Give Me Your Love is the 1981 debut and only released album of singer Sylvia Striplin.
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Reception
Released on Roy Ayers's Uno Melodic record label in 1981. While it didn't make a dent on the R&B charts, over time it has eventually become "a rare groove favorite", as Andy Kellman from AllMusic puts it. Several songs have been since sampled:
"You Can't Turn Me Away" was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. mentored group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. on their song "Get Money" in 1995.
"Give Me Your Love" was sampled by Armand van Helden in "Full Moon" (2000), The Madd Rapper in "That's What's Happening" (1999), Tonéx in "'Bout a Thang" (2002). The bassline from this song was sampled in the song The Love Bug recorded by M-Flo in 2004.
Track listing
"Look Towards The Sky" - (Sylvia Striplin) 4:34
"Toy Box" - (Jaymz Bedford) 4:16
"You Can't Turn Me Away" - (Roy Ayers, Sylvia Striplin, Jaymz Bedford) 5:31
"All Alone" - (Luther Wilson, Tanya Woods) 5:12
"Give Me Your Love" - (Jaymz Bedford) 6:20
"Will We Ever Pass This Way Again" - (Luther Wilson, Tanya Woods) 4:37
"Searchin'" - (Roy Ayers) 6:29
"You Said" - (Sylvia Striplin, Roy Ayers) 4:54
Personnel
Sylvia Striplin - lead and backing vocals, handclaps
Nathan Lamar Watts, Peter Brown, William Allen - bass
Rick Zunigar, Jef Lee Johnson, Chuck Anthony, Randy Russell Pigeé - guitar
Steve Cobb, Dennis Davis, Omar-Ibn-Hakim - drums
Philip Woo - Oberheim synthesizer
Mudbone - electric piano
Justo Almario - soprano saxophone
James "Jaymz" Bedford - Clavinet
William Allen - string arrangements