1989 studio album by Patti LaBelle
Be Yourself Released June 26, 1989 Recorded 1986–1989 Studio Westlake Audio and Elumba Studios (Los Angeles, California); Conway Studios , Sunset Sound , Ocean Way Recording and Trax Recording Studio (Hollywood, California); Alchemy Recording Studios (Woodland Hills, California); Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Kajeem/Victory Studios, RPM Studios and Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Soundworks (New York City, New York); Paisley Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota).Genre Length 53 :38 Label MCA Producer
Be Yourself is the ninth solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti LaBelle . It was released by MCA Records on June 26, 1989 in the United States. Her second album with the company following her 1986 platinum album Winner in You , it features the single, "If You Asked Me To " which was also featured on the soundtrack to the James Bond movie, Licence to Kill (1989), and the R&B top ten Prince -written hit "Yo Mister ." The album marked LaBelle's foray into new jack swing music with the tracks "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force , and "Love 89", another Prince contribution.
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "If You Asked Me To " Diane Warren Stewart Levine 3:58 2. "I Can't Complain" Sami McKinney Raymond Jones 5:08 3. "Be Yourself" James R. "Budd" Ellison 5:40 4. "Yo Mister " Prince Prince 5:08 5. "I Got It Like That" Full Force Full Force 5:38 6. "Love 89" Prince 5:09 7. "Still in Love" Walden 4:36 8. "I'm Scared of You" Alan Roy Scott Allan Dennis Rich 4:46 9. "Can't Bring Me Down" Ellison 4:13 10. "Need a Little Faith" 4:00 11. "I Can Fly" Theodore McLean Ellison Patti LaBelle Ellison 5:23
Personnel [ edit ] Credits lifted from the album's liner notes.[5]
Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 11) Aaron Zigman – synthesizer programming (1), synth bass (1), arrangements (1) Raymond Jones – keyboards (2), arrangements (2) James "Budd" Ellison – keyboards (3, 9, 11), percussion (3) Nathaniel Wilke – keyboards (3, 9), synth bass (3, 9), synth drums (3), synthesizer arrangements (3, 11) Prince – all instruments (4, 6) Full Force – all instruments (5), backing vocals (5), arrangements (5) Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (7) David Sancious – keyboards (7) Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI (7) Fred McFarlane – programming (7) Brad Cole – keyboards (8) Jim Salamone – synthesizer programming (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11), LinnDrum overdubs (9) Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (10) Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (10), Yamaha DX7 (10) George Duke – acoustic piano (11) Michael Landau – guitars (1) Corrado Rustici – guitars (7) Mark Liggett – guitars (8) Herb Smith – guitars (9, 11) Dann Huff – guitars (10) Randy Jackson – Moog bass (7) Dominic Genova – bass (8) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (10) John Robinson – drums (1) Larry Robinson – drum programming (2) Narada Michael Walden – drums (7), programming (7) Tom Walsh – drums (8) Jeff Porcaro – drums (10) Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 10) Gigi Gonaway – cymbals (7) Eric Wood – percussion (9) Gerald Albright – saxophone (2) Kenny G – saxophone solo (7) Michael Patterson Jr. – soprano sax solo (9) Jack Faith – horns (11), strings (11) Sami McKinney – arrangements (2) Jerry Hey – string arrangements (7) Burt Bacharach – arrangements (10) Frank DeCaro – session coordinator and contractor (10) Paulette Brown – backing vocals (1) Bunny Hull – backing vocals (1) Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals (1) Desiree Coleman – backing vocals (3) Annette Hardeman – backing vocals (3, 9, 11) Paula Holloway – backing vocals (3, 9, 11) Thelma Houston – backing vocals (3) Lisa Lisa – backing vocals (5) Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley – backing vocals (5) Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals (7) Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (7) Melisa Kary – backing vocals (7) Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (7) Mona Campbell – backing vocals (8) Ronee Martin – backing vocals (8) Lyndie White – backing vocals (8) Deborah Dukes – backing vocals (9, 11) Charlene Holloway – backing vocals (9) Phil Perry – backing vocals (10) Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (10) Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (10) Julia Waters – backing vocals (10) Maxine Waters – backing vocals (10) Oren Waters – backing vocals (10) Gabriel Hardeman – backing vocals (11) O.J. Smallewood – backing vocals (11) Freddie Washington – backing vocals (11) The Music Ministry Workshop Choir – backing vocals (11) Production and Technical [ edit ] Patti LaBelle – executive producer James "Budd" Ellison – production supervisor Cheryl Dickerson – A&R direction Darren Klein – recording (1), mixing (1) Larry DeCarmine – recording (2) Larry Ferguson – recording (2), mixing (2) Arthur Stoppe – recording (3, 9, 11), mixing (3, 9, 11) Joe Tarsia – recording (3, 9, 11), mixing (3, 9, 11) Michael Tarsia – recording (3, 9, 11), mixing (3, 9, 11) Bob Fintz – mixing (3) Louil Silas Jr. – remixing (3, 11) Erik Zobler – remix engineer (3) Susan Rogers – recording (4) Alan Gregorie – remix engineer (4) Timmy Regisford – remixing (4) Tony Maserati – recording (5), mixing (5) Full Force – mixing (5) Eddie Miller – recording (6) David Frazer – recording (7), mixing (7) Michael J. McDonald – recording (8) Gene Leone – vocal recording (8) Mick Guzauski – recording (10), mixing (10) Clark Germain – engineer (10) Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – engineer (10) Jeff Chestek – recording assistant (2) Donnell Sullivan – mix assistant (2) Ronnie DeStasio – assistant engineer (3, 9, 11) Alphonse Faggiolo – assistant engineer (3, 9, 11) Adam Silverman – assistant engineer (3, 9, 11) John Sullivan – assistant engineer (3, 9, 11) Sal Viarellie – assistant engineer (3, 9, 11) Coke Johnson – assistant engineer (4) David Dill – recording assistant (5) Scott Gootman – recording assistant (5) Dana Jon Chappelle – assistant engineer (7) Tom Armeni – assistant engineer (10) Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California) Christopher Lofaro – production coordinator (1) Amy Dakos – design John Kosh – design Carol Friedman – photography Gallin Morey Associates – management Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
US Cashbox Charts (1989) Peak position
Top 75 R&B Albums [10] 14 Top 200 Albums [11] 97
References [ edit ]
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