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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 US 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, peaked at numbers 1, 6 and 10 on the US Billboard R&B, Adult Contemporary Singles and Hot 100 charts respectively.[3]

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waiting By The Hotline"Thom Bell, Deniece Williams3:40
2."It's Gonna Take a Miracle"Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman, Bob Weinstein4:10
3."Love Notes"Skip Scarborough4:22
4."I Believe in Miracles"Kenny LaMar, Dave Raynor2:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."How Does It Feel" 5:50
6."Waiting"Thom Bell, Deniece Williams4:32
7."Now is The Time for Love"Thom Bell, Deniece Williams4:09
8."A Part of Love"Kevin Bassinson3:39

[3]

Personnel

Musicians

  • Bob Babbitt – bass guitar, Piccolo bass
  • Thom Bell – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, conductor
  • Charles Collins – drums
  • Bobby Eli – guitar
  • Joseph B. Jefferson – backing vocals
  • George Merrill – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bill Neale – guitar, strings (4)
  • Don Renaldo – strings, horns
  • Ed Shea – percussion
  • Larry Washington – percussion
  • Deniece Williams – lead vocals

Technical

  • Producers – Thom Bell and Deniece Williams
  • Production Coordinatior – Bill Neale
  • Engineer – Joe Tarsia
  • Second Engineers – Dirk Devlen and Michael Tarsia
  • Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Design – Nancy Donald
  • Photography – Allan Luftig

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Charts

Year Chart Position
1982 US Billboard R&B Albums 5
US Billboard Top 200 Albums 20
Year Single Chart Position
1982 "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" US Billboard Hot 100 10
US Billboard R&B Singles 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles 6
"Waiting by the Hotline" US Billboard Hot 100 103
US Billboard R&B Singles 29
"Waiting" 72

[3]

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ a b c d "Niecy -Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2009.