Monday 1/16/23 7pm ET: Feature LP: Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby (1975)

Love to Love You Baby is the second studio album by American singer Donna Summer, released on August 27, 1975, and her first to be released internationally and in the United States. Her previous album Lady of the Night (1974) was released only in the Netherlands. The album was commercially successful, mainly because of the success of its title track, which reached number 2 on the US Pop charts despite some radio stations choosing not to play the song due to its sexually explicit nature.

On the US Billboard 200, the album peaked at number 11 and became her first top 20 studio album but also was her last until the release of I Remember Yesterday in 1977. To date, it remains one of Summer’s most successful records.

  1. “Love to Love You Baby” 16:48
  2. “Full of Emptiness” 2:22
  3. “Need-a-Man Blues” 4:30
  4. “Whispering Waves” 4:50
  5. “Pandora’s Box” 4:56
  6. “Full of Emptiness” (reprise) 2:20

Donna Summer – lead vocals
Molly Moll, Nick Woodland, Pete Bellotte – guitar
Dave King – bass guitar
Michael Thatcher – keyboards
Giorgio Moroder – keyboards, percussion
Martin Harrison – drums
Franz Deuber – string session
Bernie Brocks – percussion
Lucy, Betsy, Gitta – backing vocals