Love Child is the second album released by the New York-based Latin Freestyle trio Sweet Sensation. It was released on April 15, 1990 by Atco Records and Atlantic Records, and is the follow-up to the group's platinum-selling 1988 debut album Take It While It's Hot. Like its predecessor, Love Child featured an up-tempo feel, but also included lush R&B-styled ballads.
"Love Child," the album's title track, is a cover of the hit 1968 song by The Supremes. Sweet Sensation's version peaked at #15 on the Billboard dance chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it was the album's second single that gave the group its biggest hit, "If Wishes Came True," a power ballad featuring lead vocals by Betty Lebron. It spent one week at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in September 1990, while reaching the top ten on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. The album spawned two more hit singles: "Each and Every Time" (#59) and "One Good Man." The album peaked at #78 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, and was certified platinum in 1991 by the RIAA.
Track listing
Personnel
Sweet Sensation Betty LeBron – vocals Margie Fernandez – vocals Sheila Vega – vocals
With: Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals, vocal arrangements (3, 5, 7)
Musicians Mac Quayle – keyboard programming (1), arrangements (1) Andy Marvel – additional keyboards (1), arrangements (1) Phil Ashley – keyboards (2, 6), drum programming (2, 4, 9), keyboard programming (4, 9), arrangements (4, 9), programming (6) Ken Cedar – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2) Gary Henry – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), sweetening (3, 5), programming (7) Bobby Khozouri – keyboards (3), programming (3), keyboard programming (5), drum programming (5) Robbie Kilgore – sweetening (3, 5) Jim Klein – additional keyboards (6), acoustic guitar (6) Richard Joseph – programming (7) Romeo J.D. – keyboard programming (8), drum programming (8) Peter Schwartz – keyboard programming (8), drum programming (8) Werner F. – guitars (1), acoustic guitar (4) John Hart – guitars (1), acoustic guitar (8) Russ De Salvo – all guitars (2, 9), electric guitars (4), guitar solo (7) Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1, 6, 8) Steve Thornton – percussion (1) Charlie Dee Diaz – loops (3, 5) Emedin Rivera – percussion (7) Graham Hawthorne – percussion (9) Barry Rogers – trombone (1) King Shameek – scratches (3, 5) Steve Peck – arrangements (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9) Arnie Roman – arrangements (2) Tony Terry – vocal arrangements (3, 5) Andre Smith – vocal arrangements (7)
Production Produced by Ted Currier and Steve Peck Additional production by Charlie Dee Diaz Executive producer: Cherrie Shepard Engineers: Paul Berry, Richard Joseph, Steve Peck Mixing: Ted Currier, Rod Hui, Jim Lyons, Steve Peck, Charlie Dee Diaz Mastering: Ted Jensen
Charts +Chart performance for Love Child Chart (1990) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 142 US Billboard 200 78
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