Love Session
Studio album by
Silk
ReleasedJune 12, 2001
Recorded
Length62:34
LabelElektra
Producer
Silk chronology
Tonight
(1999)		 Love Session
(2001)		 Silktime
(2003)
Singles from Love Session
  1. "We're Callin U"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Ebony Eyes"
    Released: 2001

Love Session is the fourth studio album by American R&B group Silk. It was released by Elektra Records on June 12, 2001 in the United States. Chiefly produced by Darrell "Delite" Allamby and Silk, it reached number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was the last recording the band released under a major label and also marked their last project to be recorded as a quintet after the departure of member Gary Jenkins in 2002.

Promotion

The first single released from the album was "We're Callin' You". The music video was directed by Sylvain White.[1][2] Love Session also contains a popular cover of the single "Ebony Eyes," originally recorded by Rick James as a duet with Smokey Robinson from his 1983 album Cold Blooded. Silk's version was released as the album's second single in 2001.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
NME[5]

AllMusic editor Kingsley Marshall remarked that "although the cover of the Rick James and Smokey Robinson duet "Ebony Eyes" does the original little justice, the rest of the album is as slick as can be, and if you're still in need of freaking close to ten years on from "Freak Me" then you won't go far wrong with this."[4] NME found that "lyrical cliches undermine the power of this fourth missive from Silk."[5]

Track listing

Love Session track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Welcome 2 the Love Session" (Interlude)
  • Allamby
  • Jenkins
2:37
2."We're Callin' You"
  • Allamby
  • Silk Music Group Inc.
7:28
3."Love Session"
Allamby5:16
4."Nursery Rhymes" (Intro)–Allamby0:46
5."Nursery Rhymes"
  • Allamby
  • Browder
Allamby5:08
6."Ebony Eyes"Rick JamesAllamby6:02
7."Treated Like a Lady"
  • Johnathen Rasboro
  • Allamby
  • Roberson
Allamby4:27
8."Ahh"
  • Rasboro
  • Jenkins
  • Gates
Silk Music Group Inc.3:48
9."I Didn't Mean to"
  • Allamby
  • Browder
  • Timothy Cameron
  • Rasboro
  • Jenkins
Allamby6:57
10."Don't Go" (featuring Tamar Braxton)
  • Jenkins
  • Allamby
  • Browder
  • Marcus Devine
  • Allamby
  • Silk Music Group Inc.
6:55
11."I'm Sorry"
  • Jenkins
  • Roberson
  • Allamby
  • Jenkins
  • Silk Music Group Inc.
7:14
12."Return Part 2" (Interlude)Gary Glenn
  • Silk Music Group Inc.
  • Jordan's World Entertainment[a]
1:30
13."Vibrate"
  • Jenkins
  • Rasboro
  • Cameron
  • Glenn
Silk Music Group Inc.4:26

Notes

  • ^a signifies a co-producer

Charts

Release history

Love Session release history
Region Date Format Label Ref(s)
United States June 12, 2001 Elektra [4]

References

  1. ↑ White, Sylvain (2007-01-12), Stomp the Yard (Drama, Music, Romance), Rainforest Films, retrieved 2022-01-25
  2. ↑ White, Sylvain (2010-04-23), The Losers (Action, Adventure, Crime), Warner Bros., Dark Castle Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures, retrieved 2022-01-25
  3. ↑ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (July 19, 2001). "Silk Show They're Still Smooth With Love Session". MTV.com. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Marshall, Kingsley. Love Session review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Silk : Love Session". NME. September 12, 2005. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Silk Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Silk Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
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