Your Secret Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 1, 1996 | |||
Recorded | October 1995–July 1996 | |||
Studio | Camel Island Studios (Los Angeles, California) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 60:14 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer | Luther Vandross (also executive), Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley, Jr. | |||
Luther Vandross chronology | ||||
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Singles from Your Secret Love | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Billboard | (favorable)[2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[4] |
Music Week | [5] |
Muzik | (Springer)[6] (Jones)[7] |
Q | [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Vibe | (favorable)[8] |
Your Secret Love is the tenth studio album by American R&B recording artist Luther Vandross, released by Epic Records in October 1996. The album's title track won the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and was nominated for Best R&B Song at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997. The album served as Vandross's final album under Epic Records after being part of the record label for fifteen years.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Your Secret Love" | Luther Vandross, Reed Vertelney | 4:12 |
2. | "Love Don't Love You Anymore" | Vandross | 5:12 |
3. | "It's Hard for Me to Say" | Vandross, Skip Anderson | 4:34 |
4. | "Crazy Love" | David Lasley, Robin Lerner, Marsha Malamet, Allan Rich | 5:13 |
5. | "I Can Make It Better" | Vandross, Marcus Miller | 5:35 |
6. | "Too Proud to Beg" | Vandross, Vertelney | 4:50 |
7. | "I Can't Wait No Longer (Let's Do This)" (featuring Deidra "Spin" Roper of Salt-n-Pepa) | Miller, Dee Dee Roper | 5:39 |
8. | "Nobody to Love" | Vandross, Miller | 5:45 |
9. | "Whether or Not the World Gets Better" (featuring Lisa Fischer) | Vandross | 5:31 |
10. | "This Time I'm Right" | Vandross | 5:07 |
11. | "Knocks Me Off My Feet" | Stevie Wonder | 3:44 |
12. | "Goin' Out of My Head" | Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein | 5:17 |
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[16] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[18] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |