The Big Throwdown is the third album by Cleveland, Ohio-based R&B group LeVert.
Reception
Released in 1987, led by the number one R&B and top five Pop single, "Casanova", this album would go ahead and chart at number three on the Billboard R&B Albums charts.
Track listing
"Casanova" (Reggie Calloway) - 6:25
"Good Stuff" (Gerald Levert, Tommie Miller) - 4:20
"Don't U Think It's Time" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:28
"My Forever Love" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:35
"Love the Way U Love Me" (Marc Gordon) - 4:42
"Sweet Sensation" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:20
"In N Out" (Gerald Levert, Sean Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:30
"Temptation" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis, Gloria Larson) - 8:48 "Throwdown" (Gerald Levert, Sean Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:16
Personnel
LeVert
Gerald Levert – lead vocals, backing vocals, drum programming (7), arrangements, vocal arrangements Sean Levert – backing vocals, vocal arrangements Marc Gordon – backing vocals, keyboards (2-7), string and bell arrangements (7), arrangements, vocal arrangements
Additional musicians
Joel Davis – keyboards (1, 8) David Ervin – keyboards (1, 8), drums (1, 8) Odeen Mays Jr. – keyboards (1, 8) Craig Cooper – arrangements (1-6, 8, 9), keyboards (2-6, 9), drum programming (2-7, 9) Dan Rodowicz – additional synthesizers, strings Mark Rossi – additional synthesizers, strings Jim Salamone – Fairlight programming and sampling, percussion (5) Gene Robinson – guitars (1, 8) Johnny "T" Jones – additional guitars (1, 8) Robert Cunningham – guitars (2, 3, 5-7, 9) Norman Harris – guitars (4-6) Mike Ferguson – bass (2, 4-6) Sam Peak – saxophone (4, 6, 9) Billy Terrell – string and bell arrangements (1-6, 8, 9), additional synthesizer and string arrangements, conductor Eddie Levert – vocal arrangements Donald Murphy – additional backing vocals Dwayne Simon – additional backing vocals
Production
Reggie Calloway – producer (1, 8), assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Vincent Calloway – co-producer (1, 8), assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Craig Cooper – producer (2-7, 9) Marc Gordon – producer (2-7, 9) Gerald Levert – producer (2-7, 9) Keith Cohen – mix engineer (1) Anne Frager – recording (2-7, 9) Bruce Seifert – recording (2-7, 9) Mike Tarsia – recording (2-7, 9), mixing (2-7, 9) Craig Burbidge – mix engineer (2-7, 9) Jim Krause – mix engineer (2-7, 9) Eddie DeLena – mix engineer (8) Elmer Flores – assistant mix engineer (1) Jim Greene – assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Rob Harvey – assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Donnie Kraft – assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Steve Moeller – assistant mix engineer (2-7, 9) Russ Bracher – assistant mix engineer (8) Scott McMinn – recording assistant (2-7, 9) Adam Silverman – recording assistant (2-7, 9) Nimitr Sarikanada – mastering at Masterworks Recording, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Eddie Levert – cover concept Bob Defrin – art direction David Michael Kennedy – photography Irvin McKnight – wardrobe Jane Davenport – stylist