''Curtis Stigers'' is the eponymous debut album by American

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, released on 24 September 1991 by Arista Records. It includes the hit singles "

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", " You're All That Matters to Me", and " Never Saw a Miracle". The album peaked at number seven on the

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in 1992.

Track listing

Personnel

* Curtis Stigers – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10),

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(1, 7, 11), alto saxophone (2, 10) * David Paich – keyboards (1, 4, 9, 11) *

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– keyboards (2, 3, 5-8), acoustic piano (2, 3, 5-8) *

Glen Ballard Basil Glen Ballard Jr. (born May 1, 1953) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's 1995 album '' Jagged Little Pill'', which won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Alb ...

– additional keyboards (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10) * Bill Payne – organ (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10) *

Danny Kortchmar Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, Gr ...

– guitar (1, 4, 9) * Michael Landau – guitar, guitar solo (5) *

Buzz Feiten Howard "Buzz" Feiten (born November 4, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier. He is best known as a lead and rhythm guitarist and for having patented a tuning system for guitars and similar instrument ...

– guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 10) * Basil Fung – guitar (2, 3, 5) * Michael Thompson – guitar (2, 8) *

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– bass (1, 4, 9, 11) *

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– bass (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10) * Neil Stubenhaus – bass (5) *

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– drums (1, 4, 9, 11) * John Robinson – drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10) *

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– drums (8) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 5, 6, 7, 10) *

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– saxophone (3) * Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (3) * Gary Grant – trumpet (3) *

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– string arrangements (2, 3, 9, 11), trumpet (3), horn arrangements (3) * Richard Altenbach, Reg Hill, Paula Hochhalter, Lisa Johnson, Roland Kato, Carole Kleister-Castillo, Rene Mandel, Ralph Morrison, Helen Nightingale and Frederick Seykora – strings (2, 3) * Christine Ermacoff, Ronald Folsom, Carrie Holzman-Little, Lisa Johnson, Karen Jones, Roland Kato, Michael Markman, Ralph Morrison, Sheldon Sanov, Frederick Seykora, Margaret Wooten and Kenneth Yerks – strings (9, 11) * Doug Dana – music chart preparation (1, 4, 9, 11) * Orion Crawford – music chart preparation (2, 3, 5-8, 10) * Angel Rogers – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10) * Alfie Silas – backing vocals (2, 6, 7) *

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– backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 10), *

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– backing vocals (3, 10) * Alexandria Brown – backing vocals (4, 9) * Pattie Brooks – backing vocals (4, 9) * Sally Taylor – backing vocals (4, 9) * Rose Banks – backing vocals (6) *

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– backing vocals (6) *

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– backing vocals (6) * Geary Faggett – backing vocals (6) * Jackie Gouche – backing vocals (6) * Pattie Howard – backing vocals (6) * Howard McCrary – backing vocals (6) * Perry Morgan – backing vocals (6)

Production

* Tracks 2, 3, 5-8 & 10 arranged and produced by

; Recorded by Francis Buckley at Studio Ultimo (

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) with assistance from Barry Rudolph; Additional recording at

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and Capitol Studios (all in Los Angeles); Engineering assistance by Rob Hart and Peter Doell; Mixed by Glen Ballard and Francis Buckley at Westlake Audio and Capitol Studios. * Tracks 1, 4, 9 & 11 arranged and produced by

; Recorded by Rob Jacobs at

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(Hollywood, CA) with assistance from Nick DiDia and Rail Jon Rogut; Mixed by Rob Jacobs and Nick DiDia at

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(Hollywood, CA) and The Village Recorder with assistance from Greg Goldman and Marty Brumbach. * Mastered by

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at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA). * Technical Director for Tracking and Overdubs on Tracks 2, 3, 5-8 & 10 –Tom Biener * Guitar Technician on Tracks 1, 4, 9 & 11 – Gavin Menzies * Technical Advisor on Tracks 2, 3, 5-8 & 10 – Greg Loskorn * Production Coordinator on Tracks 2, 3, 5-8 & 10 – Jolie Levine * Art Direction and Design – Maude Gilman * Art Coordinator – Amy Finkle * Photography – Richard Corman * Management – C. Winston Simone Management * Business Management – Victor Wlodingeur for Wlodingeur, Erk & Chanzis, P. C. * Legal – Fred Davis; Levine, Thall & Plotkin

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

*CD Liner Notes; "Curtis Stigers", 1991 Arista Records {{Authority control 1991 debut albums Curtis Stigers albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Glen Ballard albums produced by Danny Kortchmar