''Let Me Tickle Your Fancy'' is the ninth studio album by
Jermaine Jackson, released in 1982. It was his final album for
Motown Records
Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmant ...
. It reached No. 46 on the
''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and No. 9 on the
Top R&B LPs chart. The title track peaked at No. 5 on the soul singles chart.
Track listing
Personnel
* Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, bass guitar, drums, percussion, congas
*
Ronnie Foster – keyboards
* Denzil Miller – keyboards, synth bass
*
Paul Jackson, Jr.
Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...
– guitars, bass guitar
*
Nathan East
Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...
– bass guitar
* Tal Hawkins – bass guitar
*
Ollie E. Brown
Ollie E. Brown (sometimes credited as simply Ollie Brown) (born April 20, 1953) is an American drummer, percussionist, record producer, and high-school basketball coach. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in ...
– drums
*
James Gadson – drums
*
Jonathan Moffett – drums
* Arnold Ramsey – drums
* Karen Jackson – percussion
*
Randy Jackson
Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive and television presenter, perhaps best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013.
Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bas ...
– percussion
* Godfrey Watson – percussion
* Monica Pege – additional backing vocals (1)
*
Spud and Pud Devo – additional backing vocals (1)
* Adonis Hampton – additional backing vocals
* Marti McCall – additional backing vocals
* Gonzales Ozen – additional backing vocals
* Stephanie Spruill – additional backing vocals
Arrangements
* Jermaine Jackson – rhythm arrangements (1-5, 6, 7, 9, 10), horn arrangements (2, 6, 7, 8)
* Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm arrangements (2, 3)
* Benjamin Wright – horn arrangements (2)
*
Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (3, 6, 7)
* Denzil Miller – rhythm arrangements (4, 5, 6)
*
Gene Page – string arrangements (4, 5)
* John McClain – rhythm arrangements (8), horn arrangements (8)
* George Del Barrio – string arrangements (10)
Production
*
Berry Gordy – producer, executive producer
* Jermaine Jackson – producer
* Hazel Jackson – executive producer
* Michael Schuman – recording, mixing
*
Mick Guzauski
Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer.
His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalía's ...
– assistant engineer
* Bob Harlan – assistant engineer
* Robin Laine – assistant engineer
* Keith Seppanen – assistant engineer
* John Matousek – mastering
* Johnny Lee – art direction, design
*
Ron Slenzak
Ronald J. Slenzak (born January 29, 1948) is an American photographer, best known for photographing record album covers. Some of the album covers that he has photographed include ''Spitfire'' (Jefferson Starship), ''Huey Lewis and the News'' (the ...
– photography
;Studios
* Recorded at Yamaha Research and Development Studio (Glendale, California).
* Mixed at
The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California).
* Mastered at
Hitsville U.S.A.
"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, near the New Center area. The house was purch ...
(Los Angeles, California).
References
External links
Jermaine Jackson-Let Me Tickle Your Fancy at Discogs
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1982 albums
Jermaine Jackson albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page
Albums produced by Berry Gordy
Motown albums