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