Johnny Gill (1983 album)
1983 studio album by Johnny Gill
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Johnny Gill is the debut studio album[A] by American singer-songwriter Johnny Gill, released on April 6, 1983, by Cotillion Records.[2] The album was produced by Freddie Perren.[1] It did not chart in the United States; however, the album's two singles, "Super Love" and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby", peaked at number 29 and number 57 on the Billboard R&B chart, respectively.[4]
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| Released | April 12, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | September 1982 – March 1983 | |||
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| Length | 41:02 | |||
| Label | Cotillion | |||
| Producer | Freddie Perren[1] | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Super Love" |
| 4:51 |
| 2. | "Thank You" |
| 4:30 |
| 3. | "Show Her Love" | Ric Wyatt, Jr. | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Guilty" |
| 3:38 |
| 5. | "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Sam & Dave cover) | 3:58 | |
| 6. | "Every Radio" | Ric Wyatt, Jr. | 4:04 |
| 7. | "I'm Sorry" |
| 3:56 |
| 8. | "I Love Makin' Music" |
| 5:12 |
| 9. | "You" | Frederick Knight | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Half Steppin'" |
| 3:51 |
| Total length: | 41:02 | ||
Personnel
- Johnny Gill – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, lead guitar, drums, bongos
- Freddie Perren – arranger, producer, synthesizer bass, rhythm arrangements, drum programming
- Clarence McDonald – piano
- Cornelius Mims – bass
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
- Eddie Watkins – bass
- Elliot Wolff – synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, arranger
- Dennis King – mastering
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Ric Wyatt Jr. – synthesizer, arranger, piano, synthesizer bass, producer, backing vocals, keyboards
- David Michael Kennedy – photography
- Ed Biggs – engineer, remixing
- Ronald Adkins – backing vocals
- Larry R. McIntosh – backing vocals
- Harold Ferguson – backing vocals
- James Goforth – engineer
- Gene Page – string arrangements
- Wade Marcus – string arrangements
- Bob Brown – remixing
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs – synthesizer strings
- John Barnes – Fender Rhodes
- Robert Bowles – guitar programming
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
- Charles Fearing – guitar
Notes
- Gill had a second eponymous album released in 1990.[3]