Love Session
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Love Session |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Silk |
| cover | Silk album love sesion.jpg |
| released | June 12, 2001 |
| recorded | {{flatlist |
| length | 62:34 |
| label | Elektra |
| prev_title | Tonight |
| prev_year | 1999 |
| next_title | Silktime |
| next_year | 2003 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Love Session |
| type | studio |
| single1 | We're Callin U |
| single1date | 2001 |
| single2 | Ebony Eyes |
| single2date | 2001 |
| :: |
| name = Love Session | type = Studio | artist = Silk | cover = Silk album love sesion.jpg | alt = | released = June 12, 2001 | recorded = {{flatlist|
- Audio Dallas Studios (Garland)
- Access Music Studios (Marietta)
- Jordan's Room Studios (Atlanta)
- 2000 Watts Studios (New York City) | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 62:34 | label = Elektra | producer =
- Darrell "Delite" Allamby
- Gary Jenkins
- Silk Music Group Inc. | prev_title = Tonight | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Silktime | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | name = Love Session | type = studio | single1 = We're Callin U | single1date = 2001 | single2 = Ebony Eyes | single2date = 2001
Love Session is the fourth studio album by American R&B group Silk. It was released by Elektra Records on June 12, 2001 in the United States. Chiefly produced by Darrell "Delite" Allamby and Silk, it reached number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was the last recording the band released under a major label and also marked their last project to be recorded as a quintet after the departure of member Gary Jenkins in 2002.
Promotion
The first single released from the album was "We're Callin' You". The music video was directed by Sylvain White. Love Session also contains a popular cover of the single "Ebony Eyes," originally recorded by Rick James as a duet with Smokey Robinson from his 1983 album Cold Blooded. Silk's version was released as the album's second single in 2001.
Critical reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = NME | rev2Score =
AllMusic editor Kingsley Marshall remarked that "although the cover of the Rick James and Smokey Robinson duet "Ebony Eyes" does the original little justice, the rest of the album is as slick as can be, and if you're still in need of freaking close to ten years on from "Freak Me" then you won't go far wrong with this." NME found that "lyrical cliches undermine the power of this fourth missive from Silk."
Track listing
| headline = Love Session track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Welcome 2 the Love Session | note1 = Interlude | writer1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 2:37
| title2 = We're Callin' You | writer2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 7:28
| title3 = Love Session | writer3 = | extra3 = Allamby | length3 = 5:16
| title4 = Nursery Rhymes | note4 = Intro | writer4 = – | extra4 = Allamby | length4 = 0:46
| title5 = Nursery Rhymes | writer5 = | extra5 = Allamby | length5 = 5:08
| title6 = Ebony Eyes | writer6 = Rick James | extra6 = Allamby | length6 = 6:02
| title7 = Treated Like a Lady | writer7 = | extra7 = Allamby | length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Ahh | writer8 = | extra8 = Silk Music Group Inc. | length8 = 3:48
| title9 = I Didn't Mean to | writer9 = | extra9 = Allamby | length9 = 6:57
| title10 = Don't Go | note10 = featuring Tamar Braxton | writer10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 6:55
| title11 = I'm Sorry | writer11 = | extra11 = | length11 = 7:14
| title12 = Return Part 2 | note12 = Interlude | writer12 = Gary Glenn | extra12 = | length12 = 1:30
| title13 = Vibrate | writer13 = | extra13 = Silk Music Group Inc. | length13 = 4:26 Notes
- signifies a co-producer
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
::data[format=table title="Year-end chart performance for ''Love Session''"]
| Chart (2001) | Position | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|
| 82 | ||
| :: |
Release history
::data[format=table title="''Love Session'' release history"]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref(s) | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2001 | Elektra | ||||
| :: |
References
References
- White, Sylvain. (2007-01-12). "Stomp the Yard". Rainforest Films.
- White, Sylvain. (2010-04-23). "The Losers". Warner Bros., Dark Castle Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures.
- Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. (July 19, 2001). "Silk Show They're Still Smooth With Love Session".
- {{AllMusic. Kingsley. Marshall
- (September 12, 2005). "Silk : Love Session".
- "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard.
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