Forbidden Lover is a studio album by American jazz singer Nancy Wilson released by Columbia Records in 1987. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.
Background Forbidden Lover was produced by Dr. George Butler. Artists such as Branford Marsalis, Robert Brookins and Paul Jackson Jr. appeared on the album.
Critical reception William Ruhlmann of Allmusic in a 3/5 stars review, remarked "Billed as the 50th album by this 50-year-old singer, Nancy Wilson's Forbidden Lover is an attempt to contemporize her sound, with arrangements that recall Luther Vandross and the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section...But Wilson the jazz-R&B song stylist gets lost on most of these recordings."
Robert K. Oermann of USA Today also ranked this album at No. 31 on his list of 1987's top 50 R&B albums.
Accolades Wilson earned a Grammy nomination in the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female for her performance on the album.
Track listing Track no.TitleSongwriter(s)Length1"Forbidden Lover" featuring Carl AndersonBenny Diggs, Joseph Joubert04:172"I Was Telling Him About You"Mark "Moose" Charlap, Don George03:183"If You Only Knew"Robert Brookins, Lena Sunday04:244"Deeper"04:475"Puttin' My Trust"Roger Bruno, Glenn Samuels, Ellen Schwartz03:406"You Know"Ted Brancato, Gene McDaniels04:237"Too Good to Be True" featuring Carl AndersonPaul Anderson, Gene McDaniels04:218"I Never Held Your Heart"03:539"What Will It Take This Time"03:3210"A Song for You"Leon Russell04:00
Charts Chart (1987) PeakpositionUS Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)8
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