Turn You to Love


Turn You to Love is a studio album from American musician Terry Callier. Released by Elektra Records in 1979, this is the artist's sixth album and the second with Elektra. It has received mixed critical reception.

Critical reception

Writing for Pitchfork, Andy Beta praised Callier's vocals and noted that "he could've been a distinct R&B personality had the breaks gone his way". AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek declared it "easily Terry Callier's most underrated album" after the "miss" that was Fire on Ice.

Track listing

  1. "Sign of the Times" – 5:00
  2. "Pyramids of Love" – 3:42
  3. "Turn You to Love" – 3:46
  4. "Do It Again" – 4:52
  5. "Ordinary Joe" – 4:54
  6. "Occasional Rain" – 3:49
  7. "Still Water (Love)" – 3:48
  8. "You and Me " – 4:21
  9. "A Mother's Love" – 3:44

Personnel

  • Terry Callier – guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet
  • Oliver C. Brown, Jr. – percussion
  • Keni Burke – bass guitar on all tracks, except "Ordinary Joe"
  • Reginald “Sonny” Burke – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangement, conducting, production
  • James Gadson – membranophone
  • William Green – saxophone
  • Elizabeth Howard – backing vocals
  • James Jamerson – bass guitar on "Ordinary Joe"
  • Barbara Korn – French horn
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Arthur Maebe – French horn
  • James "Alibe" Sledge – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley Talbert – backing vocals
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar, mandolin
  • Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
  • Larry Wade – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson – guitar
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Robert White – guitar
Technical personnel