I'm Not That Kind of Girl was the studio album released in 1983 by Marti Webb

Marti Webb

Marti Webb is a musical actress from England, who appeared on stage in Evita, before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980...

 as a follow up to Won't Change Places

Won't Change Places

Won't Change Places was the 1981 album released by Marti Webb as a follow up to Tell Me on a Sunday.As with her previous album, the recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Polydor label...

 .

Background

The album was produced by David Hentschel

David Hentschel

David Hentschel is an English recording engineer, writer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, as well as with artists including Genesis, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Queen, Marti Webb, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Peter...

, who also composed the music. The lyrics were written by Don Black who was, at the time, Webb's manager. It was in the song cycle format that had proved successful for Webb's 1980 album Tell Me on a Sunday

Tell Me On A Sunday

Tell Me on a Sunday is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. A one-act song cycle, it tells the story of an ordinary English girl from Muswell Hill, who journeys to the United States in search of love...

which Black had co-written with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

. The story told of a woman meeting up with a former lover and embarking on a new relationship with him, dealing with her insecurities in between and ending with her about to marry him. The album was originally titled One Afternoon.

It was Webb's third and final album for the Polydor label, having failed to chart. Singles from the album were the title track and "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love".

The album was recorded between November 1981 and June 1982 at The Manor

The Manor Studio

The Manor Studio was a recording studio in the manor house at the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England, north of the city of Oxford. It was the first residential recording studio in the UK...

, The Townhouse

Townhouse Studios

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, Maison Rouge and Hipposound Studios. The album boasted a strong musical backing, including Kiki Dee

Kiki Dee

Kiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....

 and 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....

, who had worked with Hentschel many times before.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Seven Outside Mr Chows" (4.49)
2. "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" (4.03)
3. "Shampoo and a Miracle Please" (3.32)*
4. "I'm Not That Kind of Girl" (3.16)
5. "I'll See You When I See You" (3.41)

Side Two

1. "Dear Janet Reger" (3.19)
2. "What Would Jane Fonda Do?" (3.21)
3. "No Problem" (4.07)
4. "Getting It Right" (3.36)
5. "Traffic Jam" (3.09)

* A 40-second musical interlude occurs between tracks 3 and 4 (Side One)

All tracks written by David Hentschel and Don Black.

Personnel

• Marti Webb - Lead and backing vocals
• 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....
  
   - Drums
• Kiki Dee
  Kiki Dee
  Kiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
  
   - Backing vocals
• John Giblin
  John Giblin
  John Giblin is an internationally renowned session bassist who has worked with the following artists:*Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins * Peter Gabriel...
  
   - Bass Guitar
• David Hentschel
  David Hentschel
  David Hentschel is an English recording engineer, writer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, as well as with artists including Genesis, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Queen, Marti Webb, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Peter...
  
   - ARP 2600, Autoharp, Backing vocals, Bass Guitar, Clavinet, Drums, Electric Guitars, Emulator, Glockenspiel, Linn Drum Computer, Mark Tree, OBX, Percussion, Piano, Roland Rhythm Box, Solina synthesizers, Synclavier II, Vocoder, Yamaha CS80
• Graham Jarvis - Drums
• Stevie Lange - Backing vocals
• Gary Osbourne - Backing vocals
• Phil Palmer
  Phil Palmer
  Philip 'Phil' John Palmer is a sideman and session guitarist in jazz and rock who has toured, recorded, and worked with numerous famous artists...
  
  - Acoustic Guitars, Lead and Rhythm Electric Guitars
• John Richardson - Backing vocals
• Alan Williams - Backing vocals
• Joy Yates - Backing vocals

Production credits

• Engineers - David Hentschel, Richard Manwaring, Alan Douglas, Steve Prestage
• Assistant Engineers - Howard Gray, Dave Bascombe
• Disc Cutting Engineer - Ray Staff at Trident Studios