''Kashif'' is a studio album by American singer

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, released by

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in 1989. The album includes two hit singles, "Personality" and a cover of the 1973 hit "

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Critical reception

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'' wrote: "There are some good songs here, including two striking dance numbers, 'Personality' and the hypnotic cover of the Four Tops' 'Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)'."

Track listing

Personnel

* Kashif – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), all instruments (3, 4, 5), Synclavier programming (4) * Nick Mundy – keyboards (1, 2, 6, 8), drum programming (1, 2, 6, 8), backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8) * Taharqa Aleem – all instruments (5) * Tunde-Ra Aleem – all instruments (5) *

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– keyboards (6, 9) * Monty Seward – keyboards (6, 7, 9), drum programming (6) * Curtis Dowd – keyboards (7), drum programming (7) * Nick Moroch – guitars (3) * Ira Siegel – guitars (3) * Randy Bowland – guitars (7), bass (7) * Ray Fuller – guitars (7) * Victor Bailey – bass (1), backing vocals (3) * Allen McGrier – bass (4) * Dwayne "Smitty" Smith – bass (7) * Daniel Wilensky – saxophone solo (7) *

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solo (9) * Kim "Eurisa" Davis – backing vocals (1, 9) *

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– backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 8) * Rick Oriol – party voice (2) *

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– backing vocals (4) *

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– backing vocals (5) * Lori Fulton – backing vocals (7) * Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (8) Technical and Design * Prince Charles Alexander – recording (1-4, 6-9), mixing (1-4, 6, 8, 9) * Earl Cohen – recording (3), mixing (3) * Steve Goldman – recording (3, 5), mixing (5, 7) * Oswald Bowe – assistant engineer (1) * Tom Callahan – assistant engineer (1, 6) * George Mayers Jr. – assistant engineer (1) * Ernie Perez – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8) * Roy Sweeting – assistant engineer (1) * Chris Furhman – assistant engineer (2, 4, 6, 8, 9), additional engineer (6, 7) * Joel Iwataki – assistant engineer (2, 4, 6, 8) * Mitchell Osias – assistant engineer (2) * Alejandro Rodriguez – assistant engineer (2, 6, 7) * Kevin Thomas – assistant engineer (2, 6, 8, 9) * Angela R. Dryden – assistant engineer (3, 5, 9) * Dug Larsen – assistant engineer (3, 5, 9), additional engineer (5) * Maurice Puerto – assistant engineer (3) * Christopher Savino – assistant engineer (3) * Vince Caro – assistant engineer (4, 6) * Rob Harvey – assistant engineer (4) * Robin Laine – assistant engineer (4, 6, 9) * Ray Pyle – assistant engineer (6) * Anthony Saunders – assistant engineer (7) * Nick Els – assistant engineer (9) * David Schober – additional engineer (6) * Will Rogers – additional engineer (7) * Adrian Salley – production coordinator * David Brubaker – design * Adrian Buckmaster – photography

Charts

References

External links

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