Born to Love (Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack album)

"Tonight I Celebrate My Love / Born to Love"
Born to Love
Studio album by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
Released	July 22, 1983
Recorded	1982−83
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	36:13
Label	Capitol
Producer	Michael Masser; Bob Crewe; Peabo Bryson
Roberta Flack chronology
Singles from Born to Love
	"Tonight I Celebrate My Love / Born to Love"; Released: June 24, 1983; "You're Looking Like Love to Me / Let Me Be the One You Need"; Released: September 12, 1983;

Born to Love is a 1983 studio album of duets by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack, released on Bryson's label Capitol Records (although Flack was still an Atlantic Records artist). The album yielded the million-selling hit single "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. The track "Maybe" was written and recorded for the film Romantic Comedy.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (3:29) - (Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser)
"Blame It on Me" (4:12) - (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager)
"Heaven Above Me" (4:34) - (Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe)
"Born to Love" (4:25) - (Peabo Bryson)
"Maybe" (3:19) - (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch)
"I Just Came Here to Dance" (3:59) - (Kenneth Bell, Terry Skinner, J.L. Wallace)
"Comin' Alive" (3:34) - (Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser)
"You're Lookin' Like Love to Me" (3:59) - (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, Jerry Corbetta)
"Can We Find Love Again" (4:29) - (Roberta Flack, Al Johnson)

"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"

"Blame it On Me"

"Heaven Adobe Me"

Bob Gaudio - producer, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Prophet 10 synthesizer, Linn Drum drum machine, programming, arranger, vocal arrangements
John Gilston - Simmons electronic drums
Jim Gilstrap, Oren Waters, Luther Waters, Mary Elizabeth Bridges*, Monalisa Young*, Oren Waters, Patricia Hall, Terry Young - background vocals
Peter Christlieb - saxophone
Bob Crewe - producer
Paul Delph - Prophet 10 synthesizer programming
Tony D'Amico - engineer, mixing
Lee DeCarlo, Jay Messina - mixing
Jim Bell, Tom Swift - mixing assistant.

"Born to Love"

Vance Taylor - Oberheim OB-X and Synclavier synthesizers, Fender Rhodes electric piano
Mark Parrish - Oberheim OB-X and Prophet 5 synthesizers
Richard Horton - guitar, guitar synthesizer
John Housen - guitar
Dwight W. Watkins, Myra Walker, Ron Dover - background vocals
Andre Robinson - drums
Charles Bryson - percussion
Ron Dover - tenor saxophone
Thad Johnson - trumpet, flugelhorn
Daniel Dillard - trumpet
Ed Seay - producer assistant, engineer.

"Maybe"

"I Just Came Here to Dance"

"Comin' Alive"

"You're Looking Like Love To Me"

"Can't We Find Love Again"

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Roberta Flack
Studio albums	First Take (1969) Chapter Two (1970) Quiet Fire (1971) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972) Killing Me Softly (1973) Feel Like Makin' Love (1975) Blue Lights in the Basement (1977) Roberta Flack (1978) Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980) I'm the One (1982) Born to Love (1983) Oasis (1988) Set the Night to Music (1991) Roberta (1994) The Christmas Album (1997)
Live albums	Live & More (1980) At Her Best – Live (2008)
Soundtrack albums	Soul To Soul (1971) Bustin' Loose (1981)
Compilation albums	The Best of Roberta Flack (1981) Greatest Hits (1984) Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack (1993) The Very Best of Roberta Flack (2006)
Singles	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "You've Got a Friend" "Where Is the Love" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" "Feel Like Makin' Love" "The Closer I Get to You" "If Ever I See You Again" "Making Love" "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" "Oasis" "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)"
Filmography	Soul To Soul (1971)
Related articles	Discography Donny Hathaway

Peabo Bryson
Discography
Studio albums	Peabo (1976) Reaching for the Sky (1977) Crosswinds (1978) We're the Best of Friends (1979) Paradise (1980) I Am Love (1981) Born to Love (1983) Straight from the Heart (1984) Take No Prisoners (1985)
Live albums	Live & More (1980)
Singles	"What You Won't Do for Love" (1979) "Let the Feeling Flow" (1981) "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (1983) "I Just Came Here to Dance" (1984) "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (1984) "Without You" (1987) "Show & Tell" (1989) "Can You Stop the Rain" (1991) "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) "A Whole New World" (1992) "By the Time This Night Is Over" (1993)
Book:Peabo Bryson