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Time, Love & Tenderness (1991)

Where the lyrics of Time, Love & Tenderness take you, and where it was really made.

A copyright verdict of over US$5 million came from a single on this No. 1 album, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review it.

Key places

Recorded at The Plant Studios (1991)

Recording site Record Plant — Wiki lists The Plant Studios in Sausalito as one of this album's recording locations. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Conway Studios (1991)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Wiki lists Conway Studios in Hollywood among this album's recording locations, alongside Soundhouse Studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Power Station (1991)

Recording site Power Station Studio — Wiki lists The Power Station in New York among this album's recording locations. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Seventh studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton
• Released April 23, 1991 by Columbia Records
• Produced by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton
• More than 16 million copies sold worldwide, his best-selling album
• Topped the Billboard 200 chart

Background

• Four Top 40 singles: "When a Man Loves a Woman" (a cover of Percy Sledge, No. 1 on the Hot 100), "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (No. 4), "Time, Love and Tenderness" (No. 7), "Missing You Now" (No. 12)
• All four singles also reached the Top 40 in the UK
• "Steel Bars" was a fifth single released only in the UK, the result of Bolton's songwriting collaboration with Bob Dylan
• The track listing includes songs written with Diane Warren, Desmond Child and Walter Afanasieff, among others

Recording

• Recording locations: The Plant Studios in Sausalito, Conway Studios and Soundhouse Studios in Hollywood, and The Power Station in New York
• Mixing locations: The Record Plant in Los Angeles and The Hit Factory in New York City

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953, in New Haven, Connecticut.
• At age 14 he formed the group the Nomads, which was signed to a singles contract by Epic Records when he was 16.
• Began recording in 1975 at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, under his original family name Bolotin.
• Early career focused on hard rock; his band Blackjack once opened for Ozzy Osbourne on tour.

Career

• Anglicized his name to Bolton and gained his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan.
• Recorded his own version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" in 1988, reaching number one on the Hot 100.
• Achieved peak success as a pop ballad singer in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songwriters such as Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
• Covered Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" (1987) and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," a Grammy-winning cover on the 1991 album Time, Love & Tenderness.
• Faced a plagiarism suit from the Isley Brothers over "Love Is a Wonderful Thing," settled with a $4.2 million payment.
• Has sold more than 75 million records, with eight top 10 albums and two Billboard number-one singles.
• Later worked in television and film, appeared on Dancing with the Stars, and produced the documentary American Dream: Detroit.

Reception

At release

• Commercial success is sharply contrasted with mostly negative critical reception
• AllMusic: called the album a clone of its predecessor, Soul Provider, and derided the Percy Sledge cover as an obligatory R&B copy; praised Diane Warren's songwriting, Bolton's singing, and his songwriting on "Steel Bars"
• Chicago Tribune: one of its few mixed reviews, saying Bolton's talent is outweighed by mediocre material while several tracks are strong
• Los Angeles Times: mixed review calling the album commercial and glitzy, but praising it as containing Bolton's strongest material to date
• Entertainment Weekly: thoroughly panned the album, saying Bolton's singing amounts to gimmicks
• The Rolling Stone Album Guide: also mostly negative, criticizing the vocals for the same reasons as Entertainment Weekly
• Robert Christgau: gave the album a "dud" rating in his Consumer Guide

Records

• Topped the Billboard 200 chart
• Four Top 40 Hot 100 singles, including No. 1 for "When a Man Loves a Woman"
• More than 16 million copies sold worldwide
• Best-selling album of Bolton's career

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Isley Brothers recorded "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" in 1964; their 1966 single bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100
• In 1994 a jury found Bolton, Goldmark, and Sony Music Entertainment liable for copyright infringement, ordering payment of the single's profits plus 28% of album profits, over US$5 million
• On May 9, 2000 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict, one of the largest monetary awards in such a case
• On January 22, 2001 the Supreme Court declined to review the case; Bolton had claimed he never heard the Isleys recording
• "When a Man Loves a Woman" was included in the international soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Felicidade (1991/1992)
• The song won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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