Love Makes No Sense

Love Makes No Sense
Studio album by Alexander O'Neal
Released	February 9, 1993
Genre	R&B soul urban hip hop
Length	50:47
Label	Tabu, A&M
Producer	Steve Lindsey Jon Nettlesbey Terry Coffey Christopher Troy Zack Harmon Lance Alexander Prof T.
Alexander O'Neal chronology
Twelve Inch Mixes (1992) Love Makes No Sense (1993) This Thing Called Love: The Greatest Hits of Alexander O'Neal (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Love Makes No Sense is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. The album was his final release for Tabu, and his first album made without formal production from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Sales were not as strong as his earlier releases, it went on to peak at #89 on the Billboard 200 and reached #18 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[2] The album launched three charting singles in the UK. "Love Makes No Sense" peaked at #26 on the UK Singles Chart; "In the Middle" peaked at #32; "All That Matters to Me" at #67.^[3] The album was his first album, not to be certified by the BPI, since the 1988 Christmas album, My Gift to You.

The album was re-released in 2013 on Tabu's new Re-born imprint featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a 2-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes; the bonus content consists of associated 7", and 12" mixes.

Track listing

1. "In the Middle" - 4:37
2. "If U Let It" - 5:14
3. "Aphrodisia" - 5:18
4. "Love Makes No Sense" - 6:58
5. "Home is Where the Heart Is" - 6:16
6. "Change of Heart" - 4:44
7. "Lady" - 5:35
8. "All That Matters to Me" - 4:30
9. "Since I've Been Loving You" - 4:00
10. "Your Precious Love" - 3:36

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

• Alexander O'Neal - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Cherrelle - lead vocals, backing vocals
• JayDee Mannes - steel guitar, pedal
• Charles Fearing - guitars
• Kevin Pierce - guitars
• Paul Jackson Jr. - guitars
• Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
• Ed Greene - drums, tambourine
• Christopher Troy - drum programming, piano, keyboards, percussion, moog synthesizer
• Zack Harmon - drum programming, percussion, keyboards
• Lance Alexander - drum programming, percussion, keyboards
• Jon Nettlesbey - drum programming, percussion
• Bob Glaub - bass
• Freddie Washington - bass
• Khris Kellow - electric piano [wurlitzer]
• Terry Coffey - synthesizer, keyboards
• Enrico De Paoli - synthesizer
• Randy Kerber - synthesizer
• Steve Lindsey - organ, piano, synthesizer
• Booker T. Jones - organ
• David Paich - organ
• M.G. - finger snaps
• Brandon Fields - saxophone
• Derrick Edmondson - saxophone
• Franklin Wharton - flute
• Jim Cox - piano
• John Barnes - piano
• Lenny Castro - percussion
• Backing Vocalists: Prof T., Alex Brown, Barrington Scott, Carrie Harrington, Jackie Gouche, Jamecia Bennett, Joey Diggs, Joey Elias, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Sean Devereaux, Tony Warren, Valerie Davis

Charts

Peak positions

Original release

Chart	Peak Position
Dutch Albums Chart[5]	45
Swedish Albums Chart[6]	49
UK Albums Chart[7]	14
US Billboard Chart[8]	89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[8]	18

References

1. "Love Makes No Sense". AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
2. Hearsay Chart & awards at AllMusic
3. Roberts, David (2002). Guinness World Records British Hit Singles (15th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-187-X., p.360
4. Love Makes No Sense liner notes. Tabu. 1993.
5. "NL Charts > Alexander O'Neal". MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
6. "SWE Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
7. "UK Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
8. "US Albums Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-05-26.

External links

• Love Makes No Sense at Discogs (list of releases)