Incredible Gerald Levert solo career retrospective collection coming in July

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    (May 10, 2023) Soul music fans still miss singer and songwriter Gerald Levert. We first got to know Levert as a very young man in the group that bore his last name. And he later became a consistent force on the R&B charts as a solo artist and as part of the group LSG.

    Now, more than a dozen years after Levert’s untimely passing, a full solo career retrospective collection is coming from Soul Music Records. The 3-CD anthology features 45 songs drawn from his nine solo albums that were released between 1991-2006, including his smash hits “Private Line,” “I’d Give Anything,” and his duet with his father, Eddie Levert, “Baby Hold On To Me.”

    The disc also includes rarities, such as “When It’s Right,” previously available only as a bonus track on the Japanese version of his sophomore album, Groove On, a cover of the Rick James and Teena Marie classic “Fire and Desire,” and several remixes of other songs.

    (May 10, 2023) Soul music fans still miss singer and songwriter Gerald Levert. We first got to know Levert as a very young man in the group that bore his last name. And he later became a consistent force on the R&B charts as a solo artist and as part of the group LSG.

    Now, more than a dozen years after Levert’s untimely passing, a full solo career retrospective collection is coming from Soul Music Records. The 3-CD anthology features 45 songs drawn from his nine solo albums that were released between 1991-2006, including his smash hits “Private Line,” “I’d Give Anything,” and his duet with his father, Eddie Levert, “Baby Hold On To Me.”

    The disc also includes rarities, such as “When It’s Right,” previously available only as a bonus track on the Japanese version of his sophomore album, Groove On, a cover of the Rick James and Teena Marie classic “Fire and Desire,” and several remixes of other songs.

    Created with mastering by Donald Cleveland, artwork by Roger Williams, and executive production by  David Nathan, the collection also features an contributions by distinguished US writers and media legends Janine Coveney, Dyana Williams, and A. Scott Galloway.

    The collection will be released on July 21 (Click Here to Pre-order).

    TRACK LISTING

    DISC ONE

    SCHOOL ME

    1. Private Line
    2. School Me
    3. Baby Hold On To Me (with Eddie Levert)
    4. Groove On
    5. I’d Give Anything
    6. Answering Service
    7. Same Place,Same Time
    8. Love Street
    9. When It’s Right
    10. Thinkin’ Bout It
    11. That’s The Way I Feel About You (with Mary J Blige)
    12. Taking Everything
    13. Nothin’ To Somethin’
    14. Mr. Too Damn Good

    DISC TWO

    1. Baby U Are
    2. Spill A Little Love
    3. Let Me Know
    4. What Makes It Good To You (No Premature Lovin’)
    5. Made To Love Ya
    6. Dream With No Love
    7. Funny
    8. Closure
    9. Stroke Of Genius
    10. (They Long To Be) Close To You (with Tamia)
    11. U Got That Love (Call It A Night)
    12. Wear It Out
    13. Didn’t We
    14. Eyes And Ears (with Sean Levert & Eddie Levert)
    15. Crucify Me
    16. Everyday

    DISC THREE

    1. One Million Times
    2. Click A Glass
    3. In My Songs
    4. DJ Don’t
    5. Deep As It Goes
    6. Can It Stay
    7. Private Line (Radio Club Remix)
    8. Can You Handle It (Remix Edit)*
    9. I Wanna Be Bad (Remix Edit)*
    10. School Me (Full Live Version)
    11. Can’t Help Myself (Radio Remix)
    12. Answering Service (Heavy D Remix)
    13. Fire And Desire (ft. Sherena Wynn)*
    14. Taking Everything (Soap Opera Remix Extended)
    15. DJ Don’t (Remix ft Jaheim)

     
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