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Recorded
  
1988-89

Artist
  
Michael Bolton

Label
  
CBS Records International

Length
  
42:41

Release date
  
19 June 1989

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Released
  
June 19, 1989 (1989-06-19)

Producer
  
Peter Bunetta & Rick Chudacoff (tracks 1 & 9), Michael Bolton (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10) , Desmond Child (track 5), Barry Mann (track 10), Guy Roche (track 7), & Michael Omartian (tracks 3, 4, 10), Susan Hamilton (track 2), Walter Afanasieff (track 7)

Soul Provider (1989)
  
Time, Love & Tenderness (1991)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Adult contemporary music, Album-oriented rock

Similar
  
Michael Bolton albums, Pop music albums

Soul Provider is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on June 19, 1989 by Columbia Records.

Contents

Supported by five top 40 hits (including three that reached the top 10), Soul Provider achieved longevity on the charts. The album spent almost four years on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #3. It was awarded 6x Platinum in the US. and sold over 12,500,000 copies worldwide.

For the single version of "Georgia on My Mind", CBS edited out Michael Brecker's saxophone solo and replaced it with one by Kenny G.

Reception

Soul Provider has received generally mixed reviews from critics. AllMusic described it as "more of the same", but noted that due to this album, Bolton "was now stoking the romantic fires in bedrooms across America". Robert Christgau gave the album a negative review, declaring Bolton to be "indistinguishable from pop metal except in the wattage of his guitar parts and the shamelessness of his song doctors." The Rolling Stone Album Guide described the album as the beginning of Bolton's descent into overdone and disrespectful covers, though they added that some of the self-penned performances on the album showed potential.

Personnel

  • Michael Bolton: vocals
  • Kyf Brewer, Jocelyn Brown, Joe Cerisano, Desmond Child, Robin Clark, Patricia Darcy, John Fiore, Milt Grayson, Jeanette Hawes, Richard Marx, Kate McGunnigle, Lou Merlino, Jeff Pescetto, Sharon Robinson, Vicki Sue Robinson, Leslie Smith, Fonzi Thornton, Joe Turano, Myriam Naomi Valle, Wanda Vaughn, Syreeta Wright: backing vocals
  • Dann Huff, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, John McCurry: guitars
  • Walter Afanasieff: keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
  • Michael Omartian: keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Phillip Ashley, Robbie Buchanan, Brad Cole, Gregg Mangiafico, Barry Mann, Richard Tee, Diane Warren: keyboards
  • Eric Rehl: synthesizers
  • Schyuler Deale, Hugh McDonald, Neil Stubenhaus: bass guitar
  • Bobby Chouinard, John Keane, Chris Parker, John "J.R." Robinson: drums
  • Paulinho da Costa: percussion
  • Michael Brecker, Kenny G, Jerry Peterson: saxophone

    • Covers

    Cher covered "You Wouldn't Know Love" on her 1989 album Heart of Stone. Sunstorm also did a cover of the song for their 2012 album Emotional Fire.

    Songs

    1Soul Provider4:28
    2Georgia on My Mind4:58
    3It's Only My Heart4:34

    References

    Soul Provider Wikipedia
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