This One's for You is an album by the American musician Teddy Pendergrass.[1] It was released just after a bad car accident Pendergrass was involved in, which left him paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury.[2] The album did not do as well as his previous albums did on the Billboard 200, peaking at only #59, but it did do well on the R&B album chart, reaching #6. One single was released, "I Can't Win for Losing", which peaked at only #32 on the R&B charts.
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| Released | July 23, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Label | Philadelphia International | |||
| Producer | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen, John R, Faith, Thom Bell, Clarence B. Simmons, Joseph B. Jefferson, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson | |||
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Critical reception
editThe Globe and Mail wrote: "Although he occasionally gets bogged down in the big and over-syrupy Gamble-Huff production, numbers such as 'The Gift of Life' and 'This One's for You' are moving, emotive and sensually rendered ballads of the first rank."[3]
Track listing
edit- "I Can't Win for Losing" 4:16 (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
- "This One's for You" 6:18 (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer)
- "Loving You Was Good" 3:35 (LeRoy Bell, Casey James)
- "This Gift of Life" 4:27 (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
- "Now Tell Me That You Love Me" 5:15 (Gamble, Huff)
- "It's Up to You (What You Do With Your Life)" 5:37 (Gamble, Huff)
- "Don't Leave Me out Along the Road" 3:34 (Richard Roebuck)
- "Only to You" 3:53 (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
References
edit- ^ Santosuosso, Ernie (24 Sep 1982). "Weekend". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
- ^ "Singer Suffers Spinal Injury In Auto Crash in Philadelphia", The New York Times, March 19, 1982.
- ^ Lacey, Liam (28 Aug 1982). "This One's for You Teddy Pendergrass". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.