''M.Y.O.B.'' (a.k.a. ''Mind Your Own Business'') is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter

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, released on March 6, 2001 on her own Golden Egg record label. It was released in Japan by

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under the Portazul label with the bonus track "Light the World" featuring

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. The album was included in the 2017 box set '' We Could Be Together'', with two additional songs and two remixes as bonus tracks.

Singles

"M.Y.O.B." was promoted as a single first. Billboard's Dance single reviewer described follow-up single "What You Want" as "a cutting-edge moment, featuring the recognizable vocals of this old friend and soul-saturating production from never-failing maestro emixerTony Moran" but acknowledged that DJs may have "lingering prejudices" against Gibson. The single received light airplay in Spring 2001 but did not chart. "What You Want", released as the first single, was heavily promoted and has an accompanying

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; however, "What You Want" just missed charting on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "What You Want" did get some

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/dance format radio airplay, but airplay stalled and faded since the single came with no club mixes. This single includes "Comes Right Back" (Campfire Mix), which was not included on ''M.Y.O.B.'' "Your Secret" was released as a single with remixes by Mike Rizzo; the song did not chart on any major chart. Gibson's company, Golden Egg Records, coordinated a set of remixes of "Jaded" from remixer Musica Technica but failed to provide the remixer the vocal audio before Gold Egg Records shut down for a period of time starting in 2002.

Track listing

Personnel

*Deborah Gibson *

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- guitar (tracks 2, 4-10) *Steve Lashley - bass (tracks 5, 6, 8) *Gary Corbett - keyboards, programming (tracks 2, 4-10) *

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- percussion (tracks 2, 4-6, 8-10) *Brenda White King (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), Cindy Mizelle (tracks 2, 4-10),

Fonzi Thornton Alfonso "Fonzi" Thornton is a U.S. songwriter/producer and vocal contractor. In a career spanning 40 years, Thornton has sung backing vocals for top artists across many genres of music. His vocal credits can be found on the recordings of Aret ...

(tracks 2, 4-10),

Robin Clark Robin Clark is an American vocalist known for her work as a vocalist on David Bowie's 1975 album ''Young Americans'' and Simple Minds' 1985 album ''Once Upon a Time''. Clark was born in New York. In 1966, when Clark was 16, she and future s ...

(tracks 2, 5, 8) - backing vocals with: *Ira Siegel (track 1), Larry Saltzman (track 11) - guitar *Zev Katz (tracks 7, 9), Conrad Korsch (track 10) - bass

References

External links

* * * 2001 albums Debbie Gibson albums Self-released albums Soul albums by American artists {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub