Track Listing
1. Next Time
2. I Don't Want to Know
3. I'll Fall in Love If You Hang Around
4. Our Love
5. Home Alone
6. Choice of Colors
7. Guilty
8. Somehow He Loves Me
9. End of the Road Medley: If You Don't Know Me by Now/Love Don't ...: If You Don't Know Me By Now / Love Don't Love Nobody / End Of The Road
| Details | | Playing Time: | 48 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Babyface, Be Be Winans, BeBe Winans, George Duke, Howard Hewett, Jimmy Jam, Johnny Gill, Karyn White | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Gladys Knight (vocals); Attala Zane Giles (various instruments); Paul Jackson, Jr., Spencer Bean (guitar); Melinda Marshall (violin); Sarah Lewis (cello); Everette Harp (alto saxophone); Andrew Snitzer, Ronnie Cuber (saxophone); Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Herb Besson (trombone); Jimmy Wright (keyboards, background vocals); Vernell Brown (keyboards); Reggie Hamilton, Mark Haynes (bass); Stokley Williams (drums); Andrew Brown (drums, programming); Rayford Griffin (programming).
Producers include: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Babyface, Be Be Winans, Attala Zane Giles.
Engineers include: Steve Hodge, Brad Gilderman, Thom Russo.
Recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, Minnesota; Larrabee Studios, Hollywood, California; The Enterprise Studios, Burbank, California; Oasis Studio, Las Vegas, Nevada; Hit Factory, New York.
Personnel: Gladys Knight (vocals, background vocals); Voncielle Faggett, Jackie Simley (vocals, background vocals); Mildred Spikes, Michael Williams, Kurt Carr, Alex Brown, Tina Fabrique (vocals); Spencer Bean, Mike Scott , Paul Jackson, Jr. , Ray Fuller (guitar); Daria Tedeschi, Melinda Marshall, Hanley Daws, Elsa Nilsson, Helen Foli, Carolyn Daws (violin); Alice Preves, Evelina Chao (viola); Sarah Lewis, Laura Sewell (cello); Attala Zane Giles (strings); Ken Holeman (flute, clarinet); Richard Centalonza, Andy Snitzer, Ronnie Cuber, Lawrence Feldman (saxophone); Everette Harp (alto saxophone); Chris Botti, Tony Kadleck, Kent Smith (trumpet); Herb Besson, Michael Davis , Keith O'Quinn (trombone); Charles Love (piano); George Duke (keyboards, drum programming); Jimmy Wright (keyboards, background vocals); Danny Baker, Jimmy Jam (keyboards); Rhett Lawrence (synthesizer, drums, programming, drum programming); Babyface (synthesizer, background vocals); Andrew T. Brown , Land Richards, Stokley Williams (drums); Jim Saporito, David Knight (percussion); Jeff Taylor , Ray Griffin (drum programming); Libby Turner, Tony Tolbert, Reggie Burrell, Howard Hewett, Johnny Gill, Karyn White, Valerie Davis, BeBe Winans, Benjamin Wright, Billy Steele (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dave Way; Jon Gass; Mick Guzauski; Barney Perkins.
Audio Remixer: Mick Guzauski.
Arranger: Benjamin Wright.
On Just for You, Gladys Knight is joined by some of the most successful producers in the urban contemporary field, including George Duke, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Babyface (who had parted company with L.A. Reid) and Attala Zane Giles. The result is a decent R&B/pop effort that, although not in a class with Knight's classic Motown and Buddha recordings with the Pips, has more strengths than weaknesses. The singer's voice had held up impressively well over the years, and she uses it advantageously on a superb cover of the Impressions' 1969 classic "Choice of Colors" (clearly the highlight of the CD), as well as such memorable offerings as the gospel-influenced "Guilty" (a commentary on racism and sexism that makes its point without preaching) and the stirring ballad "Home Alone." The CD isn't essential, but it's generally honest, well-executed and satisfying. ~ Alex Henderson
Editorial Reviews
...the ballads sound as timeless as her rousing rendition of Curtis Mayfield's 25-year-old `Choice Of Colors'... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (09/23/1994)
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