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You and I (O'Bryan album)

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Released
  
March 4, 1983

You And I (1983)
  
Be My Lover (1984)

Release date
  
4 March 1983

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
41:05

Artist
  
O'Bryan

Producer
  
O'Bryan

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Recorded
  
1982–1983 at Larrabee Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B

Similar
  
First, The Best of O'Bryan, Doin' Alright, Be My Lover, Surrender

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You and I is the second studio album by R&B singer O'Bryan.

Contents

Reception

The album was named after O'Bryan's cover of the Stevie Wonder ballad. Given a more contemporary twist, the title track was the second single (peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts) and since has become one of O’Bryan’s signature songs.

The lead single, “I’m Freaky,” was an upbeat, synth-funk song that peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts. Album tracks also receiving notice and airplay were the romantic “Together Always;” the fluid instrumental “Soft Touch;” and the energetic “Soul Train’s A Comin,’” which became the theme song for the television dance show "Soul Train" from 1983 to 1987. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.

Personnel

  • O'Bryan  – lead vocals, background vocals, synthesizers, acoustic piano, multiple other instruments on all tracks
  • Andy Cleaves – trumpet
  • Melvin Davis – bass guitar, piccolo bass, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes piano
  • Karl Denson – alto saxophone
  • Darrell Frias – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Johnny McGhee – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Chuck Morris – drums on "Together Always"
  • Raphael Hardison – background vocals
  • Marvin James – background vocals
  • Songs

    1I'm Freaky5:17
    2Dazzlin Lady4:37
    3I'm in Love Again4:53

    References

    You and I (O'Bryan album) Wikipedia