# The Big Throwdown

The Big Throwdown is the third album by Cleveland, Ohio-based R&B group LeVert.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
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

* "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

## Charts
### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Single | US Pop | US R&B | US Dance |
| 1987 | "Casanova" | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| 1987 | "My Forever Love" | - | 2 | - |
| 1988 | "Sweet Sensation" | - | 4 | - |