''So Intense'' is the only studio album by American R&B singer and songwriter

Lisa Fischer Lisa Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album ''So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back-up singer ...

, released on April 30, 1991. Of the ten songs recorded for the album, "

How Can I Ease the Pain "How Can I Ease the Pain" is a song by American singer Lisa Fischer, from her album '' So Intense''. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden with associate producer Louis Biancaniello. The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the U.S. ''Bil ...

", co-written by Fischer, was her biggest pop and R&B hit. It reached number 11 on the main

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chart and number 1 on the

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chart. The only other single to make an impact was "Save Me", which, while failing to dent the Top 40 of the US Hot 100 (reaching number 74), came close to repeating the success of "How Can I Ease the Pain" on the R&B chart, where it peaked at number 7. The last single, the title track "So Intense", reached number 15 on the R&B chart.

Track listing

Production and personnel

*Tracks 1, 3 & 4 produced by

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

; assistant producers on track 1:

Claytoven Richardson Claytoven Richardson (born 1956, in Berkeley, California) is an American singer, instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and author. Biography Born Clayton D. Richardson on May 23, 1956. Larry Batiste, a childhood friend (and later business pa ...

and Frank Martin; assistant producer on tracks 3 and 4:

Louis Biancaniello Louis John Biancaniello is an American songwriter and record producer. Career Biancaniello's skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice '' I Love Your Smile'', Whitney ...

. Recorded by Marc Rayburn and David Frazier. Mixed by David Frazier. Narada Michael Walden: drums and percussion on all tracks; Claytoven Richardson and Frank Martin: keyboards on track 1; Louis Biancaniello: keyboards on tracks 1, 3 and 4; Ric Wilson: guitars on track 1. *Tracks 2, 5, 6 and 8 produced by

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive P ...

. Tracks 2 and 6 recorded by Paul Brown and Stephen Harrison; Tracks 5 and 8 recorded by Michael White, Deb Cornish & Ray Bardani. Mixed by Ray Bardani. John "Skip" Anderson: keyboards, drums and percussion on tracks 2, 6 and 8; Buddy Williams: drums and percussion on track 5;

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

: synthesizers on tracks 5 and 8, electric bass on track 2;

Georg Wadenius Georg "Jojje" Wadenius (born 4 May 1945) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was particularly active during the 1970s and 1980s as a studio and session guitarist and bassist, as well as for a series of albums of childr ...

and

Hiram Bullock Hiram Law Bullock (September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008) was an American guitarist known mainly for playing in jazz funk and jazz fusion, but he also worked as a session musician in a variety of genres. Biography Bullock was born in Osaka, Jap ...

: guitars on track 5; Paul Jackson Jr.: guitars on track 6;

Dick Oatts Richard Dennis Oatts (born April 2, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator. Biography While growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, Oatts gained an interest in music from his father, Jack Oatts, who was a sa ...

: saxophone on track 5;

Nick Ashford Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

: vocal on track 5; Kevin Owens and Luther Vandross: chorus vocals on tracks 2, 5 and 8; Eugene Van Buren: chorus vocals on track 6; Brenda White-King, Cindy Mizelle and Paulette McWilliams: chorus vocals on track 8. *Track 7 produced by Attala Zane Giles and Cornelius Mims. Recorded by Robert Macias. Mixed by Frank Clark. Attala Zane-Giles: chorus vocals and all instruments. *Track 9 produced by

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

. Arranged by Steve Skinner. Recorded and mixed by Michael O'Reilly. Cindy Mizelle: chorus vocals. Steve Skinner: all instruments. *Track 10 produced by Raymond Jones. Recorded and mixed by "Hill Swimmer", Randy Long and Roy Spong. Raymond Jones: piano, sequencing; Abdou M'Boup, Carol Steele: percussion.

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

''So Intense'' track listing at Discogs''So Intense'' production and personnel at Discogs
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