''Twice the Love'' is a 1988 studio album by American guitarist and singer
George Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, play ...
that was recorded with six production teams. The two main singles off the record were the title track "Twice the Love" and the
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. song "Let's Do It Again" which was a No. 1 hit for
The Staple Singers in 1975.
Reception
Like some of Benson's other pop albums, ''Twice the Love'' was criticized for the lack of his guitar playing and creative jazz influence, generally labeled as an "attempt to chase the charts".
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Track listing
Personnel
Musicians:
[as on album cover]
* George Benson – lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (1, 3-6, 9, 11), lead guitar (8)
* 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 ...
– keyboards (1), bass sequencing (1), drum programming (1), arrangements (1)
* Jay Graydon – synthesizers (2), drums (2), arrangements (2)
* Randy Kerber
Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb
Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...
– synthesizers (2)
* Claude Gaudette – keyboards (3, 4), arrangements (3, 4)
* Wayne Lewis – keyboards (5, 6), drum programming (6)
* Rich Aronson – additional keyboards (5), programming (6), synthesizer sweetening (6)
* Kevin Deane – additional keyboards (5)
* Jonathan Lewis – additional programming (5), programming (6)
* Barry Eastmond – keyboards (7, 8, 10), string arrangements and conductor (7, 8, 10), rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10)
* Eric Rehl – synthesizers (7, 8, 10)
* Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (9)
* David Garfield – keyboards (11)
* Bob Baldwin – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
* Stephen Fox – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
* Michael Urbaniak
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– synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
* Dean Parks – guitar (2)
* Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (3, 4), additional guitar (5)
* Andy Bloch – guitar (6)
* Ira Siegel – guitar (7, 8, 10)
* Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...
– bass (2)
* Neil Stubenhaus
Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.
Career
He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was re ...
– bass (3, 4)
* Marcus Miller
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...
– bass (6), all other instruments than guitar (9)
* Wayne Brathwaite – bass (7, 8, 10), rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10), drum machine programming (8)
* Bill Champlin
William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the band Chicago from 1981–2009. ...
– drums (2), backing vocals (2), arrangements (2)
* Dennis Matkosky – drums (2), arrangements (2)
* Mike Baird
Michael Bruce Baird (born 1 April 1968) is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South ...
– drums (3, 4)
* David Lewis – drum programming (5, 6), additional keyboards (6), additional guitar (6), synthesizer bass (6)
* Terry Silverlight – drums (7, 10)
* Lenny Castro
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– percussion (3, 4)
* 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 ...
– percussion (7, 8, 10)
* Bobby Caldwell
Robert Hunter Caldwell (born August 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He released several albums spanning R&B, soul, jazz and adult contemporary. He is known for his soulful and versatile vocals. Caldwell released the ...
– arrangements (2)
* Gene Page
Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.
His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...
– synthesizer sweetening arrangements (6)
* Richard Henrickson – concertmaster for strings (7, 8)
* Frankie Blue – backing vocals (1)
* Alex Brown – backing vocals (1)
* Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (1)
* Angel Rogers – backing vocals (1)
* Jason Scheff – backing vocals (2)
* Siedah Garrett
Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...
– backing vocals (3, 4)
* Franne Golde
Francine Vicki Golde, better known as Franne Golde or Frannie Golde, is an American songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Golde has received BMI awards for singles with ...
– backing vocals (3)
* Niki Haris
Niki Haris (born April 17, 1962) is an American singer and dancer of pop, R&B, dance music and jazz, perhaps best known for having been one of Madonna's backing vocalists from 1987 to 2001, and as being the guest lead vocalist on various Snap! s ...
– backing vocals (3, 4)
* Dennis Lambert
Dennis Earle Lambert (born 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.
Career
Lambert began his music career in 1960 when he signed to Capitol Records as a recording artist. By the mid-1960s, he was w ...
– backing vocals (3)
* Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 4)
* Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (5)
* Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (5)
* Vaneese Thomas
Vaneese Yseult Thomas (born August 24, 1952) is an American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer, best known for her 1987 US ''Billboard'' R&B chart hit single, "Let's Talk It Over". In addition, in more recent times, she has supplied backing vocal ...
– backing vocals (5-8, 10)
* Genobia Jeter – backing vocals (6)
* Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (6)
* Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (7, 10)
* Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (7, 8, 10)
* Thomas Flammia – backing vocals (7, 10)
* Curtis King – backing vocals (7)
* Diane Garisto – backing vocals (8)
Production
* Maureen Droney – engineer and mixing (1)
* Jay Graydon – engineer and mixing (2)
* Mick Guzauski
Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer.
His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalí ...
– mixing (2)
* David Bianco – recording and mixing (3, 4)
* Bino Espinoza – recording (3, 4)
* Jim Boyer – engineer (5, 9, 11) mixing (9, 11)
* Earl Cohen – mixing (5, 6), engineer (6)
* Carl Beatty – engineer and mixing (7, 8, 10)
* Les Cooper – assistant engineer (1)
* Mark Cretella – assistant engineer (1, 3, 4, 5-11)
* Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer (1)
* Mitch Zelezny – assistant engineer (1)
* Jamie Chaleff – assistant engineer (3, 4)
* Jeff Poe – assistant engineer (3, 4)
* Tim Leitner – assistant engineer (5, 9, 11)
* Erik Zobler – additional engineer (5)
* Iris Cohen – assistant engineer (6, 7, 8, 10)
* Mike Russo – assistant engineer (6)
* John Wise – assistant engineer (6)
* Fernando Kral – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
* George Pappadapoulous – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
* Mark Pattis – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
* Bruce Robbins – technical assistant (7, 8, 10)
* Doug Sax
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– mastering at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
Additional credits:
* George Benson – executive producer
* Tommy LiPuma – album sequencing
* Valerie Hobel – production assistant (2)
* Marrianne Pellicci – production coordinator (3, 4)
* Lu Snead – project administrator
* Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
* Mary Ann Dibs – art direction and design
* Robert Hakalski – photography
* Terry Robertson – illustration
* Ken Fritz Management, LA – direction
Charts
Certifications
References
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George Benson albums
1988 albums
Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma
Warner Records albums