The One That You Love (album)
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The One That You Love is the sixth album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n soft rock band Air Supply
Air Supply
Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of Graham Russell as guitarist and singer-songwriter and Russell Hitchcock as lead vocalist. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight Top Ten hits in the United States, in the early 1980s...

, released in 1981. The album became their most famous and successful in their career. It reached #10 in the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 album chart and contained three top 5 hits: "The One That You Love
The One That You Love
"The One That You Love" is a popular song written by Graham Russell and sung by Air Supply that reached number one in the United States in 1981. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 25, 1981, and remained there for one week....

" (#1), "Here I Am
Here I Am (Air Supply song)
"Here I Am" is the title of a popular song from 1981 by the Australian group Air Supply. It was written by Norman Sallitt and included on the group's album The One That You Love....

" (#5) and "Sweet Dreams" (#5).

Overview

The album was released after their major success with their previous album, Lost in Love, and multiplied the band's popularity through the first period of the 1980s. Production was carried out by Clive Davis
Clive Davis
Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...

. The single, "The One That You Love", became the band's first and only #1 hit. "Here I Am" reached #5 in the US charts, being a sheer drama closely related to the style of Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...

, one of the band's influences. The third single of the album was "Sweet Dreams". Beside the singles, "I'll Never Get Enough Of You", got to be the main theme of a Japanese tv novel, and a hit in Asia. This was their first entry into any Asian chart.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Turn Me Away" (Russell) - 3:44
  2. "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)
    Here I Am (Air Supply song)
    "Here I Am" is the title of a popular song from 1981 by the Australian group Air Supply. It was written by Norman Sallitt and included on the group's album The One That You Love....

    " (Sallitt) - 3:50
  3. "Keeping the Love Alive" (Supa) - 3:33
  4. "The One That You Love
    The One That You Love
    "The One That You Love" is a popular song written by Graham Russell and sung by Air Supply that reached number one in the United States in 1981. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 25, 1981, and remained there for one week....

    " (Russell) - 4:18
  5. "This Heart Belongs to Me" (Russell) - 4:13
  6. "Sweet Dreams" (Russell) - 5:22
  7. "I Want to Give It All" (Goh, Russell) - 3:41
  8. "I'll Never Get Enough of You" (Jeanne Napoli
    Jeanne Napoli
    Jeanne Napoli was an American singer, songwriter, and performer. She was signed to the Vigor sub-label of New York’s De-Lite Records in 1976. She is best known for her "Let’s make love" disco track....

    , Portnoy, Quay) - 3:49
  9. "Tonight" (Russell) - 7:53
  10. "I've Got Your Love" (Russell) - 3:39

Personnel

  • Air Supply: Arranger.
  • Alpha: Photography.
  • Ray Barber: Logo.
  • Ralph Cooper: Drums.
  • Clive Davis
    Clive Davis
    Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...

    : Executive Producer.
  • Frank Esler-Smith
    Frank Esler-Smith
    Frank Esler-Smith was an arranger and keyboard player for the soft-rock band Air Supply in the 1970s and during their 1980s heyday....

    : Conductor, Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements.
  • Elliott Federman: Mastering.
  • Howard Fritzson: Cover Art Direction.
  • David Moyse: Guitar
  • Rex Goh
    Rex Goh
    Rex Goh is a rock guitarist. In 1972, he moved to Australia, settling down in Sydney. He has toured and recorded with many famous artists including Air Supply, Savage Garden, Randy Crawford, Tom Jones and Daryl Braithwaite...

    : Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm).
  • Dave Green: Bass.
  • Russell Hitchcock
    Russell Hitchcock
    Russell Charles Hitchcock is an Australian musician and one half of the group Air Supply. He formed the group after meeting Englishman Graham Russell in 1975 on the set of a production of Jesus Christ Superstar....

    : Vocals.
  • Graham Russell
    Graham Russell
    Graham Cyrill Russell is a British musician and, with Russell Hitchcock, is one of the mainstays of soft rock group Air Supply which formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1975 and had top ten hits nationally and in United States.He released The Future, his 10-track, debut solo album...

    : Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals.
  • David Foster
    David Foster
    David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

    : Piano, Producer.
  • Stephanie Kika: Project Coordinator.
  • David Alan: Kogut Reissue Art Director.
  • Ria Lewerke: Stylist, Cover Art Direction.
  • Harry Maslin: Producer, Engineer, Mixing.
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