Set My Love in Motion

Set My Love In Motion
Studio album by Syreeta Wright
Released	July 2, 1981
Length	42:40
Label	Tamla
Producer	Hal Davis, Ollie Brown, Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon
Syreeta Wright chronology
Syreeta (1980) Set My Love In Motion (1981) Billy Preston & Syreeta (1981)

Set My Love In Motion is the Grammy Award-nominated fifth studio album by Grammy-nominated American R&B singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright (known as "Syreeta"), released on the Motown label on July 2, 1981. It debuted on the Billboard R&B Albums at #10, at #43 on the Billboard 200. The album yielded the singles: "You Set My Love in Motion", "Can't Shake Your Love" and "Quick Slick".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Quick Slick" (Norma Helms, Hal Davis, Mitchell Bottler) - 5:24
2. "Move It, Do It" (Angelo Bond, Todd Cochrane, William Weatherspoon) - 3:54
3. "You Set My Love in Motion" (Maureen Bailey, David Richard Cohen) - 3:29
4. "There's Nothing Like a Woman in Love" (Brian Short, Gloria Sklerov) - 4:22
5. "Can't Shake Your Love" (Norma Helms, Hal Davis, Mitchell Bottler) - 4:12
6. "I Must Be in Love" (Kenneth Hirsch, Mark Mueller) - 3:52
7. "Wish Upon a Star" (Syreeta Wright) - 3:45
8. "Out the Box" (Ollie E. Brown, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Syreeta Wright) - 5:44
9. "I Know The Way To Your Heart" (Joe Blocker, Marlo Henderson) - 4:07
10. "I Love You" (Paul Hines, James S. Stewart, Jr., Syreeta Wright) - 4:21

Personnel

• Barry Finnerty, Carlos Rios, David T. Walker, Marlo Henderson, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Robert Palmer - guitar
• Nathan LaMarr Watts, Romeo Williams - bass
• Clarence McDonald, John Barnes, Sylvester Rivers, Todd Cochrane - keyboards
• Michael Boddicker, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Todd Cochrane - synthesizer
• Wayne Stalling, William Bryant, Jr. - Moog bass, clavinet, piano, synthesizer
• Eddie "Klunis" Summers, James Gadson, Keith Elliott, Ollie E. Brown - drums
• Melvin "Melmel" Webb, Ollie E. Brown, Paulinho da Costa - percussion
• Gary Herbig, Gerald "Wonderfunk" Albright - saxophone
• Andrea Robinson, Jeanette Hawes, Jim Gilstrap, Lynn Davis, Marti McCall, Patti Brooks, Suzanne Coston - backing vocals
• Jerry Hey - horn arrangements
• Gene Page - string arrangements

Chart performance

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