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La-La Means I Love You: The Definitive Collection
(CD, 1997)
Primary Artist: Delfonics (The)
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Format: CD
Aug 1997
Record Label: Arista Records (USA)
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 078221897921 |
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Details
Track Listing
1. La-la Means I Love You
2. I'm Sorry
3. Break Your Promise
4. Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
5. Somebody Loves You
6. Funny Feeling
7. Loving Him
8. You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine
9. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
10. Trying to Make a Fool of Me
11. When You Get Right Down to It
12. Over and Over
13. Delfonics Theme
14. Hey! Love
15. Walk Right up to the Sun
16. Tell Me This Is a Dream
17. Think It Over
18. I Don't Want to Make You Wait
19. I Told You So
20. Lying to Myself
| Details | | Producer: | Bob Irwin (Compilation) | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Delfonics: William Hart, Wilbert Hart, Randy Cain, Major Harris (vocals).
Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The combination of Philadelphia vocal trio the Delfonics and genius producer Thom Bell was a potent force, resulting in 19 R&B hit singles on the Philly Groove label. All but the minor hit "Alfie" appear here, together with two album tracks, "Loving Him" and "Delfonics Theme." Virtually all the songs were written in-house (a dozen are credited to Bell/Hart). The main ingredients in the hit formula were William Hart's high tenor and his colleagues' harmonies floating over a luxurious bed of strings and horns.
"Delfonics Theme" showcases the sound of the house band: it boasts a stately pace driven by the rhythm section, overlaid with orchestra, electric sitar and organ. The two biggest hits, "La-La Means I Love You" and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)," are probably the best of the bunch, but this collection offers quality listening from beginning to end.
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