''Don't Take It Personal'' is a studio album by the American singer Jermaine Jackson, released in 1989. The title track became his second and final US R&B #1 single, and was followed by two more top 30 US R&B hits, "I'd Like to Get to Know You" and "Two Ships". In 2012, the album was reissued by Funky Town Grooves with an extended track listing.

Critical reception

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wrote: "A mild-voiced journeyman whose heyday is 10 if not 20 years behind him,

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s equally bland as love man (title hit promises they can still be friends) and stud (though he does thank six foals on the back cover)." The ''

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'' called the album "a bunch of sappy love songs that aren't particularly good."

Track listing

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, Marti Sharron) #" Don't Take It Personal" ( David Conley, David Townsend, Derrick Culler) #"Make It Easy on Love" (duet with

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, Peter Beckett, Steve Kipner) #"So Right" (Ernie McCane, Ian Prince) #"I'd Like to Get to Know You" ( Bernard Jackson) #"Two Ships (In the Night)" (Jermaine Jackson, Conley, Everett Collins) #"Rise to the Occasion" (duet with La La) (Dennis Morgan, Rob Fisher,

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) #"(C'mon) Feel the Need" ( Lewis A. Martinee) #"Next to You" (Clyde Lieberman, Jeff Pescetto) #"Don't Make Me Wait" (Otis Stokes)

Bonus tracks (2012 reissue)

"Don't Take It Personal" (Extended version) #"Don't Take It Personal" (Jazzy Instrumental) #"I'd Like to Get to Know You" (7" Version) #"Two Ships(In the Night)" (Instrumental Remix Version) #"Two Ships (In the Night)" (Lat Night Turbulence Mix) #"Two Ships (In the Night)" (Extended Version) B-side * ''Spare the Rod, Love the Child'' (single "I'd Like to Get to Know You")

Personnel

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– mixing *Tony Calvert – reissue producer * David Conley – mixing, producer *Eileen Connolley – art direction *Derrick Culler – associate producer *

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– producer *

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– executive producer *Maureen Droney – mixing * Preston Glass – producer *

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– mixing *Calvin Harris – mixing *

– guest artist * Jermaine Jackson – primary artist *

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– producer * Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey – additional production * La La – guest artist * Dennis Lambert – producer *

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– associate producer *Willie Maldonado – photography * Lewis A. Martinee – mixing, producer *Matt Murphy – production manager * Rick Nowels – additional production *Ricky P. – producer *

– mixing, producer *Marti Sharron – mixing, producer *Hill Swimmer – mixing * David Townsend – mixing, producer *Kerk Upper – mixing *Mark Wilder – remastering *Roger Williams – package design

Charts

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References

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