Patti Austin (album)
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| Released | March 5, 1984 | |||
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| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Qwest | |||
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Patti Austin is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Patti Austin, released on March 5, 1984, by Qwest Records.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
- "It's Gonna Be Special" (Clif Magness, Glen Ballard) – 4:17
- "Rhythm of the Street" (Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:00
- "All Behind Us Now" (David Pack) – 4:59
- "Hot! In the Flames of Love" (Cohen, Glass, Walden) – 3:59
- "Change Your Attitude" (Magness, Ballard) – 3:41
Side two
- "Shoot The Moon" (Ballard, Magness) – 3:35
- "I've Got My Heart Set on You" (David Bryant, Diane Warren) – 4:12
- "Fine Fine Fella (Got to Have You)" (Ollie E. Brown, Attala Zane Giles, Phillip Ingram) – 4:34
- "Starstruck" (Glass, Dwayne Simmons, Walden) – 4:28
- "Any Way You Can" (Pack, Michael McDonald) – 4:31
Personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the Patti Austin liner notes.[2]
- Patti Austin – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 6)
- John Van Tongeren – keyboards (1, 6), synthesizers (1), additional keyboards (5), sequencing (6), bass (6)
- Preston Glass – acoustic piano (2, 4), backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
- David Sancious – keyboards (2, 4, 9), synthesizers (2, 4, 9)
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (3), keyboard arrangements (3)
- David Pack – synthesizers (3), guitar (3), keyboard arrangements (3), rhythm arrangements (3), synth solo (10)
- Tommy Faragher – keyboards (5), sequencing (5), bass (5)
- John Barnes – keyboards (7), synthesizers (7)
- Rex Salas – acoustic piano (8), synthesizers (8)
- Victor Feldman – grand piano (10), Fender Rhodes (10), piano arrangements (10)
- Michael McDonald – Fender Rhodes (10)
- Clif Magness – guitar (1, 5, 6), rhythm arrangements (1), arrangements (5, 6), percussion (6)
- Corrado Rustici – guitar (2, 4, 9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (5)
- Tommy Organ – lead guitar solo (5)
- Zane Giles – backing vocals (7, 8), guitar (8), BGV arrangements (8)
- Josef Parson – guitar (8)
- Randy Jackson – bass (2, 4, 9), Pro One bass (2), Simmons drums (2)
- Nathan East – bass (3)
- Cornelius Mims – bass (7, 8)
- Chuck Domanico – bass (10)
- Narada Michael Walden – drums (2, 4, 9), percussion (4), OB-Xa bass (9), Simmons drums (9)
- John Robinson – drums (3, 10)
- Ollie E. Brown – drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), Simmons drums (7), rhythm arrangements (7, 8), BGV arrangements (7, 8), special effects (8), synthesizer arrangements (8)
- Frank Martin – DMX sequencing (9)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3)
- Armando Peraza – cuica (2)
- Raul Rekow – congas (2)
- Orestes Vilato – cowbell (2), timbales (2)
- Steve Forman – percussion (6)
- Kim Hutchcroft – tenor saxophone (1)
- Larry Williams – alto saxophone (1), synthesizers (8)
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (3)
- Marc Russo – horns (4), sax solo (4)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (7)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 7)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 7), horn arrangements (1, 3, 7), additional keyboard arrangements (5), synthesizer arrangements (8), flugelhorn (10)
- Glen Ballard – rhythm arrangements (1), arrangements (5, 6)
- Marty Paich – string arrangements and conductor (3, 10)
- Angela Bofill – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
- Sheree Brown – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (7, 8), BGV arrangements (7, 8)
- Josie James – backing vocals (7)
- Kevin T. Jones – backing vocals (7)
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Siedah Garrett – backing vocals (8)
Production
[edit]- Executive Producers – Quincy Jones and Ed Eckstine
- Producers – Quincy Jones (Track 1); Narada Michael Walden (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); David Pack (Tracks 3 & 10); Clif Magness (Track 5); Glen Ballard (Tracks 5 & 6); Ollie E. Brown (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Engineers – Tommy Vicari (Track 1); David Frazer (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); Tom Perry (Track 3); Michael Verdick (Tracks 3 & 10); Ian Eales (Tracks 5 & 6); Steve Halquist (Tracks 7 & 8); Al Schmitt (Track 10).
- Assistant Engineers – Mitch Gibson (Tracks 1, 5 & 6); Barbara Rooney (Track 1); John Nowland (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); Paul Erickson (Tracks 5 & 6); Mike Ross (Tracks 5 & 6); David Marquette (Track 6).
- Mixing – Tommy Vicari (Track 1); Michael Verdick (Tracks 3 & 10); Ian Eales (Tracks 5 & 6); Ollie E. Brown and Steve Halquist (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Recorded and Mixed at Ameraycan Studios, Hollywood Sound Recorders, Soundcastle, Weddington Studios and Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); The Complex (Los Angeles, CA); The Automatt (San Francisco, CA); Channel Recording (Burbank, CA).
- Strings on Tracks 3 & 10 recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA).
- Editing – Ian Eales, Ed Eckstine and Clif Magness.
- Additional Technical Supervision – Ed Eckstine
- Originally mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (North Hollywood, CA).
- Remastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Design – Jeri McManus and Mark Larsen
- Hand Tinting – Dennis Keeley
- Photography – Gary Heery
References
[edit]- ^ "Patti Austin Review by Ron Wynn". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Patti Austin (CD booklet). Patti Austin. Qwest Records. 1984.
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External links
[edit]- Patti Austin at Discogs (list of releases)
