Life's What You Make It (album)

Life's What You Make It
Studio album by Wendy Moten
Released	July 1996
Genre	R&B/Soul
Length	43:17
Label	I.R.S.
Producer	Mindy Jostyn, Curtis Mathewson, Wendy Moten, Alfredo Scotti, Dick Williams
Wendy Moten chronology
Christmas Time (1995) Life's What You Make It (1996) Tis the Season (2009)

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AllMusic

Life's What You Make It is the fourth album by American R&B singer Wendy Moten.

Overview

Following her success with the album Time for Change, released the previous year, Moten returned to the studio to record her fourth album. She co-wrote two of the tracks as well as featuring on the production, in addition to her usual vocal duties. The album failed to have any success in her native US but its title track was another smash hit when released as a single in Japan, reaching number 1.

Reception

AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave the album 2 stars out of 5, and called the album "a generally respectable, if slightly uneven, sophomore outing for the Memphis singer".

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life's What You Make It"	Tim Friese-Greene, Mark Hollis	4:37
2.	"Subways Are for Sleeping"	Anders Bagge, Lou Christie, Pat MacDonald	4:16
3.	"If You Don't Love Me"	Michael Garvin, Randy Jacobs, Winston Sela, Dick Williams	3:55
4.	"People Got to Be Free"	Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati	3:54
5.	"Stone Jumping"	Anabella Levin, Stephen Lironi	4:38
6.	"When the World Is Running Down"	Sting	4:33
7.	"Don't Turn Away"	Jostyn	4:36
8.	"Another Nothing Song"	MacDonald, Moten	4:06
9.	"Believe in Love"	Curtis Mathewson, Moten	3:31
10.	"It's Over Now"	Imogen Heap	5:11
Total length:			43:17

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life's What You Make It"	Friese-Greene, Hollis	4:37
2.	"When the World Is Running Down"	Sting	4:33
3.	"Subways Are for Sleeping"	Bagge, Christie, MacDonald	4:16
4.	"If You Don't Love Me"	Garvin, Jacobs, Sela, Williams	3:55
5.	"People Got to Be Free"	Cavaliere, Brigati	3:54
6.	"Stone Jumping"	Levin, Lironi	4:38
7.	"Don't Turn Away"	Jostyn	4:36
8.	"Another Nothing Song"	MacDonald, Moten	4:06
9.	"Believe in Love"	Curtis Mathewson, Moten	3:31
10.	"It's Over Now"	Heap	5:11
Total length:			43:17

Production

• Produced By Curtis Mathewson, Wendy Moten, Alfredo Scotti, Mindy Jostyn, Dick Williams
• Engineers: Steve Capp, Gary Harwood, Grant Mohrman, Curtis Mathewson, Will Schillinger, Robert Tassi
• Assistant Engineers: Todd Fairall, Anthony Gallagher, Brian Miller, Tim Roberts, David Sealy, Michael Tuller
• Mixing: Curtis Mathewson, Grant Mohrman, Dick Williams
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig

Personnel

• Buster Mayberry: Drums, Percussion
• Ron Otis, Steve Potts, Mario Resto: Drums
• Lawrence Fratangelo: Percussion
• Ray Burton, David Santo, Al Turner: Bass
• Imogen Heap: Keyboards and Keyboard Programming
• Luis Resto: Keyboards and Various Programming
• Curtis Matthewson: Guitars, Various Programming
• Anita Cochran, Randy Jacobs, Donnie Lyle, Dominic Miller, Mitchell Stokes: Guitars
• Grant Mohrman: Sitar
• Strings: William H. Hollman, Kathlyn Powell, Peter Spurbeck, Adam Stepniewski
• Strings Arranged By Luis Resto & Paul Riser
• Horns Arranged By Walter White
• Backing Vocals: The Ridgeway Sisters