''Personal Inspirations'' is an album by American R&B singer
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original seven-time Tony Award winning Broadway run of the musical ''The Wiz'' from 1974 to 1979. The song " Home" from t ...
released in 1994 on the independent label GospoCentric Records, it is her first gospel album release. It was produced by Mills, and gospel artist
Donald Lawrence
Donald Lawrence (born May 4, 1961, Gastonia, North Carolina) is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and artist. He is best known for his Grammy Award-nominated songs "The Blessing of Abraham" and "Encourage Yourself".
He studied ...
. Featured, are songs written by gospel/R&B singers'
Marvin Winans,
Angela Winbush,
James Cleveland
James Edward Cleveland (December 5, 1931 – February 9, 1991) was an American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the King of Gospel, Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating trad ...
, and a cover version of "People Get Ready" by
Curtis Mayfield. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Gospel chart, and No. 20 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian chart.
Track listing
# "
I Had a Talk with God" (James Cleveland) - 6:25
# "Sweepin' Through the City" (James Herndon) - 4:10
# "He Cares" (
John P. Kee
John P. Kee (born John Prince Kee on June 4, 1962) is an American gospel singer and pastor.
Kee has been active for more than 20 years in the music field. He is primarily known for mixing traditional gospel with modern contemporary gospel, an ...
) - 5:15
# "In the Morning Time" (Robert Wright) - 4:42
# "Everything You Touch" (Marvin Winans) - 6:13
# "Everybody Ought to Know" - 6:02
# "Power of God" (
Angela Winbush) - 7:36
# "
People Get Ready" (
Curtis Mayfield) - 4:12
# "He Cares"
eprise - 3:25
# "I'm Gonna Make You Proud" (Donald Lawrence) - 3:58
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sourceStephanie Mills - ''Personal Inspirations'' (CD, Album)
Discogs
Personnel
*Stephanie Mills - Lead and backing vocals
*Backing vocals – Tricity Singers (tracks: 1, 5)
*Bass – Mel Gray
*Drums – James Robinson (tracks: 2), Jeremy Hays
*Percussion – Jim Brock
*Guitar – Eric Brice
*Keyboards – Kevin Bond, Stanley Brown (tracks: 4, 8)
*Mixed by Donald Lawrence, Mark Williams, Stephanie Mills
*Engineer by Dave Harris, Donald Lawrence, Mark Williams (tracks: 2), Mike Lawler (tracks: 2)
*Executive producer – Donald Lawrence, Stephanie Mills
*Producer – Donald Lawrence, Kevin Bond (tracks: 5, 6), Stanley Brown (tracks: 4, 8), Stephanie Mills (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10)
Charts
References
External links
''Personal Inspirations'' - amazon.com
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1994 albums
Stephanie Mills albums
GospoCentric Records albums
Urban contemporary gospel albums