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released by

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on October 13, 1989. The album features numerous debuts by a few well known musicians. The songs "My Music" and "

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, who co-produced the songs with his mentor Joyce "Fenderella" Irby - a former member of the band

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. A then-unknown

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appeared as one of the recording engineers on the

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produced songs "That's My Attitude" and "For You". The video version of the single "Spread My Wings" was the one of the first songs remixed by hip hop producer

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. ''Attitude'' was the highest-charting album from Troop, peaking within the Top 5 on the

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chart and received a gold certification. It spawned the group's first two R&B hits to peak at number-one: "

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" and the cover of the

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," both of which was produced by singer and producer

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. Booker originally wanted to keep "Spread My Wings" for his 1989 debut '' Chuckii'', but group member Steve Russell insisted on recording it for ''Attitude''.Unsung - The Story Of Troop. Original Air Date: August 27, 2014. TV One Network. ''Attitude'' remains as Troop's highest selling album to date.

Reception

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critic Craig Lytle described the record as "a reasonably representative album for the group."

Track listing

*The song "Soupped Mix" is omitted from the LP version.

Personnel

* Keyboards and Drum programming: Dallas Austin, Joyce Irby, Zack Harmon, Christopher Troy, Chuckii Booker, Steve Russell, Marc Gordon * Keyboard Programming: Jim Salamone * Guitar: Thomas Organ, Randy Bowland * Drums: Derek Organ * Recording engineer: Alvin Speights, Mike Tarsia,

, Pete Tokar, Big Al Richardson, Craig Burbidge, Greg Barrett, Anthony Jeffries, Bob Siebert, D.C. * Mixing: Joyce Irby, Dallas Austin, Mike Tarsia, Merlin Bobb, Craig Burbidge, Jerry Solomon, Chuckii Booker, Taavi Mote * Executive producer:

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, Merlin Bobb * Mastering: Dennis King * Photography: Jeff Katz * Art Direction: Bob Defrin

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Singles

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