Love Is a Gentle Thing

Love Is a Gentle Thing
Studio album by Harry Belafonte
Released	1959
Recorded	1958
Genre	Vocal
Length	41:36
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Ed Welker
Harry Belafonte chronology
Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959) Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959)

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Love Is a Gentle Thing is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1959. It was recorded with arranger / conductors Alan Greene and Bob Corman.

Billboard magazine chose Love Is a Gentle Thing as one of their "Spotlight Winners of the Week" in March 1959, and wrote that "Belafonte displays his usual tender, feelingful vocal style on a group of expressive folk themes with varying moods...Striking cover".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Fifteen" (Alan Greene, Robert Nemeroff) – 2:50
2. "I Never Will Marry" (Fred Brooks) – 2:44
3. "I'm Goin' Away" (Alan Greene) – 3:08
4. "Small One" (Lewis Allan, Alan Greene) – 2:53
5. "Bella Rosa" (Lord Burgess) – 3:25
6. "All My Trials" (Rita Greene, C. C. Carter) – 4:37

Side two

1. "Green Grow the Lilacs" (Fred Brooks) – 3:55
2. "Times are Gettin' Hard" (Lee Hays) – 3:36
3. "Turn Around" (Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene) – 2:23
4. "Go Away from My Window" (John Jacob Niles) – 3:09
5. "Delia's Gone" (Bob Corman, Milt Okun)– 4:34
6. "Walkin' on the Green Grass" (Fred Brooks) – 3:22

Personnel

• Harry Belafonte – vocals
• Bob Corman – arranger, conductor ("I Never Will Marry", "Bella Rosa", "All My Trials", "Green Grow the Lilacs", "Times are Gettin' Hard", "Delia's Gone", "Walkin' on the Green Grass")
• Alan Greene – arranger, conductor ("Fifteen", "I'm Goin' Away", "Small One", "Turn Around", "Go Away From My Window")
• Produced by Edward Welker
• Cover Art by David Stone Martin
• Liner-notes by Paul Ackerman