Always You (album)

Always You is the fourth studio album by singer James Ingram, released in 1993 on Qwest Records.[5] The album got to No. 27 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart.[6]

Always You
Studio album by James Ingram
Released	May 25, 1993
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	53:22
Label	Qwest Records, Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Benny Medina (exec)
James Ingram chronology
It's Real (1989) Always You (1993) Stand (In the Light) (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	(favourable)[2]
Stereo Review	(favourable)[3]
Cashbox	(favourable)[4]

Overview

Always You was executively produced by Benny Medina.[5]

The album cut, "Someone Like You", reached No. 33 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Someone Like You"	Ingram, Keith Thomas	4:24
2.	"Let Me Love You This Way"	Ingram, Dennis Morgan	4:14
3.	"Always You"	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Keith Thomas	4:38
4.	"Treat Her Right"	Ingram, Keith Thomas	5:04
5.	"A Baby's Born"	Burt Bacharach, Thom Bell, John Bettis, Linda Creed, Ingram	6:16
6.	"This is the Night"	Burt Bacharach, Thom Bell, John Bettis, Ingram	5:05
7.	"You Never Know What You Got"	Thom Bell, Leroy Bell, Linda Creed, Ingram	6:22
8.	"Too Much for this Heart"	Dawn Thomas	5:24
9.	"Sing for the Children"	Burt Bacharach, John Bettis, Ingram	5:07
10.	"Any Kind of Love"	Ingram, Bruce Roberts, Carol Bayer-Sager	6:56

Production

• Producers – Keith Thomas (Tracks 1-4); James Ingram and Thom Bell (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Maurice White (Track 8).
• Executive Producers – James Ingram, Thom Bell and Benny Medina.
• Production Coordination – Todd Moore (Tracks 1-4)
• Engineers – Bill Whittington (Tracks 1-4); Clark Germain (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Paul Klingberg (Track 8).
• Assistant Engineers – Todd Moore (Tracks 1-4); Mike Corbett (Track 2), Roy Gamble (Track 4); Mark Guilbeault (Tracks 5-7, 9 & 10); Mark Fergesen (Track 8).
• Mixing – Bill Whittington (Tracks 1-4), Mick Guzauski (Tracks 5-10).
• Mix Assistant – Jeff Graham (Tracks 5-10)
• Mastered By Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Management – AMG International

Personnel

• James Ingram – lead vocals, backing vocals (4-6, 8, 10), keyboard programming (5-7, 9), arrangements (10)
• Keith Thomas – arrangements (1-4), keyboards (1-4), bass programming (1-4), drum programming (1, 3, 4)
• Thom Bell – keyboards (5-7, 9, 10), arrangements and conductor (5-7, 9, 10)
• Wayne Linsey – keyboards (5-7, 9, 10), keyboard programming (5-7, 9), drum programming (10)
• Bill Meyers – keyboards (8), arrangements (8)
• Mike McKnight – keyboard programming (8), bass programming (8)
• Jerry McPherson – guitar (1, 4)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar solo (5)
• Carlos Rios – guitar (5-7, 9, 10)
• Michael Thompson – guitar (8)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass samples (4)
• Larry Kempel – bass guitar (5-7, 9, 10)
• Mark Hammond – drum programming (1, 2, 4)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (5-7, 9)
• Enzo Todesco – drums (8)
• Farrell Morris – chimes (3), timpani (3)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (5-7, 9, 10)
• Gerald Albright – saxophone (8)
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (3)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (3)
• Gary Herbig – flute (5-7, 9, 10)
• Dan Higgins – flute (5, 6, 10)
• Larry Williams – flute (7, 9)
• George Bohanon – horn (5, 6, 10)
• Rick Culver – horn (5, 6, 10)
• David Duke – horn (5, 6, 10)
• Gary Grant – horn (5-7, 9, 10)
• Jerry Hey – horn (5-7, 9, 10)
• Alan Kaplan – horn (5, 6)
• Lew McCreary – horn (5, 6)
• Brad Warnaar – horn (5, 6, 10)
• Jim Atkinson – horn (7, 9, 10)
• Greg Williams – horn (7, 9, 10)
• Mark Adams – horn (10)
• Charles Loper – horn (10)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horn (10)
• Gayle Levant – harp (5-7, 9, 10)
• Robert Becker – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Robert Brosseau – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Kenneth Burwood Hoy – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Larry Corbett – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Joel Derouin – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Bruce Dukov – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Henry Ferber – strings (5, 6, 10)
• Joe Goodman – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Diana Halprin – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Pat Johnson – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Karen Jones – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Suzie Katayama – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Janet Lakatos – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Michael Markman – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Dan Neufeld – strings (5, 6, 10)
• Sid Page – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Sheldon Sanov – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Kwihee Shamban – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Evan Wilson – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Hershel Wise – strings (5-7, 9, 10)
• Rick Gerding – strings (7, 9, 10)
• Endre Granat – strings (7, 9, 10)
• Brian Dembow – strings (10)
• Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
• Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (1, 2, 4)
• Bob Bailey – backing vocals (3)
• Guy Penrod – backing vocals (3)
• Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (3)
• Chris Willis – backing vocals (3)
• Alvin Chea – backing vocals (4)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Carolyn Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Darlene Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Lori Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Sharon Perry – backing vocals (5, 6)
• The Aquarian Brothers – backing vocals (7, 9)
• Maurice White – backing vocals (8)
• The Boys Choir of Harlem – backing vocals (9)
• Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals (10)

Additional Credits

• Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
• Design – Jeri Heiden and Laurie Griffin
• Photography – Mark Hanauer
• Stylist – Cecille Parker[5]

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	U.K. Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums	27[6]
	U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums	74

References

1. "James Ingram: Always You". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. "Album Reviews". billboard.com. June 12, 1993. p. 49.
3. James Ingram: Always You. 58. Stereo Review Magazine. 1993. p. 84.
4. Martinez, M.R. (June 5, 1993). Reviews. 56. Cashbox Magazine. p. 17.
5. James Ingram: Always You. Qwest Records. 1993.
6. Top British Soul Albums. Blues & Soul. July 20, 1993.
7. "James Ingram: Someone Like You (Adult Contemporary Songs)". Billboard.com.