''If I Were Your Woman'' is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist
Stephanie Mills
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, released on June 1, 1987 on MCA Records.
The album peaked at No. 1 on the
Billboard
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart and No. 30 on the
Billboard 200
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chart. ''If I Were Your Woman'' was also certified
Gold
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and Platinum in the US by the
RIAA
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.
Singles
A song from the LP called I Feel Good All Over reached No. 1 on the
Billboard
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Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 22 on the
Billboard
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Dance Single Sales chart. Another single called
(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me peaked at No. 1 on the
Billboard
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Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 15 on the
Billboard
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Dance Single Sales chart.
A remix of (You're Puttin') A Rush on Me peaked at No. 23 on the
Billboard
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Dance Club Songs
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chart. The album's
title track
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also reached No. 19 on the
Billboard
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Hot Soul Songs chart.
Track listing
Personnel
* Stephanie Mills – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7)
* Donald Robinson – acoustic piano (1),
Rhodes piano
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(1)
* Randy Cantor – synthesizers (1)
*
Ron Kersey
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– keyboards (2), programming (2)
*
Paul Laurence
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– all other instruments (3)
*
Robert Brookins
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– keyboards (4), programming (4)
*
George Duke
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– acoustic piano (4)
* Barry Eastmond – keyboards (5), pianos (6)
* LaForrest "La La" Cope – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)
* V. Jeffrey Smith – synthesizers (5), additional programming (5), rhythm arrangements (5)
* Skip Anderson – acoustic piano (7)
* Keith Andes – additional synthesizers (7)
* Davy D – all instruments (8)
* Randy Bowland – guitars (1)
* Herb Smith – guitars (2)
* Kevin Chokan – guitars (4)
* Ira Siegel – guitars (5, 6)
* Mike Campbell – guitars (7)
* Doug Grigsby – bass (1)
*
Freddie Washington – bass (2)
* Timmy Allen – bass (3)
* Wayne Braithwaite – bass (5, 6, 7), synthesizers (7), drum programming (7)
* Darryl Burgee – drums (1), percussion (1)
*
John Paris
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Biography
Paris appeared on Stephanie Mills' 1987 LP If I Was Your Woman. He later played the ...
– drum overdubs (4)
*
Yogi Horton
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– drums (5)
* Terry Silverlight – drums (6)
*
Jimmy Maelen
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– percussion (5)
*
Bashiri Johnson
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– percussion (6)
*
Nick Martinelli
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– arrangements (1)
* Edith Wint – string contractor (6)
* Richard Henrickson – concertmaster (6)
*
Cynthia Biggs
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– backing vocals (1)
* Deborah Dukes – backing vocals (1)
* Annette Hardeman – backing vocals (1)
*
Gabriel Hardeman
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– backing vocals (1), arrangements (1)
* Charlene Holloway – backing vocals (1)
* Gordon Scott – backing vocals (1)
* Alex Brown – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), BGV arrangements (2, 4-7)
*
Lynn Davis – backing vocals (2)
*
Vesta Williams
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– backing vocals (2)
* Marva King – backing vocals (4)
* Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (4)
* Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6, 7, 8)
* Maxine Waters – backing vocals (6, 7, 8)
* Cliff Branch – backing vocals (7)
Technical
* Taavi Mote – remix engineer
* Hill Swimmer – engineer (1)
* Erik Zobler – engineer (2)
* Ron Banks – engineer (3)
*
Louil Silas Jr. – remixing (3, 5)
* Mitch Gibson – engineer (4)
* Tommy Vicari – engineer (4, 8)
* Philip Walters – engineer (4)
* Carl Beatty – engineer (5)
* Fernando Kral – engineer (5, 6)
* Cassandra Mills – remixing (5)
* John Convertino – engineer (6, 7)
* Acar Key – engineer (6, 7)
* Brian Max – engineer (6, 7)
* Barbara Milne – engineer (6, 7)
* Bryan "Chuck" New – engineer (6, 7)
* Jon Smith – engineer (6, 7)
Design
* Cassandra Mills – executive producer, album concept
* Stephanie Mills – executive producer, album concept
* September – art direction, design
* Ron Slenzak – photography
* Jeffrey Beaton – make-up
* James Gibson – hair stylist
* Starlight Music, Inc. – management
Charts
Singles
See also
*
List of number-one R&B albums of 1987 (U.S.)
References
1987 albums
Stephanie Mills albums
MCA Records albums
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