Soul Exposed

Soul Exposed is the seventeenth album by American singer Melba Moore. It was released by Orpheus Music and Capitol Records on March 26, 1990. Her final release with Capitol, the album spawned the hits "Do You Really Want My Love" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the latter of which went to number nine on Billboard's R&B chart.[1]

Soul Exposed
Studio album by
Melba Moore
ReleasedMarch 26, 1990
Length53:21
Label
Producer
Melba Moore chronology
I'm in Love
(1986)		 Soul Exposed
(1990)		 Happy Together
(1996)
Singles from Soul Exposed
  1. "Do You Really Want My Love"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
    Released: 1990

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[2]

AllMusic editor Ed Hogan found that Soul Exposed "seemed to touch on all of [Moore's] musical roots," while showing her "wide stylistic range."[1] Entertainment Weekly's Greg Sandow felt that the album "starts off as danceable R&B, hard to distinguish from anyone else’s. At least it’s agreeable R&B. And Moore does sing it better than most. Even her characteristic squeals fall into place as a particularly energetic form of emphasis."[2]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Do You Really Want My Love"
  • Conley
  • Townsend
4:31
2."Hold Me"
  • Daniel Telefaro
  • Linda Vitali
  • Doug Booth
  • Telefaro
  • Vitali
4:34
3."New Love"William A. RhineheartRhineheart3:57
4."I Love Being In Love"
  • Mary Unobsky
  • Michael O'Hara
  • Sami McKinney
  • O'Hara
  • McKinney
4:52
5."Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Bebe Winans5:49
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Face to Face"
  • Telefaro
  • Vitali
  • Dempsey[a]
4:34
7."Crying in the Night"
  • King
  • Rahni Song
4:12
8."Don't You Want to Be My Lover"
Sir Gant3:53
9."Too Many Lovers"
  • Conley
  • Townsend
  • Ian Foster
  • Conley
  • Townsend
4:20
10."Stormy Weather"
Norman Connors5:36

Notes

  • ^[a] denotes co-producer

Charts
Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 52

References
  1. "Soul Exposed". Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "Soul Exposed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. "Melba Moore Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2022.


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