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Instant Love

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Instant Love
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 1982 (June 11, 1982)
GenrePost-disco
Length38:21
LabelColumbia
ProducerLuther Vandross
Cheryl Lynn chronology
In the Night
(1981)
Instant Love
(1982)
Preppie
(1983)
Singles from Instant Love
  1. "Instant Love"
    Released: May 13, 1982
  2. "If This World Were Mine"
    Released: September 04, 1982
  3. "Look Before You Leap"
    Released: November 11, 1982

Instant Love is a 1982 album by American singer Cheryl Lynn, released on Columbia Records. Luther Vandross produced the album and also performed a duet with Lynn on "If This World Were Mine", a cover of the original recording by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The arrangements were by Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller and Nat Adderley, Jr. The album peaked at No. 7 on the R&B album charts and No. 133 on The Billboard 200.

Coming off of his success with Aretha Franklin's "Jump to It," Cheryl and Luther delivered the title cut as a first single, but it only reached #16 on the R&B charts. The two artists did however make an impact with their duet on a remake of the Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell classic "If This World Were Mine" which became the biggest hit (#4 R&B) off of this album. A third single, "Look Before You Leap", stalled out at #77 on the R&B charts.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, editor Ron Wynn found that Lynn and Luther Vandross's "duet on "If This World Were Mine" was wonderful, one of the few that came close to rivaling the definitive Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell original. Both it and the title cut were big hits, and it seemed Lynn was about to make the breakthrough. But the album itself didn't quite explode, and Lynn just missed reaching the next level on the urban contemporary circuit."[2]

Track listing

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Instant Love track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Instant Love"5:12
2."Sleep Walkin'"
  • Vandross
  • Miller
6:27
3."Day After Day"Tawatha Agee4:36
4."Look Before You Leap"4:04
5."Say You'll Be Mine"
  • Agee
  • Kevin Robinson
5:07
6."I Just Wanna Be Your Fantasy"
  • Lynn
  • George Smith III
4:04
7."Believe in Me"Ashford & Simpson3:24
8."If This World Were Mine" (with Luther Vandross)Marvin Gaye5:27
Total length:38:21
2012 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Instant Love" (single edit)
  • Vandross
  • Miller
3:58
10."If This World Were Mine" (with Luther Vandross)Gaye4:00

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Instant Love
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[3] 133
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] 7

References

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  1. ^ "Cheryl Lynn - Instant Love - charts". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. "Instant Love". AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Cheryl Lynn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cheryl Lynn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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