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Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)

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Let It Roll
Studio album by
Don Johnson
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1989
Studio
GenreRock
Length44:10
LabelEpic
ProducerKeith Diamond
Don Johnson chronology
Heartbeat
(1986) 		Let It Roll
(1989) 		The Essential
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Let It Roll is the second (and to date final) studio album by American actor and singer Don Johnson, released on September 20, 1989, by Epic Records. Barbra Streisand contributed background vocals to "What If It Takes All Night". It also includes Johnson's rendition of "Tell It Like It Is".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Other People's Lives"Diane Warren5:25
2."Tell It Like It Is"
  • Lee Diamond
  • George Davis
4:30
3."Your Love Is Safe with Me"
4:22
4."A Better Place" (duet with Yuri)
5:25
5."When You Only Loved Me"
3:55
6."Angel City"
4:22
7."Lonely Too Long"Marty Robbins4:20
8."Let It Roll"
  • Johnson
  • Diamond
4:21
9."What If It Takes All Night"
4:06
10."Little One's Lullaby"
  • Johnson
  • Diamond
3:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Let It Roll.[2]

Musicians

  • Don Johnson – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 6), guitars (10)
  • Keith Diamond – arrangements (1-3, 5-8, 10), keyboards (1, 3-10), acoustic piano (2), Hammond B3 organ (2), bass (2, 4, 6, 8), keyboard solo (5), Fairlight CMI (9), percussion (9), fingersnaps (9)
  • Ron Schwartz – keyboards (3, 6, 7)
  • EBN (Ned Liben) – Fairlight CMI (4, 9)
  • Mike Jewel – keyboards (9)
  • Ira Siegel – guitars (1-3, 6, 7), guitar solo (1)
  • Kennan Keating – additional guitars (1)
  • Bruce Kulick – guitars (3), additional guitar solo (3)
  • Steve Jones – guitars (3, 6, 7)
  • Dave Resnik – guitars (3, 6, 7)
  • Jeff Daniels – guitars (5)
  • Paul Pesco – bass (1), guitars (2-4, 7-10), guitar solo (3), acoustic guitar solo (9)
  • John Pierce – bass (3)
  • Carl James – bass (6, 7)
  • Larry Russell – bass (8)
  • Wayne Brathwaite – bass (9)
  • Omar Hakim – drums (1, 9)
  • Terry Silverlight – drums (2, 4, 8)
  • John Keane – drums (3, 6, 7)
  • Acar Key – cymbals (5)
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion (6)
  • Danny Wilensky – saxophones (2), horn solo (2), horn arrangements (2, 6), sax solo (6)
  • Mike Davis – trombone (2)
  • Chris Botti – trumpet (2), trumpet solo (6)
  • Kent Smith – trumpet (6)
  • Tracy Amos – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Michael Camacho – backing vocals (1)
  • Curtis King – backing vocals (1)
  • Joe Lynn Turner – backing vocals (1)
  • Janice Dempsey – backing vocals (2, 6-9)
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (2, 8)
  • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2)
  • Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (2, 9)
  • Liz Constantine – backing vocals (3)
  • Laura Creamer – backing vocals (3)
  • N'Dea Davenport – backing vocals (3)
  • Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (3, 9)
  • Chrissy Faith – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
  • Yogi Lee – backing vocals (3, 6, 9)
  • Yuri – lead and backing vocals (4)
  • Rock Wilk – backing vocals (6)
  • Lauren Kinhan – backing vocals (7, 8)
  • Louis Merlino – backing vocals (8)
  • Debbe Cole – backing vocals (9)
  • Barbra Streisand – backing vocals (9)

Horns and Strings

  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements and conductor (5, 9), string arrangements and conductor
  • Doriane Elliot and Vicki Genfan – contractors
  • Julien C. Barber, Alfred V. Brown, Harold Coletta, Lewis Eley, Max Ellen, Regis Iandiorio, Jesse L. Levine, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Eugene Moya, Gerald Tarack and Frederick Zlotkin – strings
  • Alex Foster, Jeffrey Kievit, Joseph J. Shepley and George Young – horns

Party People on "Angel City"

  • Kenny Calman, Keith Diamond, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Anna Mewbourne and Mike Sobeck

Production and Technical

  • Keith Diamond – producer
  • Acar Key – engineer
  • Eddie Garcia, Peter Robbins and Bob Ross – additional engineers
  • Debbie Cornish, George Karras, Laura Livingston and John McGlain – assistant engineers

Artwork

  • Nancy Donald – art direction
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Randee St. Nicholas – photography

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Let It Roll
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[12] Gold 250,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[13] Gold 25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Let It Roll – Don Johnson". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Let It Roll (liner notes). Don Johnson. Epic Records. 1989. EK 40869.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Don Johnson – Let It Roll" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Don Johnson – Let It Roll" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 33. August 19, 1989. p. VIII. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Don Johnson – Let It Roll" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Don Johnson – Let It Roll". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Don Johnson – Let It Roll". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "European Top 100 Albums 1989" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. 9. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1989" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Don Johnson; 'Let It Roll')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Let It Roll')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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