Burn (Melba Moore album)

Burn is the ninth album by singer Melba Moore, released in 1979.[1][2]

Burn
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioRecord Plant, New York City
GenreDisco
LabelEpic
ProducerPete Bellotte
Melba Moore chronology
Melba
(1978)
Burn
(1979)
Closer
(1980)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Bay State BannerC[3]

The Bay State Banner wrote that "Moore still doesn't comprehend that in disco, a singer takes a crowd to peak by building up passion rather than changing constantly (as in a conversation) from soft to loud."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Burn" (Melba Moore, Pete Bellotte)
  2. "Hot and Tasty" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)
  3. "If You Believe in Love" (Melba Moore, Pete Bellotte)
  4. "Night People" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)
  5. "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)
  6. "Can't Give it Up" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)
  7. "Miss Thing" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)
  8. "Need Love" (Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore, Mikki Farrow)

References

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  1. ^ Jet - 6 Dec 1979 - Page 26 Vol. 57, No. 12 Ten years have zipped by since an "itinerant music teacher" named Melba Moore decided to go public with her singing talents. She can look back and laugh at the time she took so steep a bow that her wig dropped to the floor. She also can treasure a Tony Award for her work in Purlie on Broadway. But no one could foresee that her carefully groomed "cute" image would go up in smoke, courtesy of her latest album, Burn. The cover features her bared, shapely thighs; the album is ...
  2. ^ Bruce A. Hawes - GROWING UP IN THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA 0615689469 2013 There was also an album of songs that Melba Moore and I co-wrote with Pete Billotti who produced the (Burn) album for Melba. Pete Billotti also produced music for.
  3. ^ a b Freedberg, Mike (22 Nov 1979). "Soul Dog". Bay State Banner. No. 4. p. 15.