It's Real (James Ingram album)

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It's Real is the title of the third full-length recording from American R&B singer-songwriter James Ingram. It was released in 1989 on Quest/Warner Bros. Records, and features the smash hit single "I Don't Have the Heart", which peaked at number 1 for 1 week. It also features a remake of the classic song "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", re-written with different lyrics and entitled "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man".

Track listing

Side one - It's Real Hard

1. "It's Real" (Kemp Frank, Gene Griffin, Barry Hankerson, Ingram) 5:13
2. "I Wanna Come Back" (Marc Gordon, Gerald Levert) 4:51
3. "Call On Me" (Ingram, Bernard Taylor) 4:03
4. "So Fine" (Ingram, Bernard Taylor) 4:04
5. "Love Come Down" (Gene Griffin, Ingram) 5:40
6. "Baby Be Mine" (Bell, Ingram) 5:00

Side two - It's Real Soft

1. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) 5:04
2. "Love One Day At a Time" (Ingram, Monty Seward) 4:31
3. "I Don't Have the Heart" (Jud Friedman, Allan Rich) 4:14
4. "Someday We'll All Be Free" (Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard) 4:10
5. "When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry" (Ingram, Dennis Matkosky, Kathy Wakefield) 4:57

Production

• Produced By Gene Griffin, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, James Ingram, Bernard Taylor, Thom Bell, Michael J. Powell, Monty Seward & Matkosky
• Engineered & Mixed By Dave Way, Mike Tarsia, Paul Ericksen, Steve Van Arden, Sidney Burton, Winston Johnson, Robert Loftus, Barney Perkins & Dennis Matkosky
• Mastered By Bernie Grundman

Personnel

• James Ingram, Ricky Lawson, Bernard Taylor - drums
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Thom Bell, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel, Freddie Washington - bass
• Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar
• Thom Bell, Vernon D. Fails, Jud J. Friedman, James Ingram, Dennis Matkosky, Monty Seward, Bernard Taylor, Aaron Zigman - keyboards
• Robbie Buchanan - keyboard programming
• Jim Salamone - sequencing
• Saxophone: Gerald Albright, Ernie Watts - saxophone
• Jerry Hey, Dan Higgins, Larry Williams - horns
• Thom Bell - string arrangements, conductor
• Thom Bell & Jerry Hey - horn arrangements
• Thom Bell - horns conducting
• Bernard Bell, Reginald Bell, Carl Calwell, Jim Gilstrap, James Ingram, Josie James, Marva King, Marsha McClurkin, Monty Seward, Bernard Taylor - backing vocals