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Barry White Sings for Someone You Love is the self-produced seventh album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1977 on the 20th Century label.

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
Studio album by Barry White
Released	August 30, 1977
Recorded	April - June 1977
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	40:30
Label	20th Century Records
Producer	Barry White
Barry White chronology
Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978)
Singles from Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" Released: August 1977[1] "Playing Your Game, Baby" Released: December 1977 "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" Released: March 1978[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[3]

Commercial performance

The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975. It also reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, his second to reach the top ten. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", which peaked at No. 1,[1] and "Playing Your Game, Baby". "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #4. A third single, "Oh, What a Night for Dancing", reached No. 13 on the R&B chart[1] and No. 24 on the pop chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996, by Mercury Records. The original vinyl album was released with three different covers. In addition to the beige fur with black letters cover shown above, the LP was also issued with dark brown fur and grey fur. Each of these covers had White's name and the album's title in white letters, and are harder to find than the more common light brown fur with black letters cover.

"Playing Your Game, Baby", the first track featured on the album, was remixed by British electronica group Groove Armada for their 2000 album Back to Mine: Groove Armada.[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Barry White - lead vocals, arranger
• John Roberts - orchestration

Technical

• Frank Kejmar - engineer
• Grant Edwards - front cover photography

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[5]	8
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs[6]	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [7]	US R&B [1]	US Dan [8]	UK [9]
1977	"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"	4	1	5	40
	"Playing Your Game, Baby"	101	8	—	—
1978	"Oh, What a Night for Dancing"	24	13	—	—

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)

References

External links

• 'Barry White Sings for Someone You Love' at Discogs

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Barry White Sings for Someone You Love es el séptimo álbum del cantante, compositor y productor estadounidense Barry White, lanzado el 30 de agosto de 1977 por la compañía discográfica 20th Century Records. El álbum llegó a lo más alto de la lista R&B albums chart, está era la primera vez que algo así le ocurría a un disco de White desde 1975. También alcanzó la posición número #8 en la lista Billboard 200, su segundo álbum en alcanzar el Top Diez. El álbum fue un gran éxito, el cual contiene dos sencillos que llegaron al Top Diez de la lista Billboard R&B, It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me, el cual fue número #1, y Playing Your Game, Baby. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me fue también un gran éxito en la lista Billboard Hot 100, llegando a la posición número 4. Un tercer sencillo, Oh, What a Night for Dancing, llegó a la posición número 13 en las listas de R&B y a la #24 en las listas Pop. El álbum fue digitalmente remasterizado y relanzado en formato CD el 24 de septiembre de 1996 por Mercury Records. El disco de vinilo original fue lanzado bajo tres carátulas diferentes.

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