Set My Love In Motion is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright, released on October 21, 1981, by Motown.

Set My Love in Motion
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 1981 (1981-10-21)
Recorded1980–1981
Length42:40
LabelTamla
ProducerHal Davis, Ollie Brown, Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon
Syreeta Wright chronology
Syreeta
(1980)
Set My Love in Motion
(1981)
Billy Preston & Syreeta
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album yielded three singles: "You Set My Love in Motion", "Can't Shake Your Love" and "Quick Slick". Set My Love in Motion did not achieve much commercial success, reaching the lower half of the Billboard 200 album chart, where it peaked at No. 189, although fared better on the Black Albums chart, where it reached the top forty.

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "Quick Slick" (Norma Helms, Hal Davis, Mitchell Bottler) – 5:24
  2. "Move It, Do It" (Angelo Bond, Todd Cochrane, William Weatherspoon) – 3:54
  3. "You Set My Love in Motion" (Maureen Bailey, David Richard Cohen) – 3:29
  4. "There's Nothing Like a Woman in Love" (Brian Short, Gloria Sklerov) – 4:22
  5. "Can't Shake Your Love" (Norma Helms, Hal Davis, Mitchell Bottler) – 4:12

Side two

  1. "I Must Be in Love" (Kenneth Hirsch, Mark Mueller) – 3:52
  2. "Wish Upon a Star" (Syreeta Wright) – 3:45
  3. "Out the Box" (Ollie E. Brown, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Syreeta Wright) – 5:44
  4. "I Know The Way To Your Heart" (Joe Blocker, Marlo Henderson) – 4:07
  5. "I Love You" (Paul Hines, James S. Stewart, Jr., Syreeta Wright) – 4:21

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 189
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 40

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Syreeta – Set My Love in Motion". AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Syreeta Wright Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Syreeta Wright Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
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