Always You (album)
Always You is the fourth studio album by singer James Ingram, released in 1993 on Qwest Records. The album got to No. 27 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart.Overview
Always You was executively produced by Benny Medina.
The album cut, "Someone Like You", reached No. 33 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.Track listing
Production
- Producers – Keith Thomas ; James Ingram and Thom Bell ; Maurice White.
- Executive Producers – James Ingram, Thom Bell and Benny Medina.
- Production Coordination – Todd Moore
- Engineers – Bill Whittington ; Clark Germain ; Paul Klingberg.
- Assistant Engineers – Todd Moore ; Mike Corbett, Roy Gamble ; Mark Guilbeault ; Mark Fergesen.
- Mixing – Bill Whittington, Mick Guzauski.
- Mix Assistant – Jeff Graham
- Mastered By Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
- Management – AMG International
Personnel
- James Ingram – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboard programming, arrangements
- Keith Thomas – arrangements, keyboards, bass programming, drum programming
- Thom Bell – keyboards, arrangements and conductor
- Wayne Linsey – keyboards, keyboard programming, drum programming
- Bill Meyers – keyboards, arrangements
- Mike McKnight – keyboard programming, bass programming
- Jerry McPherson – guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar solo
- Carlos Rios – guitar
- Michael Thompson – guitar
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass samples
- Larry Kempel – bass guitar
- Mark Hammond – drum programming
- Ricky Lawson – drums
- Enzo Todesco – drums
- Farrell Morris – chimes, timpani
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Gerald Albright – saxophone
- Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Gary Herbig – flute
- Dan Higgins – flute
- Larry Williams – flute
- George Bohanon – horn
- Rick Culver – horn
- David Duke – horn
- Gary Grant – horn
- Jerry Hey – horn
- Alan Kaplan – horn
- Lew McCreary – horn
- Brad Warnaar – horn
- Jim Atkinson – horn
- Greg Williams – horn
- Mark Adams – horn
- Charles Loper – horn
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horn
- Gayle Levant – harp
- Robert Becker – strings
- Robert Brosseau – strings
- Kenneth Burwood Hoy – strings
- Larry Corbett – strings
- Joel Derouin – strings
- Bruce Dukov – strings
- Henry Ferber – strings
- Joe Goodman – strings
- Diana Halprin – strings
- Pat Johnson – strings
- Karen Jones – strings
- Suzie Katayama – strings
- Janet Lakatos – strings
- Michael Markman – strings
- Dan Neufeld – strings
- Sid Page – strings
- Sheldon Sanov – strings
- Kwihee Shamban – strings
- Evan Wilson – strings
- Hershel Wise – strings
- Rick Gerding – strings
- Endre Granat – strings
- Brian Dembow – strings
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
- Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
- Bob Bailey – backing vocals
- Guy Penrod – backing vocals
- Mervyn Warren – backing vocals
- Chris Willis – backing vocals
- Alvin Chea – backing vocals
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
- Carolyn Perry – backing vocals
- Darlene Perry – backing vocals
- Lori Perry – backing vocals
- Phil Perry – backing vocals
- Sharon Perry – backing vocals
- The Aquarian Brothers – backing vocals
- Maurice White – backing vocals
- The Boys Choir of Harlem – backing vocals
- Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals
;Additional Credits
- Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
- Design – Jeri Heiden and Laurie Griffin
- Photography – Mark Hanauer
- Stylist – Cecille Parker
Charts