''Unpredictable'' is an album by the American singer

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

. Released on February 22, 1977, by

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, the album includes the single " I've Got Love on My Mind", which peaked at No. 5 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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and topped the R&B chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Natalie Cole – lead vocals * Tennyson Stephens,

Marvin Yancy Marvin Jerome Yancy (May 31, 1950 – March 22, 1985) was an American gospel musician, pastor and Grammy-winning record producer, and former pastor of Fountain of Life Baptist Church. He started his music career, in 1971, with The Independents, w ...

– keyboards * Terry Fryer – synthesizer * Criss Johnson – guitar *

Phil Upchurch Philip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and bassist. Career Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels, before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, and ...

– acoustic guitar * Larry Ball – bass guitar * Donnell Hagan – drums * Derf Reklaw – percussion * The Colettes – backing vocals * The N Sisters – backing vocals *

Gene Barge James Gene Barge (born August 9, 1926) is an American tenor and alto saxophonist, composer in several bands, and actor. Biography Born in Norfolk, Virginia in August 1926, he was a founding member of the 1960s band The Church Street Five, which ...

– rhythm arrangements (1-5, 7, 8, 10) * Richard Evans – horn and string arrangements, rhythm arrangements (6, 9)

Production

* Producers – Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy * Co-Producer on Track 3 – Gene Barge * Executive Producer – Larkin Arnold * Engineers – Paul Serrano and Steve Hodge * Remixed at

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(Los Angeles, CA). * Mastered by Wally Traugott at

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(Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction – Roy Kohara * Photography – Raul Vega * Management – Kevin Hunter at New Direction (Los Angeles, CA). * Janice Williams - spiritual adviser

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

*
Unpredictable
' at

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