Patti LaBelle (album)

Patti LaBelle
Studio album by Patti LaBelle
Released	August 19, 1977[1]
Studio	The Automatt, San Francisco, California Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Length	59:02
Label	Epic
Producer	David Rubinson
Patti LaBelle chronology
Patti LaBelle (1977) Tasty (1978)
Singles from Patti LaBelle
"Joy To Have Your Love" Released: September 1977 "You Are My Friend" Released: January 1978

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

Patti LaBelle is the debut solo album by American singer Patti LaBelle, released in 1977. The first album LaBelle recorded after sixteen years fronting the band Labelle (formerly Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles), it is notable for the dance hit, "Joy to Have Your Love", the classic gospel-inspiring ballad, "You Are My Friend" and the Angelo "Funky Knuckles" Nocentelli mid-tempo number, "I Think About You".