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1993 studio album by James Ingram
Always You is the fourth studio album by singer James Ingram , released in 1993 on Qwest Records .[ 5] The album got to No. 27 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart.[ 6]
Overview
Always You was executively produced by Benny Medina .[ 5]
The album cut, "Someone Like You", reached No. 33 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[ 7]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Someone Like You" Ingram, Keith Thomas 4:24 2. "Let Me Love You This Way" Ingram, Dennis Morgan 4:14 3. "Always You" Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Keith Thomas4:38 4. "Treat Her Right" Ingram, Keith Thomas 5:04 5. "A Baby's Born" Burt Bacharach , Thom Bell , John Bettis , Linda Creed , Ingram6:16 6. "This is the Night" Burt Bacharach, Thom Bell, John Bettis, Ingram 5:05 7. "You Never Know What You Got" Thom Bell, Leroy Bell, Linda Creed, Ingram 6:22 8. "Too Much for this Heart" Dawn Thomas 5:24 9. "Sing for the Children" Burt Bacharach, John Bettis, Ingram 5:07 10. "Any Kind of Love" Ingram, Bruce Roberts , Carol Bayer-Sager 6:56
Production
Producers – Keith Thomas (Tracks 1-4); James Ingram and Thom Bell (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Maurice White (Track 8).
Executive Producers – James Ingram, Thom Bell and Benny Medina.
Production Coordination – Todd Moore (Tracks 1-4)
Engineers – Bill Whittington (Tracks 1-4); Clark Germain (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Paul Klingberg (Track 8).
Assistant Engineers – Todd Moore (Tracks 1-4); Mike Corbett (Track 2), Roy Gamble (Track 4); Mark Guilbeault (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Mark Fergesen (Track 8).
Mixing – Bill Whittington (Tracks 1-4), Mick Guzauski (Tracks 5-10).
Mix Assistant – Jeff Graham (Tracks 5-10)
Mastered By Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
Management – AMG International
Personnel
James Ingram – lead vocals, backing vocals (4-6, 8, 10), keyboard programming (5-7, 9), arrangements (10)
Keith Thomas – arrangements (1-4), keyboards (1-4), bass programming (1-4), drum programming (1, 3, 4)
Thom Bell – keyboards (5-7, 9, 10), arrangements and conductor (5-7, 9, 10)
Wayne Linsey – keyboards (5-7, 9, 10), keyboard programming (5-7, 9), drum programming (10)
Bill Meyers – keyboards (8), arrangements (8)
Mike McKnight – keyboard programming (8), bass programming (8)
Jerry McPherson – guitar (1, 4)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar solo (5)
Carlos Rios – guitar (5-7, 9, 10)
Michael Thompson – guitar (8)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass samples (4)
Larry Kempel – bass guitar (5-7, 9, 10)
Mark Hammond – drum programming (1, 2, 4)
Ricky Lawson – drums (5-7, 9)
Enzo Todesco – drums (8)
Farrell Morris – chimes (3), timpani (3)
Lenny Castro – percussion (5-7, 9, 10)
Gerald Albright – saxophone (8)
Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (3)
The Nashville String Machine – strings (3)
Gary Herbig – flute (5-7, 9, 10)
Dan Higgins – flute (5, 6, 10)
Larry Williams – flute (7, 9)
George Bohanon – horn (5, 6, 10)
Rick Culver – horn (5, 6, 10)
David Duke – horn (5, 6, 10)
Gary Grant – horn (5-7, 9, 10)
Jerry Hey – horn (5-7, 9, 10)
Alan Kaplan – horn (5, 6)
Lew McCreary – horn (5, 6)
Brad Warnaar – horn (5, 6, 10)
Jim Atkinson – horn (7, 9, 10)
Greg Williams – horn (7, 9, 10)
Mark Adams – horn (10)
Charles Loper – horn (10)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horn (10)
Gayle Levant – harp (5-7, 9, 10)
Robert Becker – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Robert Brosseau – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Kenneth Burwood Hoy – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Larry Corbett – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Joel Derouin – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Bruce Dukov – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Henry Ferber – strings (5, 6, 10)
Joe Goodman – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Diana Halprin – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Pat Johnson – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Karen Jones – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Suzie Katayama – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Janet Lakatos – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Michael Markman – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Dan Neufeld – strings (5, 6, 10)
Sid Page – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Sheldon Sanov – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Kwihee Shamban – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Evan Wilson – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Hershel Wise – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
Rick Gerding – strings (7, 9, 10)
Endre Granat – strings (7, 9, 10)
Brian Dembow – strings (10)
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
Bob Bailey – backing vocals (3)
Guy Penrod – backing vocals (3)
Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (3)
Chris Willis – backing vocals (3)
Alvin Chea – backing vocals (4)
Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (5, 6)
Carolyn Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
Darlene Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
Lori Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
Phil Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
Sharon Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
The Aquarian Brothers – backing vocals (7, 9)
Maurice White – backing vocals (8)
The Boys Choir of Harlem – backing vocals (9)
Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals (10)
Additional Credits
Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
Design – Jeri Heiden and Laurie Griffin
Photography – Mark Hanauer
Stylist – Cecille Parker[ 5]
Charts
Album
Year
Chart
Position
1993
U.K. Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums
27[ 6]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums
74
References
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