Barry White - Barry & Glodean 1981

 For White's next LP he went into the studio with his wife Glodean White (née James), former lead singer of his girl group Love Unlimited who had by now disbanded, to record an album of duets. Released in March 1981 with a lavish cover shot of the couple, taken by photographer Todd Gray, the album and its three singles "I Want You", "You're the Only One for Me", and "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" were White's first to miss the Billboard charts altogether, a fact that White blamed on CBS not pressing enough copies to meet demand.^[7] The couple finally appeared on Soul Train, performing the tracks "I Want You" and "The Better Love Is (The Worse It Is When It's Over)", September 19, 1981, six months after the album had been released, but by then the momentum was lost. White debuted his next single, a cover of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie" on the same show, off his next album Beware. 

 Barry and Glodean White combined for a delightful LP that got overlooked. After the dark, moody opening "Our Theme" the husband and wife team gets busy on the infectious "I Want You," and the Motown ish "You're The Only One For Me." On tracks 4, 5, and 6 they beg the pop/easy listening audience . . . maybe a bit too much, for fans of White's satiny brand of soul. They get back on track with "You," but fall back off with the disjointed "You Make My Life Easy Livin'." Simply lovely is "Didn't We Make It Happen," a Barry White, Danny Pearson composition and one of the CD's four strongest tunes. It begins with White's traditional rap, and fans into a beautiful mid-tempo floater. The slow, erotic "Baby," concludes a fine effort.