Turn You to Love is a studio album from American musician Terry Callier. Released by Elektra Records in 1979, this is the artist's sixth album and the second with Elektra. It has received mixed critical reception.

Critical reception

Writing for Pitchfork, Andy Beta praised Callier's vocals and noted that "he could've been a distinct R&B personality had the breaks gone his way". AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek declared it "easily Terry Callier's most underrated album" after the "miss" that was Fire on Ice.

Track listing "Sign of the Times" (Terry Callier and Larry Wade) – 5:00 "Pyramids of Love" (Wade) – 3:42 "Turn You to Love" (Callier and Wade) – 3:46 "Do It Again" (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) – 4:52 "Ordinary Joe" (Callier) – 4:54 "Occasional Rain" (Callier) – 3:49 "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson) – 3:48 "You and Me (Will Always Be in Love)" (Callier and Wade) – 4:21 "A Mother's Love" (Callier, Earl Johnson, and Wade) – 3:44

Personnel Terry Callier – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians Michael Boddicker – synthesizer Oscar Brashear – trumpet Oliver C. Brown, Jr. – percussion Keni Burke – bass guitar on all tracks, except "Ordinary Joe" Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangement, conducting, production James Gadson – membranophone William Green – saxophone Elizabeth Howard – backing vocals James Jamerson – bass guitar on "Ordinary Joe" Barbara Korn – French horn Gayle Levant – harp Steve Madaio – trumpet Arthur Maebe – French horn James "Alibe" Sledge – backing vocals Patricia Henley Talbert – backing vocals Tommy Tedesco – guitar, mandolin Earl Van Dyke – keyboards Larry Wade – guitar David T. Walker – guitar Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson – guitar Ernie Watts – saxophone Fred Wesley – trombone Robert White – guitar

Technical personnel Samuel F. Brown III – orchestration Ron Coro – art direction Roger Dollarhide – engineering Mary Francis – design, illustration Laura Livingston – engineering Sye Mitchell – engineering Don Mizell – executive production Jimmy Schifflett – engineering

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