Giving You the Best That I Got (album)

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Released October 18, 1988 Length 34:33 Giving You the Best That I Got (1988) Compositions (1990) Release date 17 October 1988		Recorded 1988 Label Elektra Artist Anita Baker Producer Michael J. Powell

Studio Encore Studio; Yamaha International Recording; Sound Suite; Hitsville; TMF; Gnome Studios Genres Rhythm and blues, Quiet storm, Contemporary R&B, Soul jazz Awards Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Similar Anita Baker albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Anita baker giving you the best that i got full album

Giving You the Best That I Got is the third album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was Baker's first and only #1 Pop album in the US, the second #1 R&B Album, and was certified 3x platinum in 1989 by the RIAA.

The title track was released as the first single from the album and became Baker's highest charting single in the US, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album also earned Baker three Grammy Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards.

Reception

The album peaked at number two in Jet magazine's top 20 for three weeks between February 6 and 20, 1989, and again on the week of March 13, 1989. Alex Henderson of AllMusic rated the album four points out of five, calling it not "on the par with" Baker's previous albums but better than most of R&B albums released in 1988.

"Just Because" hit number one in Jet magazine's top 20 singles on weeks of March 13, 20, and 27, 1989. The song peaked at number one on the Hot Black Singles, making it Baker's second number one and also made the Top 40, peaking at number fourteen. It has been described as a wedding reception favorite.

"Lead Me into Love" peaked at number six in Jet magazine's top 20 singles on weeks of June 5 and 12, 1989. It peaked at number four on the Hot Black Singles.

Track listing

"Priceless" (Garry Glenn) 5:00
"Lead Me into Love" (Steve Lane, Larry Prentiss) 4:45
"Giving You the Best That I Got" (Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough) 4:18
"Good Love" (Gary Taylor) 5:39
"Rules" (Graham Lamb, Phil Nicholl, Maggie Ryder) 3:52
"Good Enough" (Baker, James McBride) 4:50
"Just Because" (Alex Brown, Sammy McKinney, Michael O'Hara) 5:13
"You Belong to Me" (Terry Britten, Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) 3:43

Personnel

Anita Baker – Lead Vocals (all tracks), Background Vocals (tracks 4-5), Executive Producer, Background Vocal Arrangements (track 5)

Gerald Albright (track 6), Reverend Dave Boruff (track 8), Courtlen Hale – Saxophone

Reverend Dave Boruff (tracks 1, 8), Robbie Buchanan (tracks 1-2, 5, 7), Sonny Burke (track 8), George Duke (track 2), Vernon D. Fails (tracks 1-4, 6), Sir Gant (tracks 3, 6), Bobby Lyle (track 2), Patrick Moten (track 8), Bruce Nazarian (track 6), Peter Schwartz (track 5), David Spradley, Gary Taylor (track 4), Neal Walker (track 8) – Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer

Nathan East – Bass (tracks 1-3, 5-7)

Chuck Findley – Trumpet (track 8)

Donnie Lyle (track 4), Paul Jackson, Jr. (tracks 1-2, 5, 7), Kevin Moore, Michael J. Powell (tracks 1-2, 4-5, 8) – Guitars

Omar Hakim (tracks 1-3, 6), Joseph Vitarelli, Paulinho Da Costa (tracks 1-3, 5-6) – Drums, Percussion

The Perri Sisters - Carol Perri (track 2), Lori Perri (tracks 2, 7), Darlene Perri (track 2), Sharon Perri (track 2) -background vocals

Production

Executive Producer – Anita Baker

Produced By Michael J. Powell

Mixed & Engineered By Nick Viterelli, Elliot Peters, Bruce Nazarian, Milton Chan, Craig Burbridge, Mike Brown

Mastered By Bernie Grundman

A&R By Raoul Roach

Charts

Singles

Songs

1Priceless5:01
2Lead Me Into Love4:46
3Giving You the Best That I Got4:20

References

Giving You the Best That I Got (album) Wikipedia

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