Just Another Way to Say I Love You

Just Another Way to Say I Love You is the self-produced fourth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1975 on the 20th Century label.

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History

The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's fourth in a row to do so, and peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200. It also reached #12 on the UK Albums Chart.^[5] The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "What Am I Gonna Do with You", which peaked at #1, and "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To".^[2] Both were also successful on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #8 and #40 respectively. Both singles were also hits on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5 and #20 respectively.^[5] The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on July 31, 2006 by UMVD Special Markets.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Barry White, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heavenly, That's What You Are to Me"		5:03
2.	"I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To"		6:13
3.	"All Because of You"	Barry White, Frank Wilson, Michael Nunes	6:40
4.	"Love Serenade (Part I)"		4:49

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"What Am I Gonna Do with You"	3:30
2.	"Let Me Live My Life Lovin' You Babe"	10:29
3.	"Love Serenade (Part II)"	3:13

Personnel

Barry White - lead vocals, arranger
Gene Page - conductor

Technical

Frank Kejmar - engineer
Eddie Douglas, Jack Levy - art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	54
U.S. Billboard Top LPs^[7]	17
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs^[8]	1
UK Albums Chart^[5]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	43

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[10]	US R&B ^[2]	UK ^[5]
1975	"What Am I Gonna Do with You"	8	1	5
1975	"I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To"	40	4	20

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[11]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Official Singles Chart Top 50: 2 March 1975 - 8 March 1975". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Barry White - Chart history (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^ Elias, Jason. Just Another Way to Say I Love You > review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 336. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Barry White - Chart history (Billboard 200) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^ "Barry White - Chart history (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1975. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
^ "Barry White - Chart history (The Hot 100) | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^ "British album certifications – Barry White – Just Another Way to Say I Love You". British Phonographic Industry.

External links

Just Another Way to Say I Love You at Discogs

v t e Barry White
Studio albums	I've Got So Much to Give (1973) Stone Gon' (1973) Can't Get Enough (1974) Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975) Let the Music Play (1976) Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978) The Message Is Love (1979) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (1981) Beware! (1981) Change (1982) Dedicated (1983) The Right Night & Barry White (1987) The Man Is Back! (1989) Put Me in Your Mix (1991) The Icon Is Love (1994) Staying Power (1999)
Compilations	Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) The Collection (1988) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005)
Singles	"In the Ghetto" "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" "I've Got So Much to Give" "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "You See the Trouble with Me" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Just the Way You Are" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Louie Louie" "Practice What You Preach" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan)
Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait) "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)
Related articles	Discography Love Unlimited The Love Unlimited Orchestra

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