''The Message'' is the sixth

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by American singer

Chi Coltrane Chi Coltrane (born November 6, 1948) is an American rock/gospel music, gospel singer, songwriter and pianist. She first came to notice in 1972 with the single "Thunder and Lightning (Chi Coltrane song), Thunder and Lightning". Her 1973 song "G ...

, released in 1986 by German label

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. "I Didn't Want to Fall in Love" was the sole single to be released from the album.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for

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, critic Charles Donovan wrote that "''The Message'' follows the same pattern as ''

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'' -- a grab-bag of uptempo, synth numbers, and languid ballads.", adding that "As before, nothing here wrenches the heart in the way Coltrane's first few albums did."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''The Message''. *

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and background vocals;

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;

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Laurence Cottle Laurence Cottle (born 16 December 1961) is a Welsh bass guitarist and composer. Career His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, ''The Ot ...

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* Stuart Elliott —

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;

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— percussion * Richard Cottle —

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* Phil Smith — saxophone * Neal Sidwell —

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* Steve Sidwell —

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Paul Carman —

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Peter King — backing vocals * Sheila Parker — backing vocals * Sheryl Parker — backing vocals * Carl Jones — backing vocals on "Work to Make Money" Production and artwork * Chi Coltrane – producer * Haydn Bendall –

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* BN – mastering engineer * Carsten Maass –

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; cover

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Message (Chi Coltrane album), The Chi Coltrane albums 1986 albums Pop rock albums by American artists