Best Selection

Tracklist

• 1
  I Don’t Care What People Say
  3:38
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Nice Girls
  3:42
• 3
  You Should Hear How She Talks About You
  4:17
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Come In From the Rain
  4:21
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Looking for the Perfect Ahh
  3:14
  4.0 ★
• 6
  If This Is Love
  3:39
• 7
  Whenever I Call You “Friend”
  4:47
• 8
  Through the Eyes of Love
  4:12
• 9
  Don’t Cry Out Loud
  3:52
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Knowin’ My Love’s Alive
  4:02
  2.0 ★
• 11
  I Wanna Be Where You Are
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 12
  No One’s Ever Seen This Side of Me
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Help Is on the Way
  4:09
• 14
  Happy Endings
  3:55
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Better Days
  4:20
  5.0 ★
• 16
  Just You and I
  4:09
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Just Too Many People
  3:39
  5.0 ★
• 18
  Midnight Blue
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Bright Eyes
  4:30
• 20
  Funny That Way
  2:42

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Release credits

• Abraham Laboriel
  bass guitar [3-5]
• Alan Feingold
  keyboard [7]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [2, 4], mix [2], producer [1-5, 8], vibraphone [2]
• Arnold McCuller
  background vocals [7]
• Barry Fasman
  arranger [9], brass [6], strings [6]
• Betty Jones
  background vocals [13]
• Bill Payne
  piano [9]
• Bill Radice
  engineer [20], mix [19], recording [19]
• Bill Schnee
  mix [17-18]
• Bob Christianson
  additional [1], synthesizer [1, 4]
• Bob Schaper
  engineer [11-13], mix [14-16], recording [14-18]
• Brenda Gooch
  background vocals [13]
• Brie Howard
  background vocals [11-12]
• Carlos Vega
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Charity McCrary
  background vocals [13]
• Chris Dedrick
  trumpet [19]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass guitar [10]
• Claudia Cagan
  background vocals [11-12]
• Corky Hale
  harp [20]
• Dan Carter
  guitar [2]
• Dann Huff
  guitar [1]
• Dave Appell
  producer [19-20]
• Dave Blumberg
  arranger [10], strings [10], woodwind [10]
• David Hungate
  bass guitar [9]
• David Lasley
  background vocals [1]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [11-12]
• David T. Walker
  electric guitar [10]
• David Wolfert
  acoustic guitar [17-18], electric guitar [17-18], guitar [19]
• Dean Parks
  guitar [4-5]
• Dennis Budimir
  guitar [9]
• Don Grolnick
  keyboard [11-12]
• Ed Seay
  engineer [7], mix [6]
• Eva Haskell
  background vocals [2]
• Gail Kantor
  background vocals [11-12]
• Galen Senogles
  mix [11-12]
• Gary Skardina
  assistant [2]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [1]
• Greg Phillinganes
  electric piano [10]
• Hamish Stuart
  background vocals [5]
• Hank Medress
  arranger [19], mix [19-20], producer [19-20]
• Harry Maslin
  mix [9], producer [9]
• James Cary Stroud
  drums (drum set) [7], percussion [7]
• James Gadson
  background vocals [10], drums (drum set) [10]
• James Newton Howard
  electric piano [17-18], strings [13], synthesizer [15]
• Jan E. Jones
  background vocals [13]
• Jeff Mironov
  guitar [11-12]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [3-5]
• Jeremy Smith
  engineer [1-2]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [9]
• John Kovarek
  assistant [2]
• Johnny Rotella
  baritone saxophone [17]
• Jude Johnstone
  background vocals [2]
• Julie Last
  assistant [2]
• Kirk Bruner
  drums (drum set) [17-19], percussion [18]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [5]
• Larry Byrom
  guitar [7]
• Larry Williams
  alto saxophone [3], tenor saxophone [2]
• Lee Ritenour
  guitar [9-10]
• Lenny Castro
  percussion [10-12]
• Leo Potts
  flute [11]
• Leon Ware
  arranger [10], background vocals [10], producer [10]
• Lew McCreary
  trombone [17]
• Linda McCrary
  background vocals [13]
• Linda Tyler
  assistant [13]
• Marcy Levy
  background vocals [1]
• Melissa Manchester
  arranger [19], background vocals [5, 10-11, 17-18], lead vocals [1-5, 7, 9-12, 17-18, 20], piano [17-20], strings [17], vocal [4, 6, 8, 13-16, 19]
• Michael Boddicker
  percussion [1], synthesizer [1]
• Michael Brecker
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Michael Johnson
  acoustic guitar [20]
• Michael Landau
  guitar [2]
• Michael O’Reilly
  mix [1-2]
• Mickey Buckins
  percussion [7]
• Mike Carnahan
  flute [11]
• Millie Whiteside
  background vocals [1-3]
• Milt Calise
  engineer [9-10]
• Nathan East
  bass guitar [2]
• Peter Cannarozzi
  additional [1-2], synthesizer [1-2]
• Phil Schier
  mix [10]
• Randy McCormick
  arranger [6], keyboard [7]
• Richard Tee
  piano [10]
• Robbie Buchanan
  arranger [1-2, 5], electric piano [2], keyboard [5], piano [1, 4], synthesizer [1-5]
• Robert Feist
  assistant [2]
• Robin Beck
  background vocals [2, 5]
• Robin Clark
  background vocals [1]
• Sharon O’Neal
  background vocals [2]
• Stanley Schwartz
  electric piano [19], saxophone [19]
• Stephen Benben
  assistant [2]
• Steve Buckingham
  arranger [6], producer [6-7]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [11-12]
• Steve Lukather
  guitar [2-3]
• Steve Madaio
  trumpet [17]
• Steven Cagan
  strings [7]
• Sundray Tucker
  background vocals [13]
• The Faragher Brothers
  background vocals [12]
• Theresa Hendricks
  background vocals [13]
• Tom Bush
  assistant [11-12]
• Tom Robb
  bass guitar [7]
• Tom Saviano
  flute [11], woodwind [11]
• Tony Levin
  bass guitar [11-12]
• Trevor Lawrence
  brass [17], strings [17-18], tenor saxophone [17]
• Ula Hedwig
  background vocals [1, 3]
• Vini Poncia
  background vocals [12, 17-18], producer [11-18]
• Wendy Haas
  background vocals [11-12]
• Will Lee
  background vocals [2-3, 5]
• “Cooker” John LoPresti
  bass guitar [17-19]
• Show all credits (105)

Issues

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  Best Selection

  CD
  23 October 1996