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The Right Stuff (album)

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Recorded
  
1987–1988

Artist
  
Vanessa L. Williams

Length
  
49:54

Release date
  
6 June 1988

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Released
  
June 6, 1988 (1988-06-06)

Producer
  
Amir-Salaam Bayyan David Paul Bryant Lewis A. Martinee Donald Robinson Larry Robinson Darryl Ross Rex Salas

The Right Stuff (1988)
  
The Comfort Zone (1991)

Label
  
The Island Def Jam Music Group

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Contemporary R&B, Funk, Dance-pop, New jack swing, Quiet storm

Nominations
  
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

Similar
  
Vanessa L Williams albums, Funk albums

Vanessa williams the right stuff


The Right Stuff is the debut album by Vanessa Williams, released in 1988. The album and its singles were well received by both the urban and pop markets. The album includes the hit singles "The Right Stuff", "(He's Got) The Look", "Dreamin'" and "Darlin' I". The album eventually went Gold for sales over 500,000 and earned Williams three Grammy Award nominations.

Contents

Track listings

  1. "The Right Stuff" (Kipper Jones, Rex Salas) 4:18
  2. "Be a Man" (Jones, Larry Robinson, Patrice Rushen) 4:57
  3. "Dreamin'" (Lisa Montgomery, Geneva Paschal) 5:25
  4. "If You Really Love Him" (Chuckii Booker, Salas) 5:24
  5. "(He's Got) The Look" (Wesley Thomas Jr., Adil Bayyan, Amir-Salaam Bayyan) 4:11
  6. "I'll Be the One" (Johnny Elkins, Mike Greene) 4:05
  7. "Security" (Jones, Salas) 4:38
  8. "Darlin' I" (Kenny Harris, Salas) 4:07
  9. "Am I Too Much?" (David Paul Bryant, Darryl Ross) 4:08
  10. "Can This Be Real?" (Dan Serafini) 5:15
  11. "Whatever Happens" (Larry Carlton, Bill Withers) 3:26

Production

  • Produced By Amir-Salaam Bayyan, David Paul Bryant, Lewis A. Martineé, Donald Robinson, Larry Robinson, Darryl Ross, Rex Salas
  • Engineers: Mike Bona, David Bianco, Gerry Brown, Craig Burbridge, Peter Dlugokencky, Michael Frenke, Lewis A. Martinee, Allen Scott Plotkin, Paul Scott, Steve Shepherd, Mike Tarsia, Steve Van Arden, Erik Zobler, Jared Held
  • Assistant Engineers: Sabrina Burchanek, Cliff Jones, Bob Loftus, Gill Morales, Adam Silverman, Dennis Stefani, John VanNest
  • Mixing: Rick Alonso, David Bianco, Lewis A. Martinee, Donald Robinson, Mike Tarsia, Erik Zobler, Jared Held
  • Remixing: Rod Hui
  • Mix Assistant: Steve Holroyd
  • Editing & Post-Production: Ed Eckstine, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Christopher Shaw, Hank Shocklee, Bill Stephney

    • Charts

    The album reached no. 45 on the Dutch album charts.

    Songs

    1The Right Stuff4:27
    2Be a Man4:57
    3Dreamin'5:26

    References

    The Right Stuff (album) Wikipedia
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