''Love Confessions'' is the second studio album by American
R&B singer
Miki Howard, released in 1987 via Atlantic Records.
[ It peaked at No. 145 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' ]Top R&B Albums
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chart.
The album's first two singles, "Baby, Be Mine" and "That's What Love Is", were R&B hits, peaking at No. 5 and No. 4, respectively, on the ''Billboard'' Hot Black Singles
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chart. The third single, "Crazy", reached No. 38 on the same chart.
Critical reception
''The Rolling Stone Album Guide
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'' wrote that ''Love Confessions'' "works best when Howard emphasizes the jazzier side of her sound."[ '' The Gazette'' called the album "superior late-night couch-crawling soul."]
Track listing
Notes
*"Edge of Love" also appears on the 1987 film soundtrack ''Fatal Beauty
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'', starring actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg
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Credits and personnel
*Executive-Producer – Sylvia Rhone
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Rhone served previously in senior positions at Vested ...
, Bob Merlin, and Miki Howard
*Producers — Nick Martinelli, Arif Mardin, LeMel Humes, Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, David Kitay, Steve Tyrell
*Mastered roduction– Dennis King
*Mastered D– Stephen Innocenzi
Charts
Weekly charts
Singles
References
External links
mikihowardmedia.com
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1987 albums
Miki Howard albums
Albums produced by LeMel Humes
Atlantic Records albums