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by R&B singer

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under the name Mario "Yellow Man" Winans. The album was released on June 24, 1997 under

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Track listing

# "Prayerlude" (Mario Winans) (0:59) # "Every Now and Then" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (4:16) # "Stay with Me" (Mario Winans) (4:32) # "Arouse Me" (Mario Winans) (4:41) # "Don't Know" (Mario Winans, Artie Hoyle) (3:59) # "Love Man" (Mario Winans) (4:34) # "I Wanna Be Your Man" (Interlude) (Mario Winans) (0:55) # "You Never Know" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (3:56) # "Come Back Home" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (4:43) # "My Sweetheart" (Mario Winans) (3:36) # "Don't Know Remix" (featuring

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and Allure) (Mario Winans, Mason Betha, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier) (4:35) # "It's All Good" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (3:48) # "Don't Take Your Love Away" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (3:45) # "One Last Chance" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (3:57) # "Love Is in the Air" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (5:26) # "Loving Arms" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (3:58) # "Take My Breath Away" (Mario Winans, Kenneth "Hicklo" Hickson) (4:14)

Personnel

*Mario Winans: All instruments and drum programming on all songs except "Don't Know (Remix)", executive producer * Donyell Boynton: Additional keyboards on "Don't Take Your Love Away" *Poke And Tone: Drum programming on "Don't Know (Remix)" *Timothy "Tyme" Riley: Keyboards on "Don't Know (Remix)" *Brian Smith: Recording engineer * Paul D. Allen: Recording engineer, mixing *Carlton Lynn: Recording engineer *Bryan Frye: Recording engineer *Robin Moore: Recording engineer, mixing *Alvin Speights: mixing *Vernon Mungo: mixing *

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: Executive producer *Andrew "Sugar Dice" Ramhdanny: Executive producer *Herb Powers: Mastering *Elli Hershko: Photography *David Harley: Art direction, design

Samples

*"Every Now and Then" contains a sample of "Make Me Say It Again Girl" as performed by

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*"Don't Know" contains a sample of "With You in Mind" as performed by

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*"Don't Know (Remix)" contains an interpolation of "A Day in the Life" as performed by

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featuring

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*"It's All Good" contains a sample of "I'll Be Good to You" as performed by

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*"Don't Take Your Love Away" contains an interpolation of "Westchester Lady" as performed by Bob James *"One Last Chance" contains a sample of "Sarah Victoria" as performed by Acoustic Alchemy

References

1997 debut albums Mario Winans albums {{1990s-R&B-album-stub