Some multiple-artists compilations satisfy more than others. On some you enjoy a few cuts, while others are use to accentuate romantic encounters -- the kind you lay on the CD player, push "repeat all," and go for it, knowing the music is set. This collection is like that. It begins soft and slow with "Baby Blues" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra featuring Barry White; it kicks into second with Con Funk Shun's "Love's Train" and hits high gear on Stephanie Mills' electrifying closer "Feel the Fire."The different styles offer a cornucopia of love jams. Everything from Randy Brown's deep soul romp "I Wanna Make Love to You" to Kool & the Gang's jazzy, synthesized "Summer Madness." You won't find any disappointing edited versions, either; seven minutes and twenty seconds of "Heaven Must Be Like This" by the Ohio Players attest to that. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
Love's Train: The Best of Funk Essentials Ballads
11/01/1995
All Music Guide Review
Love's Train: The Best of Funk Essentials Ballads Track Listing
Credits of Love's Train: The Best of Funk Essentials Ballads
- James Mtume
- Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Lawrence Payton
- Vocal Arrangement
- Lonnie Simmons
- Producer
- Charlie Singleton
- Arranger
- Bruce Swedien
- Producer
- Tommy Vicari
- Arranger, Producer
- Harry Weinger
- Compilation Producer
- Angela Winbush
- Producer
- David Wolfert
- Producer
- Terri Tierney
- Project Coordinator
- Gary N. Mayo
- Digital Remastering
- Tom Tom
- Arranger
- Catherine Ladis
- Project Assistant
- Mark Weinberg
- Design
- Bobby Harris
- Horn Arrangements
- Love Unlimited
- Performer
- Carl Davis
- Producer
- Allen Jones
- Producer
- René Moore
- Producer
- Starpoint
- Performer
- Randy Brown
- Performer
- Con Funk Shun
- Producer, Performer
- Gene Page
- Arranger
- Eugene Record
- Producer
- Love Unlimited Orchestra
- Performer
- Reggie Lucas
- Arranger, Vocal Arrangement, Producer
- Wade Marcus
- Horn Arrangements, Mixing
- Kinsman Dazz
- Arranger, Performer
- Tawatha Agee
- Vocal Arrangement
- Larry Blackmon
- Arranger, Producer
- Homer Banks
- Producer
- The Bar-Kays
- Performer
- Khalis Bayyan
- Producer
- Wayne Edwards
- Liner Notes
- Carl Hampton
- Producer
- Lionel Job
- Producer
- Charles Koppelman
- Executive Producer
- Bill Levenson
- Executive Producer
- Philip Bailey
- Arranger, Producer
- Cameo
- Performer
- The Dells
- Performer
- The Four Tops
- Performer
- The Gap Band
- Performer
- Kool & the Gang
- Producer, Performer
- Stephanie Mills
- Performer
- The Ohio Players
- Producer, Performer
- René & Angela
- Performer
- Patrice Rushen
- Mixing
- Barry White
- Arranger, Producer











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