Flame | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1978 | |||
Studio | Indigo Ranch | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:06 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Ronnie Laws | |||
Ronnie Laws chronology | ||||
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Flame is the fourth studio album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws, released in September 1978 by United Artists Records.[1] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]
Flame was executively produced by Wayne Henderson.[1]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote that Laws "seems to be drifting down that MOR/jazz path that Chuck Mangione is forging."[4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "All for You" | Larry Dunn, Ronnie Laws | 3:04 |
2. | "These Days" | Larry Dun, Ronnie Laws | 4:35 |
3. | "Flame" | Ronnie Laws | 7:06 |
4. | "Living Love" | Larry Dunn, Louise Hardy | 4:12 |
5. | "Love Is Here" | Ronnie Laws | 4:53 |
6. | "Grace" | Ronnie Laws | 6:02 |
7. | "Joy" | Ronnie Laws | 5:34 |
8. | "Live Your Life Away" | Ronnie Laws | 3:40 |
Sylvia St. James recorded a vocal version of "Grace", with lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman, on her 1981 studio album Echoes & Images. [5]
Yves Tumor samples the Sylvia St. James version of "Grace", in his 2018 single Noid.[6]