Universal Love
title: "Universal Love" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-albums", "mfsb-albums", "albums-produced-by-kenneth-gamble", "albums-produced-by-leon-huff", "albums-produced-by-bobby-martin", "albums-recorded-at-sigma-sound-studios", "philadelphia-international-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Love" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Universal Love |
| type | Album |
| artist | MFSB |
| cover | MFSBUniversal Love.jpeg |
| released | 1975 |
| recorded | 1974–1975 |
| studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| genre | |
| label | Philadelphia International |
| producer | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Bruce Hawes, Bobby Martin, Broadway Eddie |
| prev_title | Love Is the Message |
| prev_year | 1973 |
| next_title | Philadelphia Freedom |
| next_year | 1975 |
| :: |
| name = Universal Love
| type = Album
| artist = MFSB
| cover = MFSBUniversal Love.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = 1974–1975
| studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Philadelphia International
| producer = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Bruce Hawes, Bobby Martin, Broadway Eddie
| prev_title = Love Is the Message
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Philadelphia Freedom
| next_year = 1975
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score =
Universal Love is the third album released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.
My Mood is used on the closing credits on Friday evenings on, NBC4, WRC-TV in Washington, DC.
Includes a cover of The Nite-Liters's 1971 single "K-Jee" which was included in the 1977 movie and soundtrack Saturday Night Fever.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | title1 = Sexy | writer1 = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff | length1 = 3:33 | title2 = MFSB | writer2 = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff | length2 = 3:42 | title3 = Human Machine | writer3 = Leon Huff, Ronnie Baker | length3 = 3:52 | title4 = Love Has No Time or Place | writer4 = Cynthia Biggs, Bruce Hawes | length4 = 6:18 | headline = Side two | title5 = T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) | writer5 = Bobby Martin, Norman Harris | length5 = 3:41 | title6 = Let's Go Disco | writer6 = John Whitehead, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen, Cary Gilbert | length6 = 4:14 | title7 = K-Jee | writer7 = Charles Hearndon | length7 = 4:15 | title8 = My Mood | writer8 = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff | length8 = 4:10
Personnel
;MFSB
- Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall – guitar
- Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker – bass
- Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams – keyboards
- Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington – drums
- Larry Washington – percussion
- Vincent Montana, Jr. – vibraphone
- Zach Zachery, Tony Williams – saxophone
- Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1975) | url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mfsb|title=US Charts MFSB|magazine=Billboard|access-date=23 October 2017}} | |---|---| | U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 44 | | U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 2 | ::
Singles
::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | US | US R&B | US Dance | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1975 | "Sexy" | 42 | 2 | 2 | | | "T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care)" | — | 54 | — | | | | "K-Jee" | — | — | 18 | | | ::
References
References
- {{AllMusic. Jason. Elias
- "US Charts > MFSB".
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