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If My Ancestors Could See Me Now

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Released
  
1988

Artist
  
Ivan Neville

Producer
  
Danny Kortchmar

If My Ancestors Could See Me Now (1988)
  
Thanks (1994)

Release date
  
February 1988

Label
  
Polydor Records

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Genres
  
Rock music, Rhythm and blues, Funk

Rock music albums
  
Stay Awake: Various I, Actual Miles: Henley's, Talk Is Cheap, Crosseyed Heart, Dirty Work

If My Ancestors Could See Me Now is the first solo album by Ivan Neville.

Contents

The album had a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the first single, "Not Just Another Girl", when the song reached number 26 on the chart. The second single, "Falling Out of Love", a duet with Bonnie Riatt, reached number 91 on the Hot 100.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ivan Neville; except where indicated

  1. "Sun"
  2. "Primitive Man"
  3. "Not Just Another Girl"
  4. "Falling Out of Love"
  5. "Out in the Streets" (David Weber)
  6. "Money Talks" (Steven Stewart)
  7. "Never Should Have Told Me"
  8. "Up to You"
  9. "Another Day's Gone By" (Kevin Walsh, Vance Degeneres)
  10. "After All This Time" (Leo Nocentelli)

Personnel

  • Ivan Neville - keyboards, vocals, guitar on "Up to You", drum programming on "Falling Out of Love"
  • Danny Kortchmar - guitar, additional keyboards and bass on "Primitive Man", saxophone on "Not Just Another Girl", drum programming on "Falling Out of Love"
  • Waddy Wachtel - guitar
  • Randy Jackson - bass
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums, Latin percussion on "Primitive Man"
  • Steve Jordan - drums on "Primitive Man" and "Money Talks"
  • Jim Keltner - percussion on "Primitive Man" and "Falling Out of Love"
  • Bonnie Raitt - vocals on "Falling Out of Love"
  • John David Souther - vocals on "Another Day's Gone By"
  • Aaron Neville - vocals on "After All This Time"
  • Jason Neville - vocals on "Sun"
  • James "Hutch" Hutchinson - bass on "After All This Time"

    • Songs

    1Sun4:33
    2Primitive Man3:49
    3Not Just Another Girl4:12

    References

    If My Ancestors Could See Me Now Wikipedia
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