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, her second solo album with

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. Compared to the success of her debut album, released the previous year, the album performed only modestly well but featured the popular tunes "Eyes in the Back of My Head", which became a club hit, the Latin soul flavored "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)", the

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composition "I See Home" (covered a year later by

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) and the ballad "Little Girls". "Eyes in the Back of My Head" became an international hit reaching the top five of the Italian singles chart. The album also featured covers of songs by

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and

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in addition to a couple songs co-written by LaBelle herself, including "Teach Me Tonight" and "Quiet Time".

Track listing

#" Save the Last Dance for Me" (

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) - 5:05 #"Monkey See Monkey Do" ( Michael Franks) - 5:12 #"Little Girls" (

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) - 6:46 #"You Make It Hard to Say No" (

) - 5:35 #"Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) - 5:21 #"Quiet Time" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) - 5:05 #"Don't Let Go" (

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) - 4:06 #"I See Home" (Allee Willis,

) - 5:57 #"Eyes in the Back of My Head" (

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) - 5:25 ;2014 remaster :10. "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)" ingle Version- 3:26 :11. "Little Girls" ingle Version- 3:58 :12. "Eyes in the Back of My Head" 2" Disco Version- 8:00 :13. "Save the Last Dance for Me" 2" Disco Version- 7:14

Personnel

* Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, musical direction, vocal arrangements, backing vocals (5) * James Budd Ellison – keyboards, musical direction, vocal arrangements *

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– acoustic piano (5) *

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– guitars *

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– guitars *

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– guitars * Eddie N. Watkins Jr. – bass (1-4, 6-9) * Pablo Tellez – bass (5) * Ollie E. Brown – drums (1) *

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– drums (2-4, 6-9) *

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– drums (5) *

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–

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* Raul Rekow –

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s (1, 2) *

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–

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(5) *

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– orchestral arrangements and conductor (3, 8) * Teresa Adams – orchestra direction (3, 8) * Nathan Rubin – concertmaster (3, 8) * Al Bent – brass arrangements (4, 5) *

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Production

* David Rubinson – producer, engineer * Fred Catero – engineer * Chris Minto – assistant engineer * Cheryl Ward – assistant engineer *

Tony Lane Anthony Samuel Lane (May 2, 1944 – January 1, 2016) began his career as an assistant to Alexey Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar, and became an early art director for Rolling Stone magazine. He was the designer of iconic album covers for Simon & Garf ...

– art direction, design * Weldon Andersen – back cover photography * Benno Friedman – front cover photography * George Annis – music copyist * Vicki Gray – music copyist * Tony Kaye – music copyist

2014 Reissue Credits

* Wayne A. Dickson – producer, additional remastering * Michal L. Bednarek – associate producer * Malcolm McKenzie – associate producer * Christian John Wikane – associate producer * Nick Robbins – remastering

Charts

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References

{{Authority control 1978 albums Patti LaBelle albums Albums produced by Dave Rubinson Epic Records albums