Love Makes No Sense is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. The album was O'Neal's final release for Tabu, and his first album made without formal production from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Sales of the album were not as strong as O'Neal's earlier releases; it went on to peak at number 89 on the US Billboard 200 and reached number 18 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album launched three charting singles in the United Kingdom: "Love Makes No Sense" peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart; "In the Middle" peaked at number 32; "All That Matters to Me" peaked at number 67., p.360 It was O'Neal's first album not to be certified by the BPI, since his 1988 Christmas album, My Gift to You. "All That Matters to Me" and "Since I've Been Loving You" were his fifth and sixth (and last to date) charting songs in Germany, both peaking at number 51.
Love Makes No Sense was re-released in 2013 on Tabu's new Re-born imprint, featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a two-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original half-inch mix tapes; the bonus content consists of associated 7-inch and 12-inch mixes.
Track listing
Note Track 11 included on some European and Japanese versions only.
Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Alexander O'Neal – lead and background vocals Cherrelle – lead and background vocals JayDee Mannes – steel guitar; pedal Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars Charles Fearing – guitars Kevin Pierce – guitars Dean Parks – acoustic guitar Ed Greene – drums; tambourine Bernard Purdie – drums Christopher Troy – drum programming; piano; keyboards; Moog synthesizer; percussion Zac Harmon – drum programming; keyboards; percussion Lance Alexander – drum programming; keyboards; percussion Jon Nettlesbey – drum programming; percussion Khris Kellow – Wurlitzer electric piano Bob Glaub – bass guitar Freddie Washington – bass guitar Steve Lindsey – organ; piano; synthesizer Terry Coffey – synthesizer; keyboards Enrico De Paoli – synthesizer Randy Kerber – synthesizer Booker T. Jones – organ David Paich – organ Jim Cox – piano John Barnes – piano Derrick Edmondson – saxophone Brandon Fields – saxophone M.G. – finger snaps Franklin Wharton – flute Lenny Castro – percussion Oren Waters – backing vocals Prof T. – backing vocals Alex Brown – backing vocals Barrington Scott – backing vocals Carrie Harrington – backing vocals Jackie Gouche – backing vocals Jamecia Bennett – backing vocals Joey Diggs – backing vocals Joey Elias – backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals Sean Devereaux – backing vocals Tony Warren – backing vocals Valerie Davis – backing vocals
Charts + Chart performance for Love Makes No Sense Chart (1988) Peak position
Release history Label Cat. No. Format Date Tabu 31454 9501 US CD, Cassette 1993 Tabu POCM-1016 JP CD 1993 Tabu 549 502 EU CD, Vinyl, Cassette 1993 Solid CDSOL-5226 JP CD 2013 Tabu TABU 2017 UK CD 2013
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