Drowning in the Sea of Love (album)

Drowning in the Sea of Love
Studio album by
Joe Simon
Released1972
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelSpring
ProducerKenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
Joe Simon chronology
The Sounds of Simon
(1971) 		Drowning in the Sea of Love
(1972) 		The Power of Joe Simon
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Drowning in the Sea of Love is the seventh studio album by the American singer Joe Simon, released in 1972 on the Spring Records label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 11 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 71 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Pool of Bad Luck", which reached No. 13 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart and No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "I Found My Dad", which charted at No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drowning in the Sea of Love"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff3:22
2."Glad to Be Your Lover"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt2:56
3."Something You Can Do Today"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff4:16
4."I Found My Dad"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt2:48
5."The Mirror Don't Lie"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt4:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."O'le Night Owl"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff2:37
7."You Are Everything"Linda Creed, Thom Bell4:13
8."If"Bunny Sigler, Phil Hurtt3:21
9."Let Me Be the One (The One Who Loves You)"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff3:00
10."Pool of Bad Luck"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff4:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 71
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 11
Singles
Year Single Peaks
US
[4] 		US
R&B
[4]
1971 "Drowning in the Sea of Love" 11 3
1972 "Pool of Bad Luck" 42 13
"I Found My Dad" 50 5

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Drowning in the Sea of Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 636.
  4. ^ a b c "US Charts > Joe Simon". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2017.