Soul Exposed

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Soul Exposed | type = Studio | artist = [[Melba Moore]] | cover = File:MelbaMoore_SoulExposed.jpg | alt = | released = March 26, 1990 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 53:21 | label = *[[Orpheus Music|Orpheus]] *[[Capitol Records|Capitol]] | producer = *[[David Conley (musician)|David "Pic" Conley]] *[[Norman Connors]] *Sir Gant *Howard King *William A. Rhineheart *Rahni Song *Daniel Telefaro *[[David Townsend (musician)|David Townsend]] *Linda Vitali *[[Bebe Winans]] | prev_title = [[I'm in Love (Melba Moore album)|I'm in Love]] | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Happy Together | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Soul Exposed | type = studio | single1 = Do You Really Want My Love | single1date = 1990 | single2 = [[Lift Every Voice and Sing]] | single2date = 1990 }} }}

'''''Soul Exposed''''' is the seventeenth album by American singer [[Melba Moore]]. It was released by [[Orpheus Music]] and [[Capitol Records]] on March 26, 1990. Her final release with Capitol, the album spawned the hits "Do You Really Want My Love" and "[[Lift Every Voice and Sing]]," the latter of which went to number nine on ''Billboard''{{'}}s R&B chart.<ref name="allmusic"/>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-exposed-mw0000203897|title=''Soul Exposed''|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2021-11-15}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev2Score = B−<ref name="ew">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/03/30/soul-exposed/|title=''Soul Exposed''|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=2022-03-17}}</ref> }} [[AllMusic]] editor Ed Hogan found that ''Soul Exposed'' "seemed to touch on all of [Moore's] musical roots," while showing her "wide stylistic range."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Greg Sandow felt that the album "starts off as danceable R&B, hard to distinguish from anyone else’s. At least it’s agreeable R&B. And Moore does sing it better than most. Even her characteristic squeals fall into place as a particularly energetic form of emphasis."<ref name="ew"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Do You Really Want My Love | writer1 = {{hlist|[[David Conley (musician)|David "Pic" Conley]]|[[David Townsend (musician)|David Townsend]]}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Conley|Townsend}} | length1 = 4:31

| title2 = Hold Me | writer2 = {{hlist|Daniel Telefaro|Linda Vitali|Doug Booth}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Telefaro|Vitali}} | length2 = 4:34

| title3 = New Love | writer3 = William A. Rhineheart | extra3 = Rhineheart | length3 = 3:57

| title4 = I Love Being In Love | writer4 = {{hlist|Mary Unobsky|Michael O'Hara|Sami McKinney}} | extra4 = {{hlist|O'Hara|McKinney}} | length4 = 4:52

| title5 = [[Lift Every Voice and Sing]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[James Weldon Johnson]]|[[John Rosamond Johnson]]}} | extra5 = [[Bebe Winans]] | length5 = 5:49 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title6 = Face to Face | writer6 = {{hlist|[[Bruce Purse]]|Janice Dempsey}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Telefaro|Vitali|Dempsey{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length6 = 4:34

| title7 = Crying in the Night | writer7 = {{hlist|Howard King|[[Lisa Fischer]]}} | extra7 = {{hlist|King|Rahni Song}} | length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Don't You Want to Be My Lover | writer8 = {{hlist|[[Charlie Singleton]]|Dean Gant}} | extra8 = Sir Gant | length8 = 3:53

| title9 = Too Many Lovers | writer9 = {{hlist|Conley|Townsend|Ian Foster}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Conley|Townsend}} | length9 = 4:20

| title10 = [[Stormy Weather (song)|Stormy Weather]] | writer10 = {{hlist|[[Harold Arlen]]|[[Ted Koehler]]}} | extra10 = [[Norman Connors]] | length10 = 5:36 }}

'''Notes''' *{{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} denotes co-producer

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1990) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|52|artist=Melba Moore|rowheader=true|access-date=March 18, 2022|refname="BillboardRandBHipHop"}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:1990 albums]] [[Category:Melba Moore albums]] [[Category:Capitol Records albums]]