OC Smith - Love Changes (1982) [Full Album]

A1 I Betcha 0:00 A2 If You Knew 04:31 A3 Love Changes 08:28 A4 Girl 12:49 B1 Got To Know 17:50 B2 That's One For Love 22:19 B3 You're Still My Lady 26:48 B4 We're Making Love, We're Making Music 31:30 B5 I'm Glad I Fell In Love With You 36:11 Love Changes Review by Andrew Hamilton Producer H.B. Barnum has O.C. Smith entrenched in a pop-country bag on this Motown release, originally issued on South Bay Records. Not much to sink your teeth into here; "Girls," written by Ed Levert, Dennis Williams, and Walter Williams, is so laid-back that the Commodore's "Three Times a Lady" seems feisty in comparison. The deathly slow ballad, and all the tracks, features the backing trio of Billie Barnum (the producer's sister), Phyllis St. James, and Maxi Anderson. "You're Still My Lady" and "I'm Glad I Fell in Love With You" are helped considerably by a sizzling sax; "I Betcha," the title track, and "We're Making Love, We're Making Music" are pleasant, with pleasant being the key word -- every track is pleasant, but all would be leaps and bound better had Barnum got Smith to put a little more heart into the effort. Barnum and Walter Johnson wrote seven of the nine tracks.