''Take Me All the Way'' is an album by the American musician

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, released in 1986 on Motown Records. The album features the song "Nail It to the Wall". ''

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'' concluded that, "though Lattisaw's voice has developed muscles and her new aggressive approach is an improvement over her bubblegum soul beginnings, her phrasing and musical personality remain unformed; she sounds like a girl playing dress-up."

Track listing with credits

;Side A #"Jump Into My Life" (Kashif, Paul Gurvitz) 4:17 #*Backing Vocals – Audrey Wheeler, Larry Smith, Cindy Mizelle #*Arranged By acking Vocals Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer – Kashif #*Drum Programming, Associate Producer, Synthesizer – Paul Gurvitz #*Guitar – Ira Siegel #*Percussion –

Bashiri Johnson Bashiri Johnson (born May 12, 1955) is a New York City-based percussionist, whose work has appeared on many records, as well as in commercials, films, television, videogames, and concert performances. He is known to be one of the most recorded ...

#*Associate Producer, Synthesizer x-1– Jeff Smith #"The Hard Way" (Doug James, Sue Schifrin) 3:33 #*Arranged By, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Jim Lang #*Arranged By, Guitar dditional Producer, Synthesizer dditional– Tony Peluso #*Backing Vocals – Alex Brown,

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, Ivory Stone, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Patricia Henley #*Drums ugmentation– Fred Alwag #*Producer – Steve Barri #*Soloist, Lyricon –

Richard Elliot Richard Elliot (born January 16, 1960) is a Scottish-born American saxophonist. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for ''Summer Horns''. Career Elliot started out as a member ...

#"Take Me All the Way" (Narada Michael Walden,

Preston Glass Preston Glass (born January 9, 1960) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. Glass is the winner of six BMI Awards. He has also worked several famous artists such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Kenny G, Natalie Cole and ...

) 4:14 #*Arranged By, Drum Programming, Percussion, Producer – Narada Michael Walden #*Backing Vocals –

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, Karen Brewington #*Bass –

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#*Guitar – Corrado Rustici #*Additional Keyboards –

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#*Keyboards – Preston Glass #"A Little Bit of Heaven" (Arnie Roman, Stephen Broughton Lunt) 3:55 #*Arranged By, Additional Keyboards, Producer – Tony Peluso #*Arranged By, Keyboards, Synthesizer – John Hobbs #*Backing Vocals – Alex Brown, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters #*Bass –

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#*Drums –

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#*Guitar –

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#*Additional Keyboards – Jim Lang #*Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa #*Producer – Steve Barri #*Synclavier – Dale Echnoz #*Soloist, Lyricon – Richard Elliot #"Longshot" (Alan Roy Scott, Gary Pickus) 4:32 #*Arranged By, Keyboards, Synthesizer – John Hobbs #*Backing Vocals – Alex Brown, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters #*Bass – Joe Chemay #*Drums – Paul Leim #*Guitar ills Producer – Tony Peluso #*Producer – Steve Barri #*Synclavier – Craig Harris #*Rhythm Guitar – Dann Huff ;Side B #"Nail It to the Wall" (Arnie Roman, Stephen Broughton Lunt) 4:42 #*Arranged By, Backing Vocals, Drums, Producer – Jellybean #*Arranged By, Percussion, Synthesizer – Fred Zarr #*Backing Vocals – Audrey Wheeler, Louie Vega, Wendell Morrison #*Percussion – Bashiri Johnson #*Saxophone – Jeff Smith #*Vocoder – Stephen Bray #"Love Me Like the First Time" (Frank Wildhorn, Gary Benson) 3:25 #*Arranged By, Keyboards, Synthesizer – John Hobbs #*Bass – Joe Chemay #*Drums – Paul Leim #*Guitar ills Producer – Tony Peluso #*Producer – Steve Barri #*Synclavier – Dale Echnoz #*Rhythm Guitar – Dann Huff #"You Ain't Leavin'" (Bob Garrett, Jack Conrad) 3:48 #*Arranged By, Bass, Drum Programming, Producer – Leon F. Sylvers III #*Arranged By, Keyboards – Joey Gallo #*Backing Vocals – Angie Sylvers, Charmaine Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers #*Keyboards – William Bryant III #*Soloist, Saxophone – Scott Roewe #"Over the Top" (

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, Michael Mugrage) 4:25 #*Arranged By, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Jim Lang #*Arranged By, Producer, Additional Synthesizer – Tony Peluso #*Backing Vocals – Brenda Lee Eager, Ivory Stone, Patricia Henley #*Drums ugmentation– Fred Alwag #*Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr. #*Lyricon olo– Richard Elliot #*Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa #*Additional Percussion, Producer – Steve Barri #"One More Night" (Brian Potter, Frank Wildhorn) 3:43 #*Backing Vocals – Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizelle, Shelly Scruggs #*Co-producer, Drum Programming, Programmed By x-1 Synthesizer – Shelly Scruggs #*Co-producer, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer x-11– Brian Morgan #*Guitar – Ira Siegel #*Percussion – Bashiri Johnson #*Producer – Kashif

References

External links

Take Me All the Way by Stacy Lattisaw at Discogs
Stacy Lattisaw albums 1986 albums Motown albums albums produced by Narada Michael Walden {{1980s-R&B-album-stub