For Lovers Only is the debut album by the American musician Marion Meadows, released in 1990.[ All Music Guide] It peaked in the top 10 on Billboards Jazz Albums chart. Sharon Bryant sang on "I Found a New Love".
Critical reception
The Calgary Herald wrote that Meadows "has a decent sense of melody and mixes in a new-age edge to the gentle pop-funk numbers." The Ottawa Citizen deemed the album "electronic schmaltz of little interest." The Dallas Morning News noted that it "may be the quintessential contemporary jazz piece because it encompasses a little bit of everything—jazz, funk, dance."
Track listing All songs written by Marion Meadows and Eliot Lewis, except where noted.
"I Found a New Love" - 5:22 "Forbidden Love" - 5:45 "Sleepless Nights" (Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage) - 5:18 "For Lovers Only" - 3:30 "The Real Thing" (Porter Carroll, Lewis) - 5:08 "Personal Touch" (Lewis) - 4:48 "Paradise" - 5:23 "Wonderland" - 3:35 "Dear World" (Lewis) - 4:08 "Just Before Dawn" - 2:21
Personnel Marion Meadows – soprano saxophone Eliot Lewis – keyboards, guitars, drum programming Brian Keane – guitars Duke Jones – trumpet Sharon Bryant – vocals (1) Billy Barber – vocals Porter Carroll – vocals Alan Gorrie – vocals Asha Puthli – vocals Debra Gilcrest – vocalsProduction' Eliot Lewis – producer Marion Meadows – co-producer Steve Backer – series director Ron Bach – mastering Ria Lewerke – art direction Jackie Murphy – design Richard Corman – photography Betty Cordes – hand lettering
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