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All in the Name of Love is the eighth studio album by R&B band Atlantic Starr released in March 1987 upon Warner Bros. Records.[4] The album rose to nos. 4 & 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts.[5][6] All in the Name of Love was also certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.[7]

All in the Name of Love
Studio album by Atlantic Starr
Released	March 31, 1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	Acme Recording Studios, (Mamaroneck, NY); Hitsville Recording Studio, Hollywood Sound Recorders and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA).
Genre	R&B
Length	51:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David Lewis, Wayne Lewis, Jonathan Lewis, Maurice White
Atlantic Starr chronology
Secret Lovers... The Best Of Atlantic Starr (1986) All in the Name of Love (1987) We're Movin' Up (1989)
Singles from All in the Name of Love
"Always" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
People	(favourable)[3]

Track listing

• All songs written by David and Wayne Lewis, except where noted.

1. "One Lover at a Time" (Richard Feldman, Jimmy Scott) - 4:00
2. "You Belong with Me" - 4:53
3. "Females" - 3:42
4. "Don't Take Me for Granted" - 5:04
5. "Always" (Jonathan, David and Wayne Lewis) - 4:39
6. "Armed and Dangerous" (Garry Glenn, Martin Page, Maurice White) - 4:08 ++
7. "Let the Sun In" - 4:04
8. "Thankful" - 5:03
9. "I'm in Love" - 4:25 ++
10. "All in the Name of Love" (Sam Dees) - 5:26
11. "My Mistake" - 5:19
12. "Interlude" - 1:13

[1]

++ "Armed and Dangerous" and "I'm in Love" only appear on the CD versions of the album

Personnel

Atlantic Starr

• David Lewis – guitars, programming, backing vocals, arrangements (1-5, 7-12), lead vocals (3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12)
• Wayne Lewis – keyboards, programming, backing vocals, arrangements (1-5, 7-12), lead vocals (2, 3, 8, 10)
• Jonathan Lewis – keyboards, programming
• Joseph Phillips – percussion
• Barbara Weathers – backing vocals, lead vocals (1, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Additional Musicians

• Rich Aronson – keyboard sweetening (1, 4, 10)
• Richard Feldman – rhythm keyboard programming (1), bass and drum programming (1)
• Rhett Lawrence – synthesizer programming (6)
• Fritz Cadet – guitar (2, 3)
• David Cochrane – guitar (2, 3, 4), bass (7)
• Andy Bloch – guitar (5, 8, 9)
• Charles Foster Johnson – guitar (6)
• Marlon McClain – guitar (6)
• Danny Atherton – drums (2, 8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 7-11)
• Gary Coleman – percussion (10, 11)
• Gerald Albright – saxophone solo (6, 7, 8)
• Duke Jones – flugelhorn solo (12)
• Maurice White – arrangements (6)
• Bill Myers – arrangements (6)
• Gene Page – horn and string arrangements, conductor

Production

• David Lewis – producer (1-5, 7-12)
• Wayne Lewis – producer (1-5, 7-12)
• Jonathan Lewis – associate producer (1-5, 7-12)
• Maurice White – producer (6)
• Rory Young – engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Peter Denenberg – additional engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Bino Espinoza – additional engineer (1-5, 7-12), assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Fred Law – additional engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Charles Holman Brown – assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Liz Cluse – assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Michael Dotson – assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Karen Siegel – assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Ralph Sutton – assistant engineer (1-5, 7-12)
• Tom Perry – engineer (6), mixing (6)
• Erik Zobler – mixing (1, 2, 3, 7, 12)
• Tommy Vicari – mixing (4, 5, 8, 10, 11)
• Ray Bardani – mixing (9)
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• George DuBose – cover design, cover photography
• Earl Cole, Jr. – management

Studios

• Mixed at Minot Sound Studios (White Plains, NY); Hollywood Sound Recorders and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).

References

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