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With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It includes the hit singles My Man (the trio's debut record), U.O.Me (Luv's breakthrough in Benelux) and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover (a #1 song in a large part of Continental Europe). The German version of this album features Trojan Horse, a successful European chart topper. In 2006, this LP was reissued in digitally remastered form by Universal Music Netherlands as part of the Completely In Luv' box set.

Album history

After achieving success on the Dutch and Flemish charts (with the singles My Man and U.O.Me) and on the European hitlists (with the single You're the Greatest Lover), Phonogram/Philips Records decided to release Luv's first full-length studio album: With Luv'.
The production of this opus was supervised by Hans van Hemert, with the help from Piet Souer. Van Hemert and Souer co-wrote all the album's tracks under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens. The arrangements of this first opus were inspired by the music styles that were popular in the mainstream music market in the late 1970s: the ABBA repertoire (especially with My Man and Dream, Dream), Carnival and Latin American music sounds (with U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala) and Don Juanito De Carnaval, the cover version of A far l'amore comincia tu, the 1977 hit of Raffaella Carrà), Disco music (with Everybody's Shaking Hands On Broadway) and Pop music (with compositions like You're the Greatest Lover, Who Do You Wanna Be...).

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "You're the Greatest Lover" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:50
  2. "Who Do You Wanna Be" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:44
  3. "My Man" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:05
  4. "Sugar Babe" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:49
  5. "Don Juanito De Carnaval" (Daniële Pace, Franco Bracardi, Gianni Boncompagni, Janschen & Janschens) - 3:09
  6. "Life Is On My Side" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:38

Side B:

  1. "U.O.Me (Welcome To Waldolala)" (Janschen & Janschens) - 2:55
  2. "Dream, Dream" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:30
  3. "Oh, Get Ready" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:16
  4. "Louis, Je t'Adore" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:40
  5. "Everybody's Shaking Hands On Braodway" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:27
  6. "Hang On" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:07

Alternative album editions

  • Germany - track A5: "Trojan Horse" (Janschen & Janschens) - 3:24

CD re-issue as part of the Completely In Luv' box set, bonus tracks

With Luv' was remastered and reissued in 2006 as part of the Completely In Luv' box set with the same track listing and three bonus tracks:

  1. "Don't Let Me Down" (Janschen & Janschens) – 2:37
  2. "Eres Mi Mejor Amante" (Alfred Garrido, Janschen & Janschens) – 2:50
  3. "All You Need Is Luv' Jingle" (Janschen & Janschens) – 0:12

Singles

# Singles Date
1. "My Man" May 1977
2. "Dream, Dream" December 1977
3. "U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)" February 1978
4. "You're the Greatest Lover" July 1978
5. "Trojan Horse" November 1978
6. "Who Do You Wanna Be" November 1979

Chart performance

Luv' was more successful on the singles charts (at a time when it was significant for the music industry) than on the album charts because the trio's first public was mainly composed in the late 1970s by teenagers (known to be vinyl singles buyers).
With Luv' reached the platinum status in the Netherlands and the gold status in Austria and Denmark.

Country Peak position Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
Netherlands 6 Gold and Platinum[1] 100,000+
Germany 50
Austria 15 Gold [2] 30,000+
Denmark 16 Gold [3] 30,000+

Album credits

Personnel

Luv'

Additional personnel

  • Ernö Olah & Metropole Orkest - strings

Production

Design

  • Photography: Claude Vanheye
  • Design: Jan H. van Uden
  • Art Direction: Clouds Studio

References

  1. ^ Dutch recording association:NVPI
  2. ^ Austrian recording association
  3. ^ BT Hitliste
  • Page about With Luv' from the website Fonos.nl about the Dutch Pop Music Archives [1]
  • Review of Luv' records (including With Luv') on Bubblegum University website [2]



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