Martha Wash is the self-titled solo debut album by Martha Wash

Martha Wash

Martha Wash is an American R&B, Pop, Soul, House singer/songwriter known for her distinctive and powerful voice.-Early career:...

, released in 1993 on RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

. The album peaked at #8 on the Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

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 chart, #169 on The Billboard 200 and #42 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart. It includes the two #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart hits, "Carry On" and "Give It To You" and the Top 10 hit, "Runaround". "Give It To You" enjoyed limited success in the pop market, peaking at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. The other single released from the album was "Leave a Light On".

Track listing

1. "Someone Who Believes In You" (Prelude) (Gerry Goffin
   Gerry Goffin
   Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
   
   , Carole King
   Carole King
   Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
   
   ) 1:44
2. "So Whatcha Gonna Do" (Todd Terry
   Todd Terry
   Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....
   
   ) 4:55
3. "Give It To You" (Brian Alexander Morgan) 3:49
4. "Runaround" (Eric Robinson, Todd Terry) 4:41
5. "Now That You're Gone" (Brian Alexander Morgan) 6:15
6. "Things We Do for Love" (Brian Alexander Morgan) 4:25
7. "Just Us (Dancin')" (Eric Robinson, Victor Orsborn) 2:33
8. "Leave a Light On" (Alexandra Forbes, Eric Beall, Steve Skinner) 4:22
9. "Carry On" (Eric Beall) 4:17
10. "Someone Who Believes In You" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 3:54
11. "Hold On Pt. 1" (Andy Wright, Eric Robinson) 3:49
12. "Hold On Pt. 2" (Eric Robinson, Frank Collins) 4:59
13. "When It's My Heart" (David Grigsby, Harvey Huges) 4:06
14. "Just Us (Singin')" (Eric Robinson, Victor Orsborn) 3:26

Personnel

• Katreese Barnes, Melonie Daniels, Carl Hall, Damon Horton, Douglas Kibble, Linda Pino, Arif St. Michael, Biti Strauchn, Jeanie Tracy: Vocal Backing
• Terry Burrus, Eric Robinson, Todd Terry: Keyboards
• Barry J. Eastmond: Keyboards, Synthesizers, String Arrangements
• Charlene Moore: Keyboards, Vocal Backing
• Brian Alexander Morgan: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Vocal Backing
• Eric Rehl: Synthesizers & Programming
• Steve Skinner: Keyboards, Drum Programming
• Bernard Grubman, Ira Siegel, Greg Skaff, Georg "Jojje" Wadenius: Guitars
• Anthony Jackson: Bass
• Omar Hakim
  Omar Hakim
  Omar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...
  
  : Drums
• Bashiri Johnson: Percussion
• Vocals Arranged By Brian Alexander Morgan, Jeanie Tracy & Martha Wash
• Strings
  String section
  The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
  
  Arranged By Barry J. Eastmond; contracted by Al Brown