Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker album)


Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker, released in 1994. The album peaked at #3 on the US Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart and was certified double platinum, giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.
This is the first album since 1983's The Songstress by Baker not to be produced by longtime collaborator Michael J. Powell, who had agreed to split the arrangement after the release of Baker's 1990 album, Compositions. The album's first single, "Body and Soul", gave Baker her first top 40 hit since 1989. "You Belong to Me" is a cover of the Carly Simon classic, not to be confused with the song of the same title that Baker recorded for her 1988 album Giving You the Best That I Got.
Baker also received a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "I Apologize". "Body and Soul" was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and Rhythm of Love was nominated for Best R&B Album.
Rhythm of Love is Baker's last album for Elektra Records. Because of dissatisfaction with the album's promotion, Baker filed a lawsuit against Elektra, requesting a transfer to another label within Warner Music Group. Finally she signed with Atlantic Records in September 1996.

Track listing

  1. "Rhythm of Love" - 5:50
  2. "The Look of Love" - 4:47
  3. "Body and Soul" - 5:42
  4. "Baby" - 4:25
  5. "I Apologize" - 5:09
  6. "Plenty of Room" - 4:57
  7. "It's Been You" - 4:59
  8. "You Belong to Me" - 4:41
  9. "Wrong Man" - 5:51
  10. "Only for a While" - 5:16
  11. "Sometimes I Wonder Why" - 4:37
  12. "My Funny Valentine" - 5:06

    Personnel

;Technical
;Studios
Singles
YearTitleUS PopUS R&B
1994"Body and Soul"364
1994"I Apologize"748
1995"It's Been You"-32