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Self Control (album)

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Released
  
April 1984

Self Control (1984)
  
Hold Me (1985)

Release date
  
April 1984

Length
  
40:01

Artist
  
Laura Branigan

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music, Dance-pop

Producers
  
Robbie Buchanan, Jack White

Similar
  
Laura Branigan albums, Rock music albums

Self Control is the third album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in 1984. Two songs from the album were US Top-20 hits, the title song (#4) and "The Lucky One" (#20). The album became Branigan's biggest commercial success, earning her a Platinum certification in the United States for over 1 million confirmed sales, and selling several million copies worldwide. Branigan also enjoyed huge success in some countries with the single "Ti amo" (her second Umberto Tozzi cover, after "Gloria"), which reached #5 in the Canadian singles chart, but most notably reaching #2 in Australia. The album was a huge success internationally, gaining several sales certifications.

Contents

A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released on April 25, 2013 by Gold Legion. Included are remixes of "The Lucky One" and "Satisfaction", as well as the extended version of "Self Control".

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Personnel

  • Laura Branigan – vocals
  • Beth Anderson – background vocals
  • Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer, piano, arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – background vocals
  • Joe Chemay – background vocals
  • Nathan East – bass guitar
  • Harold Faltermeyer – additional synthesizer, arrangements, engineer
  • Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
  • Steve George – background vocals
  • Jim Haas – background vocals
  • Dann Huff – guitar
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
  • Gary Cook Bykov - background vocals
  • Jon Joyce – background vocals
  • Tom Kelly – background vocals
  • Jürgen Koppers - engineer
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Richard Page – background vocals
  • Cesar Garcia – background vocals
  • Bartholomew DeVoygeur – background vocals
  • Myrdyn Gaad – background vocals
  • Joe Pizzulo – background vocals
  • John "J.R." Robinson – drums
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • Larry Williams – saxophone
  • Production

  • Producers: Robbie Buchanan, Jack White
  • Recorded at: Image Recording Inc. (Los Angeles, California), Music Grinder (Los Angeles, California) and Arco Studios (Munich, Germany)
  • Engineer: Jürgen Koppers
  • Songs

    1The Lucky One4:12
    2Self Control4:06
    3Ti Amo4:16

    References

    Self Control (album) Wikipedia