Love Island (album) explained

Love Island is a studio album by Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Records.^[1] The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart,^[2] but just No. 100 on the Canadian charts.^[3] "Whistle Bump" shared No. 1 on the Canadian 'Dance/Urban' charts, June 17, 1978.^[4]

Critical reception

Ernie Santosuosso noted "Love Island" and "Tahiti Hut" as the best tracks lauding "George Benson's tumbling-noted guitar cameo" and the"intriguing bass figures played by Pops Popwell" as "frilled by Deodato's vocalanger (voice) effects" on "Love Island", the title track, and "Deodato's subdued vocalise" and "simple melodic statement by trombonists Sam Burtis and Wayne Andre" on "Tahiti Hut", the latter, calling the others "a rather anonymous lot".^[5]

Track listing

Adapted from album's text.

Notes and References

1. Eumir Deodato: Love Island. 1978. Warner Bros. Records.
2. Billboard's Best Selling Jazz LP's. 90. March 25, 1978. Billboard.
3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - July 8, 1978.
4. Web site: RPM Top 30 Dance/Urban - June 17, 1978.
5. Web site: Private Article Clipping - Newspapers.com™ . 2024-11-19 . Newspapers.com . en-US.