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Circle of Love is the debut studio album by the American vocal group Sister Sledge, released in 1975 by Atco Records.[2] Featuring Kathy Sledge on vocals, the album includes the songs "Circle of Love (Caught in the Middle)" and "Love Don't Go Through No Changes on Me". The album was described as a mix of pop and soul in a 1975 Billboard Magazine review.[3]

Circle of Love
Studio album by Sister Sledge
Released	January 29, 1975 (1975-01-29)
Recorded	October, 1974–January, 1975
Studio	Mediasound Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	R&B soul funk disco
Length	33:35
Label	Atco
Producer	Bert DeCoteaux Tony Silvester
Sister Sledge chronology
Circle of Love (1975) Together (1977)
Singles from Together
"Love Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me" Released: February 23, 1975 "Circle of Love (Caught in the Middle)" Released: April 8, 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Background

At the time of this release, all members of the group were still teenagers; the oldest member Debbie Sledge was nineteen years old, studying at Tyler College of Art, Joni Sledge was an eighteen-year-old college freshman at Temple University, Kim Sledge was in her senior year of high school at Olney High School in their hometown of Philadelphia; and the youngest, Kathy, was a 15-year-old 10th–grader. This album gained moderate commercial success, Their single "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me", reached number thirty–one on the Hot R&B/Soul Singles charts by mid 1975. The song was performed along with "Circle of Love (Caught in the Middle)" on an episode of Soul Train, which aired in April 1975.[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gwen Guthrie and Patrick Grant; except where indicated

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux*
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Bass – Bob Babbitt, Patrick Grant
• Bongos – Billy King, Carlos Martin
• Cello – Kermit Moore, Seymour Barab
• Congas – Billy King, Carlos Martin
• Drums – Jimmy Young
• Engineer – Bob Clearmountain, Tony Bongiovi
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ellen Libman, Ron St. Germain
• French Horn – Don Corrado*, Jim Buffington
• Guitar – Jeff Mironov, Jerry Friedman, John Tropea
• Keyboards – Derek Smith, Pat Rebillot, Ricky Hughric
• Mastered By – Dennis King
• Percussion – Dave Carey*, George Devens, Joe Venuto, Phil Kraus
• Photography By [Cover Photography] – Armen Kachaturian
• Photography By [Liner Photography] – Kwame Brathwaite
• Producer – Bert "Super Charts" DeCoteaux*, Tony "Champagne" Silvester*
• Reeds, Woodwind – Buzz Brauner, Frank Wess, George Marge
• Trombone – Al Cobbs, Alan Raph, Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers
• Trumpet – Ernie Royal, James Sedlar, Jimmy Owens
• Viola – Alfred Brown, Julien Barber, Seymour Berman
• Violin – Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Irving Spice, Isadora Kohon, Louis Harber*, Louis Stone, Michael Comins, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen

References

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