Love Unlimited Orchestra : Rhapsody In White

CD [Cover Art for Love Unlimited Orchestra / Rhapsody In White]

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Sell date: 5/1998
Label: Polygram
Mfg's Catalog#: 558201
CDC Part#: 176458
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 Notes & Reviews
 
Every track is a winner.
- Robert Jander, 07/28/2004, Luxembourg

This is one of the best romantic records of all time. I used to play this one on vinyl every day (almost); it was one of my sure-fire cheer-up records.
- Janet Cooper, 12/01/2003, USA

Also an excellent blast from the past!
- Robert S Wells, 09/01/1999, Germany

Full title is: Rhapsody in White

Length: 38:37

  Emmett North, Jr. - Guitar

The press may have dubbed Barry White 'the walrus of love,' but he was certainly the guru of something for many star crossed lovers across his Love Unlimited Orchestra output. While White rocketed up the charts with his solo 'I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More' in 1973, it was that same year's smash single 'Love's Theme' that shot Love Unlimited Orchestra right up alongside him. Mostly instrumental, all orchestral, and packed with 'that' tchka tchka guitar and full-fledged disco sound well before the genre reached maturity, Rhapsody in White set the stage and showcased the sounds that would shortly inspire a generation of producers, arrangers, and performers to start a million mirror balls spinning the world over. This album, in all its admitted smarminess, is a triumph. From the opening bars of 'Barry's Theme,' Rhapsody in White unleashes a groove which really keeps it all mellow. And even though we have to listen through three tracks to first hear White's trademarked vocal come-on on 'Midnight and You' it's well worth the wait. He gets a little more vocal on side two, across 'Don't Take It All Away' and again at the beginning of 'Baby Blues,' which has shag rug in front of a fireplace written all over its arrangement. But the masterful finale, of course, is 'Love's Theme.' The song's lush strings and smooth wah-wah guitars not only typified a genre, they also became an aural catchphrase for an entire generation of clubbers. And because this is, underneath it all, a Barry White album, the teaser for the nightcap is delicious. ~ Amy Hanson, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Barry's Theme - 4:28 Play the Windows Media clip
Rhapsody in White - 3:53 Play the Windows Media clip
Midnight & You - 5:10 Play the Windows Media clip
I Feel Love Coming On - 6:23 Play the Windows Media clip
Baby Blues - 5:30 Play the Windows Media clip
Don't Take It Away from Me - 4:25 Play the Windows Media clip
What a Groove - 4:00 Play the Windows Media clip
Love's Theme - 4:08 Play the Windows Media clip
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People who buy love unlimited orchestra CDS may also enjoy, in order of descending probability, the works of Barry White, Jones Girls, Emotions, George Mccrae, Patrice Rushen, Main Ingredient, Mfsb, Barbara Mason, Peabo Bryson, Spinners, Musique, Pockets, Blue Magic, Teddy Pendergrass, Heatwave.

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