''Say It Again'' is the third album by American R&B singer

Jermaine Stewart William Jermaine Stewart (September 7, 1957 – March 17, 1997) was an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, best known for his 1986 hit single "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

. It was released in 1988 on

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; his second full-length album for the label, and his final album to be released in North America. The title track of the album reached No. 27 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

Stewart told ''

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'' in 1988, "The album is definitely a progression. Vocally I've grown up and I was able to project a lot of the feeling and truth contained in the songs."

Track listing

Outtakes: # "You Promise", B-side on the "Say It Again" single # "Imagine", B-side on the "Get Lucky" single and later included on the compilation album ''

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'' # "Places", B-side on the "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" single and later included on ''Attention'' # "Search", B-side on the "Is It Really Love" single and later included on ''Attention''; also released as "Search for Love" on the B-side of the single "Hot & Cold" # "Attention", included on the album ''Attention''

Personnel

Musicians *

– lead and backing vocals *

André Cymone André Cymone (born Andre Simon Anderson; June 27, 1958) is an American bassist, songwriter and record producer. Cymone was a bass guitarist for Prince's touring band, pre-Revolution. Cymone began a solo career in 1981. His song, "The Dance El ...

– all instruments *

Jerry Knight Jerry Ernest Knight (April 17, 1952 — December 29, 1996) was an American R&B vocalist and bassist who reached prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which he was part of several groups and had a brief solo career. Career A Los ...

– all instruments, backing vocals * Aaron Zigman – all instruments * Greg Porter – guitar solo on track 5 *

Marty Walsh Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and former union official. He has been the 29th United States Secretary of Labor since March 23, 2021. A Democrat, he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014, ...

– guitar solo on track 8 *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horn section on tracks 2 & 11 * Bill Reichenbach – horn section on tracks 2 & 11 * Kim Hutchcroft – horn section on tracks 2 & 11 *

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

– sax solo on track 11 * Michael Lacata – drum fills on track 8 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion on track 10 * Marva King – backing vocals * Muffy Hendrix – backing vocals * Angel Rogers – backing vocals *

Jody Watley Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist,USA Today (February 16, 1996), Best Bets: Albums Jody Watley Greatest Hits, "Few singers fired up the disco like Jody Watley who set trends ...

– backing vocals * Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn – backing vocals * Pam Hutchinson – backing vocals *

James Ingram James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Awards, Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Original ...

– backing vocals *

Josie James Josephine James is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and recording artist. James is best known for her performances on Burt Bacharach’s world tours, such as her feature song “ Anyone Who Had a Heart". James is also the lead vocalist o ...

– backing vocals * Deneice Williams – backing vocals *

Jackie James Jackie James is a Scottish singer/songwriter and keyboard player. James wrote the Million seller, " Heartbeat" for the group Steps, and went on to write more songs for the group. She has also written songs for Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez and ...

– backing vocals on tracks 3 & 9 Production * Bobby Brooks – engineer * Coke Johnson – engineer * Ta Avi Mote – engineer * Victor Flores – engineer * Keith Cohen – engineer *

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 ...

– engineer * Gary Wagner – engineer * Csaba Petocz – engineer * Jared Held – assistant engineer * Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer * Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer * Elmer Flores – assistant engineer * John Arrias – additional engineer * Jamie Yvette Snyder-Newman – production coordinator (André Cymone) *

Clive Davis Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer, A&R executive, record executive, and lawyer. He has won five Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer, in 2000. From 1967 to 1 ...

– executive producer Note *In the booklet, engineer "Jarod Held" is credited as "Jared Held", vocalist "Deniece Williams" as "Denise Williams" and vocalist "Wanda Vaughn" as "Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn".

Charts

References

External links

Jermaine Stewart's page on Artists With AIDS''Say It Again''
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