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Let's Hear It for the Boy (album)

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Released
  
April 1984

Length
  
40:53

Release date
  
April 1984

Genre
  
Quiet storm

Recorded
  
1983-1984

Artist
  
Deniece Williams

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Let's Hear It for the Boy (1984)
  
Hot on the Trail (1984)

Producers
  
Deniece Williams, George Duke

Similar
  
Deniece Williams albums, Dance-pop albums

Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the Billboard pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums.

Contents

It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively participated on the record.

The album features urban hits "Black Butterfly", "Next Love" and the international hit "Let's Hear It for the Boy" which was featured on the musical-drama Footloose and its soundtrack album.

Production

Deniece Williams produced six tracks of the album, and George Duke produced four more. The production of the album was completed in early May 1984 before the album was released a few weeks later.

Reception

Carl Matthews of the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper called the album "more tempo than her previous releases."

Production

  • Larkin Arnold – executive producer
  • Murray Dvorkin – assistant engineer
  • Mitch Gibson – assistant engineer
  • Constance Guzman – production assistant
  • Tom Perry, Mick Guzauski – engineers
  • Nick Spigel – assistant engineer
  • Tommy Vicari – engineer, remixing

    • Personnel

  • Deniece Williams – arranger, producer, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Jeff Baxter – guitar
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
  • Michael Sembello – guitar
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Fred Washington – bass
  • Ronnie Laws – drums, tenor sax
  • Ricky Lawson – drums
  • Roosevelt Christmas III – background vocals
  • Shannon Rubicam – background vocals
  • Oren Waters – background vocals
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Sheila E. – percussion
  • George del Barrio – string arrangements
  • Richard Elliot – lyricon
  • Russell Ferrante – Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Kevin Grady – synthesizer
  • Leon Pendarvis – arranger, synthesizer
  • George Merrill – drum programming, Roland Jupiter 8, background vocals
  • George Duke – drum programming, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, Memorymoog, producer, Prophet 5 synthesizer, special effects, synthesizer, vocoder

    • Songs

    1Let's Hear It for the Boy4:20
    2I Want You2:51
    3Picking Up the Pieces4:42

    References

    Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Wikipedia
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