Billy Ocean (album)

Billy Ocean is the first studio album by the British recording artist Billy Ocean, released in 1976 by GTO Records.[3][4] It includes the hit singles "Love Really Hurts Without You", "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)" and "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)". All three songs appeared in the UK Singles Chart in 1976.[5][6]

Billy Ocean
Studio album by
Billy Ocean
Released1976
Recorded1975
GenreR&B, disco, soul
Length60:55
LabelGTO, Epic
ProducerBen Findon
Billy Ocean chronology
Billy Ocean
(1976)		 City Limit
(1979)
Singles from Billy Ocean
  1. "Love Really Hurts Without You"
    Released: 23 January 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Critical reception

Dave Thompson, in Reggae & Caribbean Music, wrote that the album "placed Ocean firmly in a disco-funk-lite vein."[7] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide called the album's single, "Love Really Hurts Without You," "trite radio fodder."[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ben Findon and Leslie Charles; except where indicated

  1. "Tell Him to Move Over"
  2. "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers)
  3. "Let's Put Our Emotions in Motion"
  4. "Let's Do it All Again" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers)
  5. "Love Really Hurts Without You"
  6. "Whose Little Girl are You?"
  7. "Soul Rock" (Charles, Bob Puzey)
  8. "One Kiss Away"
  9. "Hungry for Love"
  10. "Eye of a Storm" (Findon, Geoff Wilkins)
  11. "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)"

Arranged by Ben Findon, Billy Ocean and Graham Preskett

References
  1. Billy Ocean at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 270.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. "Billy Ocean/City Limit - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  4. "Billy Ocean grinded on the U.K. circuit for well over a decade". July 1, 2013.
  5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 402. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. Matre, Lynn Van. "BILLY OCEAN". chicagotribune.com.
  7. Thompson, Dave (July 29, 2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306557 – via Google Books.
  8. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 366.


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