Let the Music Play (Barry White album)

Let the Music Play

Studio album by Barry White

Released

January 2, 1976

Recorded

1975

Genre

R&B, disco, soul

Length

31:21

Label

20th Century

Producer

Barry White

Barry White chronology

Barry White's Greatest Hits
(1975)

Let the Music Play
(1976)

Is This Whatcha Wont?
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Let the Music Play is the self-produced fifth album by American R&B singer Barry White, recorded in 1975 and released in January 1976 on the 20th Century label.

History

The album reached #8 on the R&B albums chart and peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200. It also reached #22 on the UK Albums Chart. The album yielded the Billboard R&B Top Ten single, "Let the Music Play", which peaked at #4. It also reached #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the UK Singles Chart. Another single, "You See the Trouble with Me", reached #14 on the R&B chart and #2 on the UK Singles Chart. A third single, "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together", reached #29 on the R&B Chart, #92 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #15 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks on February 14, 2012 by Hip-O Select.

Track listing

All tracks written by Barry White, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Don't Know Where the Love Has Gone"	4:57
2.	"If You Know, Won't You Tell Me"	5:04
3.	"I'm So Blue and You Are Too"	7:05

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together"	4:26
5.	"You See the Trouble with Me" (Barry White, Ray Parker)	3:30
6.	"Let the Music Play"	6:16

2012 remastered bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Let the Music Play" (Single Version)	3:30
8.	"Let the Music Play" (Instrumental B-Side Version)	5:48
9.	"Let the Music Play" (M+M Throwback Mix)	9:07
10.	"Let the Music Play" (Funkstar's Club Deluxe Mix)	5:50
11.	"Let the Music Play" (Alternate Version)	4:34

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak ^[2]^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	42
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	8
UK Albums Chart	22

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[2]	US R&B ^[2]	US Dan ^[2]	UK ^[3]
1975	"Let the Music Play"	32	4	15	9
1976	"You See the Trouble with Me"	—	14	15	2
1976	"Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together"	92	29	—	15

References

↑ Cook, Stephen. Let the Music Play > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Barry White". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
1 2 "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

External links

Let the Music Play at Discogs

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) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) The Message Is Love (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White) (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) Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977) Heart and Soul (1985) The Collection (1988) Just for You (1992) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) Love Songs (2003) The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White (2003) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005) Gold (2006) Number Ones (2009) Unlimited (2009) Icon (2010) Icon 2 (2010)

Singles	"Man Ain't Nothin" "All in the Run of a Day" "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" "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" "Let the Music Play" "You See the Trouble with Me" "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Playing Your Game, Baby" "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" "Just the Way You Are" "Sha La La Means I Love You" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me)" "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" "How Did You Know It Was Me?" "Love Ain't Easy" "Sheet Music" "Love Makin' Music" "I Believe in Love" "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) "I Want You" (with Glodean White) "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White) "Louie Louie" "Beware" "Change" "Passion" "America" "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind" "Sho' You Right" "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)" "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix) "Super Lover" "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)" "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya" "When Will I See You Again" "Put Me in Your Mix" "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) "Practice What You Preach" "Love Is the Icon" "Come On" "I Only Want to Be with You" "There It Is" "Staying Power" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan) "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar Deluxe Remixes)

Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane) "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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