''Just Being Myself'' is a

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by American singer

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles cha ...

. It was released by

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in 1973 in the United States. Her second album with the label, ''Just Being Myself'' marked a departure for Warwick who teamed up with Holland-Dozier-Holland to work on the majority of the album after her regular collaborators

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and Hal David had split the year before. The album peaked at number 178 on the US ''Billboard'' 200.

Critical reception

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editor Tim Sendra wrote that "the album's title is somewhat ironic because Holland, Dozier and Holland removed Warwick from the creative process, basically asking her to record her vocals over previously recorded backing tracks. Not that most of what they came up with was too far from what she had been recording before since the bulk of the record is made up of lush, orchestrated ballads ..''Just Being Myself'' is a very interesting and successful record that shows Warwick could be a convincing soul singer and despite her qualms, could succeed, artistically anyway."

Track listing

All tracks produced Holland-Dozier-Holland.

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Just Being Myself''. *McKinley Jackson – arrangements *Jerry Hall – recording, mixing *Brian Holland – recording, mixing *Lawrence Horn – recording, mixing * Gene Page – arrangements * Ed Thrasher – photography *Barney Perkins – recording, mixing *Dionne Warwick – vocals

Charts

References

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