Sincerely Yours (Luv' album)

Sincerely Yours
Studio album by Luv'
Released July 1991
Recorded 1990-1991
Genre Pop, Dance
Length 40:47
Label RCA Records/BMG
Producer Jacques Zwart (a.k.a. E. Mergency),
Luv' chronology
Greatest Hits
(1990)		 Sincerely Yours
(1991)		 Luv' Gold
(1993)

Sincerely Yours is the fifth studio album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in 1991 by the labels RCA Records/BMG. It includes the singles Hasta Mañana, Jungle Jive, He's My Guy (a minor hit song) and The Last Song. This opus features a new group's member Carina Lemoine who replaced Michelle Gold.

Album story

June 1990 saw changes in Luv's line-up. Michelle Gold was replaced by Carina Lemoine, a 20-year-old singer who had been recruited among a hundred girls by Marga Scheide (the only original group's member).[1] This change in the trio's formation coincided with a new record deal. Luv' signed a contract with the Dutch subsidiary of RCA Records/BMG and chose another kind of repertoire. After the moderate success of the Welcome to my party single (inspired by the Stock Aitken Waterman style and produced by Nigel Wright), the female pop act recorded the Sincerely Yours album named after a cover version of a US Top 20 song originally performed by the American Dance girl group Sweet Sensation.[2] The songs on this opus were tainted by Pop music (Sentimental Fool, The Last Song), Dance music (2am Saturday Night, I Wanna Make Love To You), flamenco (Hasta Mañana), Latin American music (Sincerely Yours, Canta De La Luna), and Jazz (He's My Guy). This material was produced by Jacques Zwart (a.k.a. E.Mergency), Marga Scheide's partner at the time.
Highly demanded session musicians from the Dutch music scene were hired for the recording of this album: Bert Meulendijk, Eddie Conard, Hans Jansen Lex Bolderdijk, Omar Dupree and Ton op 't Hof. They had collaborated with popular artists like Bolland & Bolland, Paul de Leeuw, Gordon, Lee Towers, Herman Brood, and Dolly Dots. Despite their participation, the Sincerely Yours record failed to make any chart impact. However, though Luv' hadn't reached a mainstream success with this recording, their schedule was hectic. They often toured the club and gay circuit in the Netherlands and Belgium and appeared on TV.

Track listing

  1. "Jungle Jive" (G. Thé, Marga Scheide, E.Mergency) - 3:23
  2. "Sincerely Yours" (Ricardo Pagan, Joseph Malloy) - 4:25
  3. "Sentimental Fool" (E. Mergency, Marga Scheide) - 4:17
  4. "Canta de la Luna" (E.Mergency, Marga Scheide) - 4:15
  5. "2am Saturday Night" (F. Rampen, E. Mergency) - 3:10
  6. "Hasta Mañana" (E.Mergency, Marga Scheide) - 5:33
  7. "He's My Guy" (E. Mergency) - 3:44
  8. "Live or Die" (A. Hol, Marga Scheide, E. Mergency) - 3:32
  9. "I Wanna Make Love To You" (Lion Keezer) - 3:26
  10. "The Last Song" (E. Mergency, Marga Scheide) - 4:31

Singles

# Title Date
1. "Hasta Mañana" 1990
2. "Jungle Jive" 1991
3. "He's My Guy" 1991
4. "The Last Song" 1991

Album credits

Personnel

Luv'

Additional personnel

Production

Design

References

  1. ↑ Details about Carina Lemoine's recruitement in her biography's page on her official website/
  2. ↑ 1989 Music video of Sincerely Yours by Sweet Sensation
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