L Is for Lover

L Is for Lover
Studio album by
Al Jarreau
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1986 (1986-09-08)[1]
Recorded1986
StudioSkyline Studios, New York City
Genre
Length45:01
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerNile Rodgers
Al Jarreau chronology
In London
(1985) 		L Is for Lover
(1986) 		Heart's Horizon
(1988)
Singles from L Is for Lover
  1. "Says" (Germany-only release)"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Real Tight" (Germany-only release)"
    Released: 1986
  3. "L Is for Lover"
    Released: 1986
  4. "Tell Me What I Gotta Do"
    Released: 1986
  5. "Give a Little More Lovin'"
    Released: 1986

L Is for Lover is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer Al Jarreau, released on September 8, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records.[2] It peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart, No. 9 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart, and No. 17 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[3][4][5]

Nile Rodgers, the album's producer, called it "the best thing I ever made that didn't sell" in the July 27, 2015, issue of New York magazine. "The theme from [the TV series] Moonlighting was on it, but Al and I thought it wasn't cool enough. So we took it off the album. That becomes a hit, and the album sank. Shows what I know."[6] The single version of the Moonlighting theme, originally included on the show's 1987 soundtrack album, was added to Friday Music's 2011 reissue of L Is for Lover along with a remix of the album's title track and the 12-inch extended mix of "Tell Me What I Gotta Do." The Rodgers-produced version of Moonlighting's theme song was used in the opening and closing credits of each episode of the show's fourth (1987–1988) and fifth (1988–1989) seasons.

  1. ^ Grein, Paul (September 6, 1986). "Multiplatinum Acts Lead Sept. Product Onslaught". Google Books. Billboard. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ Al Jarreau: L Is for Lover. Warner Bros. Records. 1986.
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  6. ^ Marchese, David (July 26, 2015). "The Deep Hidden Meaning of Nile Rodgers". Vulture. New York Media LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2018.