Songs of Love (Anita Ward album)

Songs of Love
Studio album by Anita Ward
Released	1979
Recorded	Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre	Soul Funk
Label	T.K. Records
Producer	Frederick Knight
Anita Ward chronology
Songs of Love (1979) Sweet Surrender (1979)

Songs of Love is the debut studio album by American singer Anita Ward released on T.K. Records. It includes the chart-topping hit single "Ring My Bell". "Make Believe Lovers" was also released as a single but failed to chart. Big Break Records released this album on CD in March 2013.

Track listing

1. "Make Believe Lovers" (David Camon, Frederick Knight, Michael Ward, Sam Dees) – 3:23
2. "If I Could Feel That Old Feeling Again" (David Camon) – 4:11
3. "Spoiled by Your Love" (Frederick Knight, Sam Dees) – 3:50
4. "I Won't Stop Loving You" (Chuck Holmes) – 4:34
5. "Ring My Bell" (Frederick Knight) – 4:28
6. "Sweet Splendor" (Sam Dees) – 3:47
7. "There Is No Doubt About It" (Joe Shamwell, Tommy Tate) – 3:54
8. "You Lied" (Anita Ward, Chuck Holmes, Jimmy Lowe) – 5:03

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Billboard Top LP & Tapes	8
Billboard Top Soul LPs	2

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dance	UK
1979	"Ring My Bell"	1	1	1	1

Personnel

• Strings and horns arrangements - Mike Lewis
• Bass - Don Barrett, Ray Griffin
• Drums - James Stroud
• Engineer - James Griffin
• Guitar - Dino Zimmerman, Fred Knobloch, Michael Terence Ward, Michael Toles
• Keyboards - Carson Whitsett, Frederick Knight
• Producer, percussion, electronic drums - Frederick Knight
• Synthesizer - Carl Marsh
• Backing vocals - Cheryl Bundy, Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Valerie Williams
• The Miami Symphony - strings and horns
• Gregory Heisler - photography

External links

• Songs of Love by Anita Ward at Discogs
• Songs of Love by Anita Ward at Allmusic
• "Songs of Love – The Medicine of Music"