Affairs of the Heart
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Affairs of the Heart is the third studio album
Studio album
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 by American
United States
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 pop
Pop music
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 singer Jody Watley
Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley is an American, singer, songwriter, record producer, and founder of Avitone Records whose music crosses genres from Pop, R&B, Jazz, Dance and Electronic Soul....

, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music
1991 in music
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).

Track listing

  1. "I Want You
    I Want You (Jody Watley song)
    "I Want You" is the first single from Jody Watley's third album, Affairs of the Heart. "I Want You" was considered a disappointment after her second album scored three consecutive top-ten pop singles. "I Want You" failed to reach the top 50 on the U.S...

    " (André Cymone, Watley)
  2. "Call on Me" (Cymone, Watley)
  3. "I'm the One You Need
    I'm the One You Need
    "I'm the One You Need" is the second single from Jody Watley's third album, Affairs of the Heart. Produced by house music pioneer, David Morales, "I'm the One You Need" constitutes Watley's initial foray into house music...

    " (David Morales, Alec Shantzis, Watley)
  4. "Affairs of the Heart" (Cymone, Watley)
  5. "Commitment of Love" (George Lyter, Michael O'Hara, Denise Rich)
  6. "It All Begins with You
    It All Begins With You
    "It All Begins With You" was the final single from Jody Watley's third album, Affairs of the Heart. Reaching number eighty on the U.S. R&B chart, it became her first solo single to miss the pop chart....

    " (Lyter, O'Hara, Rich)
  7. "Dance to the Music" (Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey, Watley)
  8. "Strange Way" (Cymone, Watley)
  9. "Always and Forever" (Cymone, Watley)
  10. "Until the Last Goodbye" (Coffey, Nettlesbey, Watley)
  11. "Stolen Moments" (Watley, Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley is an English writer, performer, record producer and composer.- Early years :Bruce Woolley was born in Loughborough, England on 11 November 1953 and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School where he learned electric guitar, began to write songs and where he met his future wife,...

    )

Personnel

  • Jody Watley – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , background vocals
  • Nadirah Ali – background vocals
  • Alfa Anderson Barfield – background vocals
  • Terry Coffey – synthesizer
    Synthesizer
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    , keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Kelton Cooper – guitar
    Guitar
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  • André Cymone
    André Cymone
    André Cymone is an American bassist, songwriter and record producer. Cymone was a bass guitarist for recording artist Prince's touring band, pre-Revolution. Cymone began a solo career in 1981. His song, "The Dance Electric" , reached number ten on the R&B charts...

     – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , guitar, drums
    Drum kit
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    , keyboard, background vocals
  • Voncielle Faggett – background vocals
  • Vernon D. Fails – keyboard
  • Brian Kilgore – percussion
    Percussion instrument
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  • Paulette McWilliams – background vocals
  • David Morales – percussion, drums
  • Jon Nettlesbey – bass, percussion, drums
  • Dean Parks
    Dean Parks
    Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...

     – acoustic guitar
  • Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – background vocals
  • Dean Pleasants – rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Michael J. Powell – guitar, percussion, drums
  • Angel Rogers – background vocals
  • Peter "Ski" Schwartz – piano
    Piano
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  • Alex Shatzis – keyboard
  • John Watley – background vocals
  • Fred White – background vocals
  • Brenda White-King – background vocals

Production

  • Producers: Terry Coffey, André Cymone, David Morales, Jon Nettlesbey, Michael J. Powell, Jody Watley
  • Executive producer: Jody Watley
  • Engineer: Wolfgang Aichholz, Bobby Brooks, Hugo Dwyer, Dan Marnien, John Poppo, Chris Purham, David Sussman, David Ward II, Norman Whitfield
  • Assistant engineer: Steve Gallagher
  • Mixing: Milton Chan, Ken Kessie, David Morales, Alan Myerson, Barney Perkins, John Poppo, David Sussman, Norman Whitfield
  • Mastering: Brian Gardner
  • Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
  • Programming: Duane Nettlesbey
  • Arrangers: Chris Cameron, Danny Madden, David Morales, Jody Watley
  • Rhythm arrangements: Terry Coffey, Vernon D. Fails, Jon Nettlesbey, Michael J. Powell
  • Vocal arrangement: Terry Coffey, André Cymone, Jon Nettlesbey, Jody Watley
  • Art direction: Margo Chase, Jody Watley
  • Design: Margo Chase, Jody Watley
  • Photography: Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica, Victoria Pearson
  • Hair stylist: Peter Savic
  • Make-up: Paul Starr

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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124
U.S. Top R&B Albums 21


Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "I Want You" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

5
Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

61
1992 Dance/Club Play Songs 17
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 7
"I'm the One You Need" Dance/Club Play Songs 3
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 4
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 23
Billboard Hot 100 19
"It All Begins With You" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 80
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