The Big Throwdown

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 reach number three on the Billboard R&B Albums charts.

Track listing

 * 1) "Casanova" (Reggie Calloway) - 6:25
 * 2) "Good Stuff" (Gerald Levert, Tommie Miller) - 4:20
 * 3) "Don't U Think It's Time" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:28
 * 4) "My Forever Love" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:35
 * 5) "Love the Way U Love Me" (Marc Gordon) - 4:42
 * 6) "Sweet Sensation" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:20
 * 7) "In N Out" (Gerald Levert, Sean Levert, Marc Gordon) - 4:30
 * 8) "Temptation" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis, Gloria Larson) - 8:48
 * 9) "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