins
  • Laurence
Laurence4:06
4."Love the One I'm With (A Lot of Love)" (with Kashif)
  • Kashif
  • Paul Gurvitz
  • Kashif
  • Gurvitz
4:11
5."You Trip Me Out"
  • Kashif
  • Brian Morgan
  • Shelly Scruggs
  • Kashif
  • Morgan
  • Scruggs
4:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."A Little Bit More" (duet with Freddie Jackson)
McFadden5:06
7."Falling"
  • Frannie Golde
  • McFadden
McFadden4:44
8."Stay"Vaneese Thomas
  • Thomas
  • Ernie Poccia
  • Wayne Warnecke
4:28
9."When We Touch (It's Like Fire)"
  • Poccia
  • Thomas
  • Thomas
  • Poccia
  • Warnecke
4:24
10."Don't Go Away"
  • Rahni Harris
  • Zachary Harris
R. Harris3:43

Personnel

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  • Ron Banks – engineer
  • Beau Huggins – producer
  • Melba Moore – vocals

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 91
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 7

References

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  1. ^ a b Carpenter, B. Allmusic Review accessed May 7, 2011
  2. ^ "Melba Moore Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "Melba Moore Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2022.