''Fragile'' is the debut studio album by

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singer

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. It was released on April 8, 1984 by Tabu Records and was the first of four records for the label (she would leave Tabu after the release of 1991's "The Woman I Am"). The album was mostly written, arranged and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ( a/k/a Flyte Time Productions), and, under their guidance, she scored a smash R&B hit with "

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". The song reached number eight on the

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chart and number 79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Release history

Track listing

Personnel and production"Fragile" at discogs
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Tracks 1-3, 5 & 7

*Arranged & Produced By Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis For Flyte Tyme Productions *Engineered & Mixed By Steve Wiese & Taavi Mote *Additional Recording Engineers: Judy Clapp & Steve Hodge *Jimmy Jam -

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, synth programming, acoustic piano,

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, backing vocals *Terry Lewis -

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, synthesizers, electric

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, drum programming, backing vocals *

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- synthesizers, percussion, backing vocals *

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*Randy Jenkins, Lucia Newell, Gwendolyn Traylor - backing vocals

Tracks 4, 6 & 8

*Arranged & Produced By Michael Everitt Dunlap & Isaac Suthers, with additional vocal arrangements by Maxi Anderson *Engineered By Robert Biles *Assistant Engineers: Michael Gilbert, Dennis Woods & Kelvin Dixon *Mixed By Mike Evans & Taavi Mote *Michael Everitt Dunlap -

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, acoustic and bass guitars, acoustic piano,

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, backing vocals *Isaac Suthers - synthesizers *Eric Sylvester Daniels - synthesizers,

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*Ellis Smith - electric and acoustic guitars * Terry Santiel - percussion *Maxi Anderson,

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, Tamara Champlin, Phyllis St. James, Randall Jenkins, Gwenche Macho - backing vocals

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