Gems by Patti La'belle Cd Music Album
Gems is the twelfth studio album by American singer Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on June 7, 1994 in the United States. The album features a hip-hop-esque remake of DeBarge's 1983 hit, "All This Love", produced by Teddy Riley. Gems peaked at number forty-eight on the US Billboard 200 and went gold with sales shipping past the 500,000 mark. The album is notable for the single "The Right Kinda Lover", which brought LaBelle a new legion of fans thanks to its production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and its video which had LaBelle performing a seductress who chooses "the right mate" through a machine and if one man rubbed her the wrong way, she'd use a button to get rid of them.
1 I'm In Love
Backing Vocals – Lisa Dalbello*, Lori Perry
Bass – Larry Kimpel
Guitar – Tim Pierce
Programmed By [Computer] – K.C. Porter*
Written-By – Denise Rich, Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney
Written-By, Backing Vocals – Fred White
4:16
2 All This Love
Written-By – El DeBarge
4:59
3 The Right Kinda Lover
Backing Vocals – Libby Turner, Marie Graham
Drum Programming – Jeff Taylor
Keyboards – Jimmy Jam
Percussion – Terry Lewis
Written-By – Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Written-By, Backing Vocals – Ann Bennett-Nesby*
Written-By, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Jimmy Wright*
4:52
4 This Word Is All
Written-By – Carol Duboc, Carol Duboc, Sami McKinney, Teddy Riley
4:40
5 Too Good To Be Through
Backing Vocals – Karyn White, Valerie Davis
Bass – Mark Haynes
Keyboards – Jimmy Wright*
Percussion – Terry Lewis
Written-By – Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
4:19
6 I Never Stopped Loving You
Backing Vocals – Fred White , Lisa Dalbello*
Bass – Larry Kimpel
Guitar – Tim Pierce
Programmed By [Computer] – K.C. Porter*
Written-By – Alex Brown, Kenny Moore, Sami McKinney
4:58
7 Stay In My Corner
Guitar – James "Herb" Smith*
Keyboards – James R. "Budd" Ellison*
Keyboards, Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Nathaniel "Crockett" Wilkie*
Lyrics By [Additional] – Julie Gold
Strings, Horns [Orchestra] – Jack Faith
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Bobby Miller, Wade Flemons
5:21
8 If I Didn't Have You
Guitar – Randy Bowland
Keyboards, Bass [Synthesizer] – Charles Emory*
Programmed By, Drums – Raymond Earl
Strings, Horns [Arranged By] – Jack Faith
Written-By – Walter "Bunny" Sigler*, Eugene "Lampchops" Curry*
4:56
9 I Can't Tell My Heart What To Do
Backing Vocals – Fred White , Lisa Dalbello*, Lori Perry, Rick Nelson
Bass – Larry Kimpel
Guitar – Tim Pierce
Saxophone – Everette Harp
Written-By – Aaron Smith , Sami McKinney, Steve Shockley*
4:46
10 Time Will Tell
Backing Vocals – Carolyn Perry*, Charles Buie*, Dee Harvey, Eric Jordan*, Lori Perry, Rick Nelson, Sharon Perry
Bass – Freddie Washington
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – Tim Pierce
Horns – Memphis Horn Section*
Strings [Arranged By] – Paul Buckmaster
Written-By – Allee Willis, Sami McKinney
Written-By, Piano, Organ [Hammond B-3] – Kenny Moore
4:58
11 Our World
Backing Vocals – Grady Harrell, Letitia Body, Rick Nelson, Valerie Doby
Saxophone – Pamela Williams
Written-By – Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney
Written-By, Keyboards – James R. "Budd" Ellison*
Written-By, Keyboards, Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Nathaniel "Crockett" Wilkie*
4:58
12 Come As You Are
Backing Vocals – Fred White , K.C. Porter*
Strings [Arranged By, Conducted] – Paul Buckmaster
Written-By – Sami McKinney
Written-By, Arranged By, Backing Vocals – Lisa Dalbello*
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