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Bloodline is the second album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1986.[4] It was their first album for Atlantic Records.[2]

Bloodline
Studio album by LeVert
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	R&B
Length	42:22
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Keg Johnson & Wilmer Raglin James Mtume Eddie Levert, Gerald LeVert & Marc Gordon
LeVert chronology
I Get Hot (1985) Bloodline (1986) The Big Throwdown (1987)
Singles from Bloodline
"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" Released: 1986 "Let's Go Out Tonight" Released: 1986 "Fascination" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

The album reached number eight on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "this trio is fully committed to melody and feeling, making for an effective update of the sweet sounds associated with the street harmonizing the O'Jays themselves started with more than 25 years ago."[5]

Track listing

1. "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:54
2. "Fascination" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon, James Mtume) 4:29
3. "Pose" (Wilmer Raglin, Jr., William F. Zimmermann) 6:12
4. "I Start You Up, You Turn Me On" (James Mtume) 4:31
5. "Kiss and Make Up" - (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:45
6. "Let's Go Out Tonight" (Gerald LeVert) 5:17
7. "Grip" (Gerald LeVert) 5:57
8. "Looking for Love" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:17

Personnel

LeVert

• Gerald LeVert - Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals
• Sean LeVert - Percussion
• Marc Gordon - Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Additional Personnel

• James Mtume - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Craig Cooper - Guitar, Keyboards
• Mike Ferguson, Ricky Brown - Bass
• David T. Walker, Ed Moore, Rob Cunningham - Guitar
• Ramsey Embick, William Zimmerman - Keyboards
• Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
• Philip Field - Keyboards
• Tawatha Agee, Tyrone Brunson - Backing Vocals

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums[6]	192
Billboard Top Soul Albums[6]	8

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[7]
		US R&B
1986	"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind"	1
	"Let's Go Out Tonight"	14
1987	"Fascination"	26

References

External links

• Bloodline at Discogs (list of releases)

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