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Love Brought Me Back
Studio album by
D. J. Rogers
Released1978
Recorded1978
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) and Bolic Sound (Inglewood, California)
Genre
LabelColumbia
ProducerD. J. Rogers
D. J. Rogers chronology
Love, Music and Life
(1977) 		Love Brought Me Back
(1978) 		Trust Me
(1979)

Love Brought Me Back is the fifth album by D. J. Rogers, released in 1978. It was recorded at Bolic Sound and Total Experience Recording Studio. It was Rogers' first Columbia Records album.

Chart performance

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The album peaked at No. 54 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[1] The singles "Love Brought Me Back" and "All My Love" charted on the Billboard R&B chart, reaching #20 and #87 respectively.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Omaha World-Herald[4]

Will Smith of the Omaha World-Herald wrote: "A note bending, gospel based direction akin to Stevie Wonder's is the product of singer D.J. Rogers. The uplifting nature of Rogers' tunes, lyrics and arrangements makes "Love Brought Me Back" (Columbia JC 35393) special."[4] Sam Caputo of the Courier News wrote: "I haven't heard a more solid album of soul music in a long time. D.J. Rogers has been making albums for years but has not garnered the all-encompassing fame of Stevie Wonder, whose music his resembles. Rogers is completely responsible for the resemblance (although he may not be aware of it) as he sang, composed, arranged, produced, conducted and played keyboard for the entire album." Caputo added "The album is great for dancing and Rogers writes lyrics which are slightly better than Stevie's."[5] Elton Alexander of the Dayton Daily News said: "Not bad stuff. Produced, written, arranged and conducted by Mr. Rogers, this platter will do well in any record collection. A lot of brass and hard-driving soul, especially in the title tune. This man has some talent and displays it well."[6]

Track listing

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All songs written by D. J. Rogers except where indicated

  1. "Love Brought Me Back" - 5:29
  2. "Joy from You" - 2:49
  3. "When Love Is Gone" - 5:25
  4. "Yesterday Never Returns" - 3:40
  5. "Sold on You" - 4:39
  6. "You Take Me Higher (Brazilian Lover)" - 3:28
  7. "Hold Me" - 3:29
  8. "All My Love" - 5:58
  9. "Changed" (Walter Hawkins) - 2:18

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
position
Top Soul Albums[7] 54

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[8]
US
R&B
1978 "All My Love" 87
"Love Brought Me Back"[9] 20

References

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  1. ^ "D.J. Rogers - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "D.J. Rogers - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. D. J. Rogers: Love Brought Me Back > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Will (August 22, 1978). "Essential Hendrix". newsbank.com. Omaha World Herald. p. 9.
  5. ^ Caputo, Sal (December 9, 1978). "Mini-Record Reviews". newspapers.com. Courier News. p. 21.
  6. ^ Alexander, Elton (September 3, 1978). "Mini-Record Reviews". newspapers.com. Dayton Daily News. p. 108.
  7. ^ "D. J. Rogers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  8. ^ "D. J. Rogers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  9. ^ "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-09-09. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
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