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Barry White The Man

Barry White The Man

Barry White
Year
1978
Genre
Funk / Soul
Style
Soul, Disco
Label
20th Century Fox Records
Producer
Barry White
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Album Summary

Barry White's 'The Man' was released in 1978 on 20th Century Records, continuing his reign as the king of disco and soul. The album was produced by Barry White himself along with his regular collaborators, featuring lush orchestral arrangements and his signature deep baritone vocals over contemporary disco-influenced production.

Reception

  • The album reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, cementing White's commercial dominance in the late 1970s.
  • It performed well internationally and helped maintain Barry White's status as one of the decade's best-selling artists.

Significance

  • The album exemplifies the orchestral soul and disco sound that defined mid-to-late 1970s popular music.
  • Barry White's work on this album represented the peak of the lush, string-laden soul aesthetic that influenced R&B and soul music throughout the era.

Legacy

  • Barry White's deep vocal delivery and orchestral arrangements on tracks from this period have been widely sampled and referenced in hip-hop and modern R&B.
  • The album contributed to White's enduring influence on slow-jam and romantic soul music that persists in contemporary R&B.

Tracklist

  1. A1 Look At Her 7:40
  2. A2 Your Sweetness Is My Weakness 8:04
  3. A3 Sha La La Means I Love You 8:00
  4. B1 September When I First Met You 6:57
  5. B2 It's Only Love Doing Its Thing 4:04
  6. B3 Just The Way You Are 7:09
  7. B4 Early Years 6:50
Total Runtime: 48:44

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Artist Discography

Stone Gon’ (1973)
I’ve Got So Much to Give (1973)
No Limit on Love (1974)
Can’t Get Enough (1974)
Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975)
Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976)
Let the Music Play (1976)
Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977)
The Man (1978)
I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979)
The Message Is Love (1979)
Barry White’s Sheet Music (1980)
Barry & Glodean (1981)
Beware! (1981)
Change (1982)
Dedicated (1983)
The Right Night & Barry White (1987)
The Man Is Back! (1989)
Put Me in Your Mix (1991)
The Icon Is Love (1994)
Staying Power (1999)

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