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That s How Much I Love You is the sixth studio albu m by legendary soul male vocal group The Manhattans, originally released in 1974, on Col umbia Records. The Manhattans' second Columbia album was an unusua l conceived affair, combining one LP side of new recordings with a second LP side of un-released tracks that the group had cut from their DeLuxe days, before signing with Columbi a. The brilliant period of the early-to mid-'70s soul, saw the group record the Top Ten R&B and Pop Top 40 hit "Don't Take Your Love," as well as t he much chart single "Summertime In The City." The latter song was certainly reminiscent of the ea rly-'70s Temptations' funk, while the former was very much a lush Philly soul-style balla d. The Philly soul path, in both its ballad and funk modes, was also followed by some of the "new" tracks, such as "Save Our Goodbyes" and the title song. While the older selections have a less Philly-fied vibe, as "Blackbird" is much in line with the O'Jays' early-'70 s recordings and both "Strange Ol d World" and "Nursery Rhymes" again recall the funked-out Temptations, though the cover s of "Fever" and "A Change Is Gonna Come" were a little more old-school.