''Something Real'' is the thirteenth studio album by American recording R&B artist Stephanie Mills. It was released by

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on November 24, 1992. Her final recording with the music label, the album peaked at number 22 on the US

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chart. Its lead single "All Day, All Night" reached the top 20 on the

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chart also her second single"Never do You Wrong" reach the top 20 on the hot R&B singles chart at #18. The song "All In How Much We Give" was written for the animated musical adventure comedy film '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' (1992).

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from album booklet.''Something Real'' (CD, Album)
at Discogs *Co-producer – Stephanie Mills (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Legassick (tracks: 3) *Executive-Producer – Stephanie Mills *Mastered By – Steve Hall *Drums – Bronek (tracks: 7), Rodney Barber (tracks: 10) *Guitar –

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(tracks: 3), Eric Brice (tracks: 5),

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

(tracks: 7), hythm Guitar- Marlon McClain (tracks: 8) *Backing Vocals – Alexandra Brown, Lorraine Perry, Tonya Kelly (tracks: 1-2), Donald Lawrence, Reginald Adams, Richard Odom, Rodney Barber, Terry Phillips (tracks: 3-5), Donald Lawrence, Reginald Adams, Richard Odom, Rodney Barber, Stephanie Mills, Terry Phillips, Terry Wood, Tonya Harris (tracks: 6-8), Donald Lawrence, Reginald Adams, Richard Odom, Terry Phillips (tracks: 10, 11), Terri Robinson (tracks:12) *Saxophone –

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(tracks: 2),

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(tracks: 6, 11) *Bass – James McKay (tracks: 10) *Keyboards –

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(tracks: 6, 8, 9, 11), Kevin Bond (tracks: 5, 10) *Mixed By – Donald Lawrence (tracks: 5, 10), Elliott Peters (tracks: 12), Rodney Barber (tracks: 5, 10), Tony Peluso (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), Victor Flores (tracks: 1, 2) *Producer – Dave "Jam" Hall (tracks: 12), Donald Lawrence (tracks: 5, 10), Kenny Harris (tracks: 7), Stephanie Mills (tracks: 8, 11), Steve Barri (tracks: 3, 4, 6-9, 11), Tony Peluso (tracks: 3, 4, 6-9, 11), Vassal Benford (tracks: 1, 2) *Recorded By – David Kennedy (tracks: 12), Mark Williams (2) (tracks: 5, 10), Tony Peluso (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), Tracy Schnieder (tracks: 5, 10), Victor Flores (tracks: 1, 2) *Recorded By dditional– Bobby Brooks (tracks: 3), Jeff Lorber (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 11)

Charts

References

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