Love Makes No Sense

Love Makes No Sense is the fifth studio album by the American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. The album was his final release for Tabu, and his first album made without formal production from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Love Makes No Sense
Studio album by
Alexander O'Neal
ReleasedFebruary 9, 1993 (1993-02-09)
Genre
Length50:47
Label
Producer
Alexander O'Neal chronology
This Thing Called Love: The Greatest Hits of Alexander O'Neal
(1992)		 Love Makes No Sense
(1993)		 The Best of Alexander O'Neal
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Sales were not as strong as his earlier releases, it went on to peak at #89 on the Billboard 200 and reached #18 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[2] The album launched three charting singles in the UK. "Love Makes No Sense" peaked at #26 on the UK Singles Chart; "In the Middle" peaked at #32; "All That Matters to Me" at #67.[3] The album was his first album, not to be certified by the BPI, since the 1988 Christmas album, My Gift to You.

The album was re-released in 2013 on Tabu's new Re-born imprint featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a 2-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes; the bonus content consists of associated 7", and 12" mixes.

Track listing
  1. "In the Middle" – 4:37
  2. "If U Let It" – 5:14
  3. "Aphrodisia" – 5:18
  4. "Love Makes No Sense" – 6:58
  5. "Home is Where the Heart Is" – 6:16
  6. "Change of Heart" – 4:44
  7. "Lady" – 5:35
  8. "All That Matters to Me" – 4:30
  9. "Since I've Been Loving You" – 4:00
  10. "Your Precious Love" – 3:36 (with Cherrelle)

Note: in Europe and Japan some releases contained an additional track called "What A Wonderful World"

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 45
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 49
UK Albums Chart[7] 14
US Billboard 200[8] 89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[8] 18

Release history
Label Cat. No. Format Date
Tabu31454 9501USCD, Cassette1993
TabuPOCM-1016JPCD1993
Tabu549 502EUCD, Vinyl, Cassette1993
SolidCDSOL-5226JPCD2013
TabuTABU 2017UKCD2013

References
  1. "Love Makes No Sense". AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. Hearsay Chart & awards at AllMusic
  3. Roberts, David (2002). Guinness World Records British Hit Singles (15th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-187-X., p.360
  4. Love Makes No Sense liner notes. Tabu. 1993.
  5. "NL Charts > Alexander O'Neal". MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  6. "SWE Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. "UK Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  8. "US Albums Charts > Alexander O'Neal". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
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