The Big Throwdown
The Big Throwdown is the third album by Cleveland, Ohio-based R&B group LeVert.
Reception
Released in 1987, led by the number one R&B and top five Pop single, "Casanova", this album would reach number three on the Billboard R&B Albums charts.Track listing
- "Casanova" – 6:25
- "Good Stuff" – 4:20
- "Don't U Think It's Time" – 4:28
- "My Forever Love" – 4:35
- "Love the Way U Love Me" – 4:42
- "Sweet Sensation" – 4:20
- "In n Out" – 4:30
- "Temptation" – 8:48
- "Throwdown" – 4:16
Personnel
- Gerald Levert – lead vocals, backing vocals, drum programming, arrangements, vocal arrangements
- Sean Levert – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Marc Gordon – backing vocals, keyboards, string and bell arrangements, arrangements, vocal arrangements
- Joel Davis – keyboards
- David Ervin – keyboards, drums
- Odeen Mays Jr. – keyboards
- Craig Cooper – arrangements, keyboards, drum programming
- Dan Rodowicz – additional synthesizers, strings
- Mark Rossi – additional synthesizers, strings
- Jim Salamone – Fairlight programming and sampling, percussion
- Gene Robinson – guitars
- Johnny "T" Jones – additional guitars
- Robert Cunningham – guitars
- Norman Harris – guitars
- Mike Ferguson – bass
- Sam Peak – saxophone
- Billy Terrell – string and bell arrangements, additional synthesizer and string arrangements, conductor
- Eddie Levert – vocal arrangements
- Donald Murphy – additional backing vocals
- Dwayne Simon – additional backing vocals
- Reggie Calloway – producer, assistant mix engineer
- Vincent Calloway – co-producer, assistant mix engineer
- Craig Cooper – producer
- Marc Gordon – producer
- Gerald Levert – producer
- Keith Cohen – mix engineer
- Anne Frager – recording
- Bruce Seifert – recording
- Mike Tarsia – recording, mixing
- Craig Burbidge – mix engineer
- Jim Krause – mix engineer
- Eddie DeLena – mix engineer
- Elmer Flores – assistant mix engineer
- Jim Greene – assistant mix engineer
- Rob Harvey – assistant mix engineer
- Donnie Kraft – assistant mix engineer
- Steve Moeller – assistant mix engineer
- Russ Bracher – assistant mix engineer
- Scott McMinn – recording assistant
- Adam Silverman – recording assistant
- Nimitr Sarikanada – mastering at Masterworks Recording, Inc.
- Eddie Levert – cover concept
- Bob Defrin – art direction
- David Michael Kennedy – photography
- Irvin McKnight – wardrobe
- Jane Davenport – stylist
Charts