Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)

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Be Yourself
Patti LaBelle - Be Yourself.png
Studio album by
Patti LaBelle
ReleasedJune 26, 1989
Recorded1987–1989
Genre
Length53:38
LabelMCA
Producer
Patti LaBelle chronology
Winner in You
(1986) 		Be Yourself
(1989) 		This Christmas
(1990)
Singles from Be Yourself
  1. "If You Asked Me To"
    Released: June 12, 1989
  2. "Yo Mister"
    Released: July 1989
  3. "I Can't Complain"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune3.5/4 stars[2]
Rolling Stone2.5/5 stars[3]

Be Yourself is the ninth solo album by American singer Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on June 26, 1989 in the United States. Her second album with the company following her 1986 platinum album Winner in You, it features the single, "If You Asked Me To" which was also featured on the soundtrack to the James Bond movie, Licence to Kill (1989), and the R&B top ten Prince-written hit "Yo Mister." The album marked LaBelle's foray into new jack swing music with the tracks "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force, and "Love 89", another Prince contribution.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."If You Asked Me To"Diane WarrenStewart Levine3:58
2."I Can't Complain"
  • Sami McKinney
  • Raymond Jones
  • McKinney
  • Jones
5:08
3."Be Yourself"
James R. "Budd" Ellison5:40
4."Yo Mister"PrincePrince5:08
5."I Got It Like That"Full ForceFull Force5:38
6."Love 89"
Prince5:09
7."Still in Love"
Walden4:36
8."I'm Scared of You"
  • Alan Roy Scott
  • Allan Dennis Rich
  • Scott
  • Rich
4:46
9."Can't Bring Me Down"
  • Tena Clark
  • Gary Prim
Ellison4:13
10."Need a Little Faith"
  • Bacharach
  • Sager
4:00
11."I Can Fly"
  • Theodore McLean
  • Ellison
  • Patti LaBelle
Ellison 

Credits and personnel[]

Credits lifted from the album's liner notes.[4]

  • Track 1 arranged by Aaron Zigman. Produced by Stewart Levine. Recorded and mixed by Darren Klein. Bunny Hull, Paulette Brown, Valerie Pinkston-Mayo: backing vocals; Michael Landau: guitars; Aaron Zigman: keyboards, synthesizers; Lenny Castro: percussion
  • Track 2 arranged and produced by Raymond Jones and Sami McKinney. Recorded and mixed by Larry Fergusson. Gerald Albright: saxophone; Raymond Jones: keyboards; Larry Robinson: drum programming
  • Tracks 3, 9 & 11 produced by James Ellison. Tracks 3 and 9 arranged by James Ellison; Track 11 arranged by Nathaniel Wilkie. Recorded and mixed by Bob Fintz and ; Tracks 3 and 11 remixed by Louie Silas. Annette Hardeman, Desiree Coleman, Paula Holloway, Thelma Houston, Charlene Holloway, Deborah Dukes, Freddie Washington, Gabriel Hardeman Jr., O.J. Smallwood: backing vocals; James Ellison: keyboards, percussion; Nathaniel Wilke: keyboards, synthesizers; George Duke: acoustic piano; James Herbert Smith: guitars; Lenny Castro: percussion; Jim Salamone: drum programming
  • Tracks 4 and 6 arranged, produced and played by Prince. Recorded, mixed and remixed by Timmy Regisford.
  • Track 5 arranged, produced, recorded and mixed by Full Force. Full Force: all instruments, backing vocals; Lisa Lisa, Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley: backing vocals
  • Track 7 arranged by Jerry Hey. Produced by Narada Michael Walden. Recorded and mixed by David Frazer. Claytoven Richardson, Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Melisa Kary: backing vocals; Corrado Rustici: guitars; David Sancious, Walter Afanasieff: keyboards; Randy Jackson: Moog Prodigy synth bass; Kenny G: saxophone; Narada Michael Walden: drums, drum programming; Gigi Gonaway: cymbals and percussion
  • Track 8 arranged and produced by Alan Roy Scott and Alan Dennis Rich. Lyndie White, Mona Rae Campbell, Ronee Martin: backing vocals; Mark Leggett: guitars; Brad Cole: keyboards; Dominic Genova: bass; Tom Walsh: drums, percussion
  • Track 10 arranged and produced by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. Recorded and mixed by Mick Guzauski. Joe Pizzulo, Julia, Maxine and Oren Waters, Phil Perry, Stephanie Spruill: backing vocals; Randy Kerber: acoustic piano; Michael Boddicker: synthesizers; Dann Huff: guitars; Neil Stubenhaus: bass; Jeff Porcaro: drums; Lenny Castro: percussion

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Be Yourself - Patti LaBelle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Patti LaBelle Be Yourself (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR..." Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. ^ "RollingStone.com - Patti LaBelle Recordings". 4 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 May 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Be Yourself (booklet). Patti LaBelle. MCA Records. 1989.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Patti LaBelle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Patti LaBelle Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
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