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词条 Four Seasons of Love
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  1. Track listing

  2. Personnel

  3. Charts and certifications

     Weekly charts  Single  Certifications and sales 

  4. References

{{Infobox album
| name = Four Seasons of Love
| type = Album
| artist = Donna Summer
| cover = Four_Seasons_Of_Love.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 11, 1976
| recorded = May–September 1976
| venue =
| studio = Musicland Studios
| genre = {{hlist|Disco|R&B}}
| length = 32:28
| label = Casablanca
| producer = {{hlist|Giorgio Moroder|Pete Bellotte}}
| prev_title = A Love Trilogy
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = I Remember Yesterday
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Four Seasons of Love
| type = Studio
| single1 = Spring Affair
| single1date = August 24, 1976
| single2 = Winter Melody
| single2date = January 9, 1977
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1]
}}Four Seasons of Love is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. Released on October 11, 1976, this concept album became her third consecutive successful album to be certified gold in the US. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200. In addition, all the cuts on this album went to number one on the disco chart.[2]

This was the third concept album Summer had made, though unlike the previous two which had contained one long track on side one and a small selection of slightly shorter ones on side two, Four Seasons of Love was more equally balanced. The album told the story of a love affair by relating it to the four seasons. Side one contained "Spring Affair" and "Summer Fever", both disco tracks, and side two contained "Autumn Changes" (a slightly slower disco number) and "Winter Melody" (which had an even slower beat), plus a reprise of "Spring Affair". This concept was reflected in the four photos of Summer, one for each season of the year, in a pull-out 1977 calendar included with the original LP album. The photo on the cover was, fittingly, the Summer photograph. Summer's "first lady of love" image came across strongly on this album, though her trademark moans and groans were slightly less evident than on previous work. Pics included "Winter" in a fur with a tear on her cheek; "Spring" in a Scarlett O'Hara style hoop skirt on a swing; and "Autumn" re-enacting Marilyn Monroe's famous scene from The Seven Year Itch with the billowing white dress over the subway grate - an allusion to her song "Love to Love You Baby", which she has been quoted as using Monroe for inspiration on her recording of it.

As with the previous two albums, Four Seasons of Love was distributed by different record labels in different countries, including Casablanca Records in the U.S. Edited versions of "Spring Affair" and "Winter Melody" were released in various places, but neither had a big impact on any charts (although the latter made the Top 30 on the UK singles chart). The album was also released as a Club Special Edition / Club Sonderauflage in West Germany on the Atlantic Records Label.

Track listing

{{tracklist
| all_writing = Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte and Donna Summer; all tracks produced by Moroder and Bellotte
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Spring Affair
| length1 = 8:29
| title2 = Summer Fever
| length2 = 8:06
}}{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title3 = Autumn Changes
| length3 = 5:28
| title4 = Winter Melody
| length4 = 6:33
| title5 = Spring Reprise
| length5 = 3:51
}}

Personnel

  • Donna Summer – lead vocals
  • Thor Baldursson – keyboards, string and horn arrangements
  • Keith Forsey – drums, percussion
  • Nick Woodland – guitar
  • Les Hurdle – bass guitar
  • Dino Solera – saxophone
  • Geoff Bastow – synthesizer
  • Madeline Bell, Sue & Sunny – backing vocals
  • Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany
  • Mixed by Giorgio Moroder
  • Engineered by Jurgen Koppers
  • Album Cover Concept by Susan Munao, Joyce Bogart & Donna Summer
  • Design by Henry Vizcarra & Gribbitt!
  • Art Direction by Gribbitt! & Chris Whorf
  • Photography – Mario Casilli

Charts and certifications

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Weekly charts

{{albumchart|Germany|31|artist=Donna Summer|album=Four Seasons of Love|rowheader=|accessdate=March 8, 2016}}{{albumchart|Sweden|40|artist=Donna Summer|album=Four Seasons of Love|rowheader=|accessdate=March 8, 2016}}{{albumchart|Billboard200|29|artist=Donna Summer|accessdate=March 8, 2016|rowheader=}}
Chart (1976)Position
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[3]6

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1976"Spring Affair"USA Billboard Hot 10058
1977"Winter Melody"USA Billboard Hot 10043
United Kingdom27
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Certifications and sales

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References

1. ^{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r19345 |tab=review |label="Four Seasons of Love > Review" |first=Michael |last=Freedberg |accessdate={{date|2011-08-29}}}}
2. ^{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=249}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}
4. ^InfoDisc by Daniel Lesueur & Dominic Durand
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php|publisher= infodisc.fr|title=Les Certifications depuis 1973 |accessdate= 2016-09-14}}
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