Destiny (Chaka Khan album)
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Destiny is the sixth studio album by American
R&B
/funk singer Chaka Khan
, released on Warner Bros. Records
in 1986.
Destiny was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling I Feel for You and was as high tech as its predecessor - symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians - but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as "So Close", the self-penned title track "My Destiny", "Who's It Gonna Be" and "Watching The World" featuring Phil Collins
on drums and backing vocals.
The album spun off five single releases, all with moderate chart success - at least in comparison to the million-selling "I Feel for You" - the first being "Love of A Lifetime", co-written, co-produced and featuring backing vocals by Green Gartside
of British band Scritti Politti
(US Pop #53, US R&B #21, UK #52). The second single "Tight Fit" was a midtempo R&B ballad, just like "Eye To Eye" from I Feel for You produced by Russ Titelman
, which reached #28 on the US R&B chart. The satirical "Earth to Mickey" (When are you going to land?), featuring Khan both singing and rapping (and keyboardist Reggie Griffin rapping in the role of 'Mickey'), was released as the third single in early 1987 and only just made the Top 100 of the R&B chart, peaking at #93. The dramatic ballad "The Other Side of the World", written by Mike Rutherford
of Genesis
and B. A. Robertson
and which had first been released as part of the White Nights
soundtrack album in late 1985, reached #81. The fifth single "Watching The World" never charted. The Destiny album itself fared slightly better, reaching #25 on Billboard
s R&B albums chart, but stalling at #67 on Pop and #77 in the U.K. Destiny however gave Khan another Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. The track "My Destiny" was used as the theme song for Richard Pryor
's motion picture "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
".
The closing track, the heavily edited one minute thirty-nine seconds "Coltrane Dreams", a tribute to John Coltrane
, had a backing track mainly made up of samples of Khan's voice. The actual full-length version of the track ( - 4:54) was only released as the B-side of the 12" single "Love of a Lifetime".
"Love of a Lifetime", "Tight Fit", "Earth To Mickey" and "Watching The World" were all released as 12" singles including extended remixes.
While the success of Khan's own single releases in 1986 was limited to the R&B charts, she appeared as featured vocalist/vocal arranger on two worldwide pop/rock chart hits that same year, Steve Winwood
's "Higher Love" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love
", on the latter she was however only credited for 'vocal arrangement' in the liner notes. The song was originally recorded with Khan sharing lead vocals with Palmer but due to contractual problems between Warner Bros. Records
and Island Records
her own vocals were removed for the final mix.
The Destiny album was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1986 and remains in print.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/funk singer Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
, released on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
in 1986.
Destiny was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling I Feel for You and was as high tech as its predecessor - symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians - but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as "So Close", the self-penned title track "My Destiny", "Who's It Gonna Be" and "Watching The World" featuring Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
on drums and backing vocals.
The album spun off five single releases, all with moderate chart success - at least in comparison to the million-selling "I Feel for You" - the first being "Love of A Lifetime", co-written, co-produced and featuring backing vocals by Green Gartside
Green Gartside
Green Gartside , is a British musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti....
of British band Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes to the line-up, Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...
(US Pop #53, US R&B #21, UK #52). The second single "Tight Fit" was a midtempo R&B ballad, just like "Eye To Eye" from I Feel for You produced by Russ Titelman
Russ Titelman
Russ Titelman is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums...
, which reached #28 on the US R&B chart. The satirical "Earth to Mickey" (When are you going to land?), featuring Khan both singing and rapping (and keyboardist Reggie Griffin rapping in the role of 'Mickey'), was released as the third single in early 1987 and only just made the Top 100 of the R&B chart, peaking at #93. The dramatic ballad "The Other Side of the World", written by Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
of Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
and B. A. Robertson
B. A. Robertson
B. A. Robertson is a Scottish musician, actor, composer and songwriter.-Career:...
and which had first been released as part of the White Nights
White Nights (soundtrack)
White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1985 film, White Nights. The most successful single on the album, "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was nominated for an Academy Award...
soundtrack album in late 1985, reached #81. The fifth single "Watching The World" never charted. The Destiny album itself fared slightly better, reaching #25 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s R&B albums chart, but stalling at #67 on Pop and #77 in the U.K. Destiny however gave Khan another Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. The track "My Destiny" was used as the theme song for Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...
's motion picture "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 film starring Richard Pryor. This was the first and only feature film he directed .-Plot:...
".
The closing track, the heavily edited one minute thirty-nine seconds "Coltrane Dreams", a tribute to John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
, had a backing track mainly made up of samples of Khan's voice. The actual full-length version of the track ( - 4:54) was only released as the B-side of the 12" single "Love of a Lifetime".
"Love of a Lifetime", "Tight Fit", "Earth To Mickey" and "Watching The World" were all released as 12" singles including extended remixes.
While the success of Khan's own single releases in 1986 was limited to the R&B charts, she appeared as featured vocalist/vocal arranger on two worldwide pop/rock chart hits that same year, Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
's "Higher Love" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love
Addicted to Love (song)
Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later....
", on the latter she was however only credited for 'vocal arrangement' in the liner notes. The song was originally recorded with Khan sharing lead vocals with Palmer but due to contractual problems between Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
and Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
her own vocals were removed for the final mix.
The Destiny album was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1986 and remains in print.
Track listing
- "Love of a Lifetime" (David GamsonDavid GamsonDavid Gamson is a keyboardist/musician . He has worked with, among others, Ke$ha, Adam Lambert, Chaka Khan, Meshell Ndegeocello, Green Gartside, Sheila E., George Benson, Luther Vandross, Donny Osmond, Miles Davis, Al Jarreau and Roger Troutman.He is perhaps best known for his distinctive...
, Green GartsideGreen GartsideGreen Gartside , is a British musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti....
) - 4:21 - "Earth to Mickey" (Joshua Fried, Reggie Griffin, Arif MardinArif MardinArif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
, Charlie Singleton, Jeremy Wolff) - 5:37 - "Watching the World" (John Lang, Richard Page, Steve George) - 4:44
- "The Other Side of the World" (B. A. RobertsonB. A. RobertsonB. A. Robertson is a Scottish musician, actor, composer and songwriter.-Career:...
, Mike RutherfordMike RutherfordMichael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
) - 3:41 - "My Destiny" (Chaka Khan) - 4:39
- "I Can't Be Loved" (Glen BallardGlen BallardGlen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
, Randy GoodrumRandy GoodrumRandy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
) - 4:30 - "It's You" (Portia Griffin, Tony Patler) - 4:19
- "So Close" (Richard Feldman, Marcy Levy, Pam Tillis) - 4:19
- "Tight Fit" (Bunny Siegler, Marvin Morrow) - 4:39
- "Who's It Gonna Be" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Picirillo) - 4:37
- "Coltrane Dreams" (Chaka Khan, Julie Mardin, Arif Mardin) - 1:39
Personnel
- Chaka KhanChaka KhanChaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
- lead vocals, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
all tracks, timbaleTimbaleTimbale may refer to:*Timbales or timbal, a Cuban and LatinoAmerican percussion instrument*Timbale , a kind of dish of various ingredients baked in a round mold...
s & cowbell track: 10 - Mark Stevens - backing vocals tracks: 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, additional backing vocals track: 3
- Marcus MillerMarcus MillerMarcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
track: 1 - Fred MaherFred MaherFred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
track: 1 - Nick Moroch - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
tracks: 1, 10 - David Lebolt - additional keyboards track: 1, synthesizer programming tracks: 3, 10
- David GamsonDavid GamsonDavid Gamson is a keyboardist/musician . He has worked with, among others, Ke$ha, Adam Lambert, Chaka Khan, Meshell Ndegeocello, Green Gartside, Sheila E., George Benson, Luther Vandross, Donny Osmond, Miles Davis, Al Jarreau and Roger Troutman.He is perhaps best known for his distinctive...
- synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, programming track: 1 - Green GartsideGreen GartsideGreen Gartside , is a British musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti....
- backing vocals track: 1 - Jason Miles - additional synthesizer programming track: 1
- Michael Colina - additional synthesizer programming track: 1
- Robert Gay - alto saxophoneAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
& solo track: 1, alto saxophone track: 9 - Scott Gilman - tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
track: 1 - Matthew Cornish - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
track: 1 - Sandra St. VictorSandra St. VictorSandra St. Victor is a Dallas born singer songwriter most known for her work as lead singer of The Family Stand. She attended the now famous Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, High School studying all styles of music. Arts Magnet was also stomping grounds for...
- backing vocals tracks: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - Arif MardinArif MardinArif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
- special effects editing track: 2 - Reggie Griffin - Mickey's rapRappingRapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
, synthesizer, keyboards track: 2, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, programming & sequencing track: 6, keyboards, programming, saxophone & guitar track : 7, synthesizer solo track: 10 - Pino PalladinoPino PalladinoPino Palladino is a Welsh bass guitarist who gained fame playing primarily rock and roll, blues rock, and rhythm and blues music, although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music, including jazz, neo soul, and funk...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
track: 3 - David Rosenberg - additional drum sounds track: 3, drum sounds track: 6, drums track: 8
- Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, backing vocals track: 3 - Dan Huff - guitar track: 3
- Joe MardinJoe MardinJoe Mardin is a music producer, arranger and engineer from New York City. He is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is the son of producer Arif Mardin...
- musical conductor, additional keyboards & sequencing track: 3, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, sequencing & additional percussion track: 6, keyboards & programming tracks: 9, 10 - Michael BreckerMichael BreckerMichael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
- tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
track: 3 - Tom MaloneTom Malone (musician)Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone, but also plays trumpet, tuba, tenor sax, baritone sax, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments....
- tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
track: 3 - John Faddis - trumpet track: 3
- Marvin StammMarvin StammMarvin Stamm is an American bebop trumpeter.Stamm began on trumpet at age 12. He first attended college at, then known as, Memphis State University and then attended college at North Texas State University where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band...
- trumpet track: 3 - Michael Mossman - trumpet track: 3
- Randy BreckerRandy BreckerRandal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
- trumpet track: 3 - Robbie BuchananRobbie BuchananRobbie Buchanan is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer.Buchanan began playing the piano at the age of 6. He acquired his first paying gig as a pianist at the age of 12 playing 6 nights a week in Dawson City, Yukon Territory. While still a teenager, Buchanan joined a band...
- synthesizer track: 4 - Anthony Jackson - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
track: 5 - Steve FerroneSteve FerroneSteven "Steve" Ferrone is a British drummer.He was a member of the Average White Band, and has recorded and performed with numerous other high-profile acts, including Slash, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Scritti Politti...
- drums tracks: 5, 11 - Randy Fredrix - guitar track: 5
- Philippe SaissePhilippe SaissePhilippe Saisse is a French Grammy Award-nominated Smooth Jazz and New Age music keyboardist, producer and arranger.He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He became the protege of Gary Burton...
- keyboards & programming track: 5 - Cindy Mizelle - backing vocals track: 6
- Gene Orloff - concertmasterConcertmasterThe concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
(strings) track: 6 - Paul Pesco - guitar tracks: 6, 9
- Tony Patler - additional keyboards track: 7, synthezier bass track: 9
- Reb BeachReb BeachReb Beach is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake...
- guitar track: 8 - Beau HillBeau HillBeau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe and Ratt....
- synthesizer bass & keyboards track: 8 - Jimmy Bralower - drum programming track 9
- Bob Riley - drum programming track 10
- Thomas Oldakowski - drum programming track 11
- Sam RiversSam RiversSamuel Carthorne Rivers , is an American jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano....
- tenor sax solo track: 11 - Cengiz Yaltkaya - keyboards track: 11
- John Mahoney - SynclavierSynclavierThe Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT. The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of...
programming track: 11 - Ken Cummings - assistant Synclavier programming track: 11
Production
- Arif MardinArif MardinArif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
- record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, producer & musical arranger tracks: 2, 11, producer & arranger (horns) track: 3, producer & arranger (strings) track: 6 - David Gamson - producer & musical arranger track: 1
- Green GartsideGreen GartsideGreen Gartside , is a British musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti....
- producer track: 1 - Ray Bardani - sound recording track: 1
- Bruce Robbins - assisting engineer track: 1
- Ed Garcia - assisting engineer tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, mix assistant track: 3, additional recording track: 6
- Bruce Robbins - assisting engineer track: 1
- Iris Cohen - assisting engineer track: 1
- Steve Boyer - assisting engineer track: 1
- Steven Carthy - assisting engineer track: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
- Wayne Warnecke - assisting engineer track: 1
- John "Tokes" Potoker - mix, recording (drums) track: 1, mix track: 7
- Phillip Namanworth - project supervisor tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Reggie Griffin - musical arranger track: 2, producer, arranger & mix track: 6, producer & arranger track: 7
- Ellen Fitton - assisting engineer track: 2, 9
- Michael O'Reilly - recording & mix tracks: 2, 3 10, recording (re-recording) & remix track: 4, additional recording tracks: 6, 11, recording track: 9
- Mike Ging - assisting engineer track: 3
- Paul Gommershall - assisting engineer track: 3
- Joe MardinJoe MardinJoe Mardin is a music producer, arranger and engineer from New York City. He is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is the son of producer Arif Mardin...
- producer & arranger tracks: 3, 10, producer, arranger & mix track: 6, arranger track: 9 - Simon Sullivan - additional recording track: 3
- Hugh PadghamHugh PadghamHugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers....
- recording (Phil Collins segment) track: 3 - Robbie BuchananRobbie BuchananRobbie Buchanan is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer.Buchanan began playing the piano at the age of 6. He acquired his first paying gig as a pianist at the age of 12 playing 6 nights a week in Dawson City, Yukon Territory. While still a teenager, Buchanan joined a band...
- producer track: 4 - Mike Ross - assisting engineer track: 4
- Philip Castellano- assisting engineer track: 4
- Steve MacMillan - assisting engineer track: 4
- Rod Hui - recording (re-recording) track: 4, recording & mix track: 6, additional recording track: 7
- Jack Joseph Puig - recording & mix track: 4
- Chaka KhanChaka KhanChaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
- producer track: 5 - Philippe SaissePhilippe SaissePhilippe Saisse is a French Grammy Award-nominated Smooth Jazz and New Age music keyboardist, producer and arranger.He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He became the protege of Gary Burton...
- producer track: 5 - Acar Key - assistant engineer tracks: 5, 7, 10
- Craig Vogel - assistant engineer track: 5, 9
- Dave O'Donnell - assistant engineer track: 5
- Eric Calvi - mix track: 5
- Glen BallardGlen BallardGlen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
- additional arranging, additional sequencing track: 6 - Randy Goodrum - additional arranging, additional sequencing track: 6
- David Harrington - assisting engineer track: 6
- Ellen Fitton - assisting engineer track: 6, 9, 11
- Ira MacLaughlin - assisting engineer tracks: 6, 8
- Stephen Benben - assisting engineer track: 6, re-recording track: 8
- Rod O'Brian - recording track: 6, additional recording track: 7, assistant engineer track: 9
- Bob Rosa - recording track: 7, assistant engineer track 10
- Beau Hill - producer & arranger track: 8
- Bobby Warner - additional recording track: 8
- Russ TitelmanRuss TitelmanRuss Titelman is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums...
- producer track: 9 - Barbara Milne - assistant engineer track: 9
- Ernie Wilkins - assistant engineer track: 9
- Jeff Lord-Alge - assistant engineer track: 9
- Jill Dell'Abate - production co-ordinator track: 9
- Chris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
- recording track: 9, - Steve Peck - additional recording track: 9, assistant engineer track: 10
- Tom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...
- recording & mix track: 9 - Jimmy Douglass - assistant engineer track: 10, recording & mix track: 11
- Cengiz Yaltkaya - producer track: 11
- Hugo Dwyer - additional recording track: 11
- Michael Morongell - additional recording track: 11
- Mark Pawlowski - assisting engineer track: 11
- Jeri McManus - art direction
- Lynn Robb - designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
& lettering - Christy Allerdings - production coordinator
- Leyla Turkkan - assistant production coordination
- Burt Zell Management - direction
- George Holz - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
Non-album tracks and remixes
- "Love Of A Lifetime" (Extended Dance Version) - 6:09
- "Coltrane Dreams" (Long Version) - 4:54
- "Tight Fit" (Extended Version, remixed by Tom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...
) - 6:18 - "Earth To Mickey" (Extended Version) - 6:48
- "Earth To Mickey" (Instrumental Version) - 3:17
- "Earth To Mickey" (A Cappella Voices) - 0:51
- "Earth To Mickey" (CK's Duet Space Rap) - 5:22
- "Watching The World" (Extended Remix) - 6:11
External links
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