music.wikisort.org - CompositionFour Seasons of Love is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. Released on October 11, 1976, this concept album became her third consecutive successful album to be certified gold in the US. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200. In addition, all the cuts on this album went to number one on the disco chart.[3]
1976 studio album by Donna Summer
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Released | October 11, 1976 |
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Recorded | May–September 1976 |
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Studio | Musicland Studios |
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Length | 32:28 |
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Label | Casablanca |
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This was the third concept album Summer had made, though unlike the previous two which had contained one long track on side one and a small selection of slightly shorter ones on side two, Four Seasons of Love was more equally balanced. The album told the story of a love affair by relating it to the four seasons. Side one contained "Spring Affair" and "Summer Fever", both disco tracks, and side two contained "Autumn Changes" (a slightly slower disco number) and "Winter Melody" (which had an even slower beat), plus a reprise of "Spring Affair". This concept was reflected in the four photos of Summer, one for each season of the year, in a pull-out 1977 calendar included with the original LP album. The photo on the cover was, fittingly, the Summer pic. Summer's "first lady of love" image came across strongly on this album, though her trademark moans and groans were slightly less evident than on previous work. Pics included "Winter" in a fur with a tear on her cheek; "Spring" in a Scarlett O'Hara style hoop skirt on a swing; and "Autumn" re-enacting Marilyn Monroe's famous scene from The Seven Year Itch with the billowing white dress over the subway grate. This is an allusion to her song "Love to Love You Baby", for which she cites Monroe as an inspiration.
As with the previous two albums, Four Seasons of Love was distributed by different record labels in different countries, including Casablanca Records in the U.S. Edited versions of "Spring Affair" and "Winter Melody" were released in various places, but neither had a big impact on any charts (although the latter made the Top 30 on the UK singles chart). The album was also released as a Club Special Edition / Club Sonderauflage in West Germany on the Atlantic Records Label.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte and Donna Summer; all tracks produced by Moroder and Bellotte.
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3. | "Autumn Changes" | 5:28 |
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4. | "Winter Melody" | 6:33 |
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5. | "Spring Reprise" | 3:51 |
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Personnel
- Donna Summer – lead vocals
- Thor Baldursson – keyboards, string and horn arrangements
- Keith Forsey – drums, percussion
- Nick Woodland – guitar
- Les Hurdle – bass guitar
- Dino Solera – saxophone
- Geoff Bastow – synthesizer
- Madeline Bell, Sue & Sunny – backing vocals
- Technical
- Mixed by Giorgio Moroder
- Engineered by Jürgen Koppers
- Album Cover Concept by Susan Munao, Joyce Bogart & Donna Summer
- Design by Henry Vizcarra & Gribbitt!
- Art Direction by Gribbitt! & Chris Whorf
- Photography – Mario Casilli
Charts
Certifications and sales
References
- Freedberg, Michael. "Four Seasons of Love > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 682.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 249.
- "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 1. January 8, 1977. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Google Books.
- Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Donna Summer". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 250. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Donna Summer – Four Seasons of Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 5. February 5, 1977. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Google Books.
- "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. July 9, 1977. p. 89. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- Fernando Salaverri (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor–SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- "Swedishcharts.com – Donna Summer – Four Seasons of Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- "Donna Summer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- "Donna Summer Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- "French album certifications – Donna Summer – Four Seasons of Love" (in French). InfoDisc. Select DONNA SUMMER and click OK.
- "British album certifications – Donna Summer – A Love Trilogy". British Phonographic Industry.
- "American album certifications – Donna Summer – Four Seasons of Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
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- [en] Four Seasons of Love
[ru] Four Seasons of Love
Four Seasons of Love (с англ. — «Четыре сезона любви») — четвёртый студийный альбом американской певицы диско Донны Саммер, выпущен в 1976 году под лейблом Casablanca Records. Альбом получил статус золотого диска в США. Пластинка достигла максимальной позиции — #29 в хит-параде Billboard 200. Все пять композиций в этом альбоме, как и в двух предыдущих, являются длинными «мини-симфониями» в стиле диско. Эротические вздохи и стоны Донны Саммер являются стержнем, скрепляющим воедино все темы в альбоме. Тексты песен более цельные, в отличие от прошлых альбомов, где были смонтированы несколько броских фраз[2].
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