Niecy

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Robert Christgau	(B+)

Niecy is a 1982 album by American singer Deniece Williams which was released on the Columbia Records label. The album went to numbers 20 and 5 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums and Billboard R&B Albums charts. Featured on the album was a cover of The Royalettes' "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", which was released as a single and peaked at number 1, 6 and 10 on the U.S. Billboard R&B, Adult Contemporary Singles and Hot 100 charts respectively.

Track listing

Original Release

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting By The Hotline"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	3:40
2.	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman, Bob Weinstein	4:10
3.	"Love Notes"	Skip Scarborough	4:22
4.	"I Believe in Miracles"	Kenny LaMar, Dave Raynor	2:52

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"How Does It Feel"		5:50
6.	"Waiting"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	4:32
7.	"Now is The Time for Love"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	4:09
8.	"A Part of Love"	Kevin Bassinson	3:39

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	U.S. Billboard R&B Albums	5
	U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums	20

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
		U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	1
		U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles	6
	"Waiting By The Hotline"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	103
		U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	29
	"Waiting"		72

Personnel

Musicians

• Bob Babbitt - Bass, Piccolo
• Thom Bell - Keyboards, Background Vocals
• Charles Collins - Drums
• Bobby Eli - Guitar
• Joseph B. Jefferson - Vocals
• George Merrill - Synthesizer, Background Vocals
• Bill Neale - Guitar
• Don Renaldo - Strings, Horn
• Ed Shea - Percussion
• Larry Washington - Percussion
• Deniece Williams - Vocals

Technical

• Thom Bell - Producer
• Joe Tarsia - Engineer
• Deniece Williams - Producer
• Nancy Donald - design
• Allan Luftig - photography