Baby It's Me facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Baby It's Me |
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| Released | September 16, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Studio 55 (Hollywood, California) | |||
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| Length | 41:41 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | (Positive) |
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Baby It's Me is the eighth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on September 16, 1977 by Motown Records. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 and #7 on the R&B album chart. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The LP yielded one Top 40 hit, "Gettin' Ready for Love", reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Other charting singles released from the album include "You Got It" and "Your Love Is So Good for Me," the latter receiving a Grammy nomination.
The album also included cover versions of songs written and previously recorded by Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and Melissa Manchester.
Adult Contemporary airplay drove the success of this album, with both "Gettin' Ready for Love" (#8) and "You Got It" (#9) being Top 10 hits on that chart, while the newly formed Billboard Dance charts ranked "Your Love Is So Good For Me" Top 15. Although this album never made the UK charts it was certified Silver for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
Ross would continue to work with Perry including on her pairing with international vocalist, Julio Iglesias on their duet, "All of You" several years later.
The album was re-released in 2014 in an Expanded Edition with 11 extra tracks (in digital format only). The bonus tracks included 2014 mixes of a number of the original cuts (often in longer unedited versions with additional vocals) as well as four unreleased songs from the album sessions "Brass Band", "Country John", "Room Enough For Two" and a cover version of Peter Frampton's 1975 hit "Baby, I Love Your Way".
Contents
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Gettin' Ready for Love" | 2:45 |
| 2. | "You Got It" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Baby It's Me" | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Too Shy To Say" | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Your Love Is So Good for Me" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Top Of The World" | 3:06 |
| 7. | "All Night Lover" | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Confide In Me" | 3:32 |
| 9. | "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Come In From The Rain" | 3:58 |
Personnel
- Diana Ross – lead vocals (all tracks)
- James Newton Howard – keyboards, synthesizers (4)
- Tom Scott – saxophone solo (1)
- Bud Shank – flute (7)
- David Foster – horns arrangements, conductor (3)
- Clydie King – background vocals (6)
- Tom Snow – acoustic piano (1, 6), Fender Rhodes piano (7, 8, 10)
- Bobbye Hall – congas (7)
- Jack Ashford – percussion (1, 6), tambourine (7)
- Ben Benay – guitar (9)
- Pattie Brooks – background vocals (2, 7)
- Ollie E. Brown – drums (9)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (2, 3, 9)
- Don Dunn – guitar (3)
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar (6)
- Chuck Findley – horn (5)
- Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (8, 10)
- Ed Greene – drums (7)
- Jim Horn – horn (5)
- David Hungate – bass guitar (1-3, 6, 7)
- Bobby Kimball – background vocals (5)
- Becky Lewis – background vocals (2, 7)
- Steve Lukather – guitar (1, 6)
- Ira Newborn – guitar (7, 8, 10), horns arrangements, conductor (8)
- Michael Omartian – Fender Rhodes piano (2, 3)
- David Paich – Fender Rhodes piano (7, 9), acoustic piano (7), organ (5), vocals (5)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-3, 5, 6), syndrums (all tracks)
- Ray Parker Jr. – bass guitar (5), guitar (2, 3, 5, 9)
- Ken Peterson – Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizers, clavinet (5)
- Petsye Powell – background vocals (2, 7)
- Lee Ritenour – guitar (2, 3, 8, 10)
- Stanley Schwartz – acoustic piano (8, 10)
- Rick Shlosser – drums (8, 10)
- Richie Zito – guitar (7)
- Sherlie Matthews – background vocals (6)
- Gene Page - string arrangements, conductor (1, 2, 6, 9)
- Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor (4, 6, 10)
- Richard Hewson - string arrangement, conductor
- Technical (7)
- Howard Steele - recording and remix engineer
- David Larkham - art direction
- Victor Skrebneski - photography
Charts
| Chart (1977/78) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 81 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 18 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) | Silver | 60,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
