Family Affair (Philip Bailey album)

Family Affair is a 1989 gospel album by Philip Bailey which was released on the Word Records label.[2]

Family Affair
Studio album by Philip Bailey
Released	1989
Genre	Gospel
Length	39:29
Label	Word Records
Producer	Philip Bailey, Dan Posthuma, Rev. Oliver W. Wells
Philip Bailey chronology
Inside Out (1986) Family Affair (1989) The Best of Philip Bailey: A Gospel Collection (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Is How the Work Gets Done"	Charlie Peacock	4:09
2.	"Family Affair"	Philip Bailey, Pamela Phillips-Oland, Monty Seward	4:45
3.	"No Compromise"	Philip Bailey, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	3:40
4.	"Lonely Broken Hearted People"	Philip Bailey, Richard Smallwood, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	4:10
5.	"Oasis"	Philip Bailey, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	1:07
6.	"Where Can I Go?"	Philip Bailey, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	4:39
7.	"Let's Talk About Jesus"	Philip Bailey, Richard Smallwood, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	3:12
8.	"Love That Lasts"	Rev. Oliver W. Wells	3:46
9.	"Call to War"	Philip Bailey, Richard Smallwood, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	5:20
10.	"Lord You Reign"	Philip Bailey, Richard Smallwood, Rev. Oliver W. Wells	4:41

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Personnel

Musicians

• Philip Bailey – lead and backing vocals, drum programming, arrangements
• Bruce V. Allen – Hammond organ
• Steve Deutsch – programming
• Billy Savage – programming
• Monty Seward – keyboards, programming, rhythm arrangements
• Richard Smallwood – acoustic piano, clavinet, rhythm arrangements
• Rev. Oliver W. Wells – keyboards, programming, arrangements, conductor, backing vocals
• Morgan Winters – Synclavier programming
• Pat Buchanan – guitars
• Sheldon Reynolds – guitars
• Andrew Gouche – bass
• Scott Meeder – drums, drum programming
• Kirk Whalum – soprano and tenor saxophones
• Sandra Arenz – oboe
• Tom White – French horn
• Jere Flint – cello
• Nancy Maddox – cello
• Oscar Pereira – violin
• Willard Shull – violin
• Marie Yadzinski – violin
• John Askew – backing vocals
• Robin Brown – backing vocals
• Carl Caldwell – backing vocals
• Daryl Coley – backing vocals, choir master, vocal conductor
• Robert Craig – backing vocals
• William E. Croom, Jr.– backing vocals
• Renee Crutcher – backing vocals
• Gwen Culp – backing vocals
• Mittie Dawson-Allen – backing vocals
• Gina Dowell – backing vocals
• Taj Harmon – backing vocals
• Andrea Hurst – backing vocals
• Jean Johnson – backing vocals
• Ed Marshall – backing vocals
• Rick Nelson – backing vocals
• Leon Patillo – backing vocals
• Alfie Silas – backing vocals
• Shannon Sterling – backing vocals
• Eddie Williams – backing vocals
• Melvin Williams – backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Production

• Producers – Philip Bailey and Rev. Oliver W. Wells
• Executive Producer – Dan Posthuma
• Engineers – Jeff Balding, Dean Burt, Ron Christopher, Tony d'Amico, Maureen Droney, Ricky Keller, Paul Klingberg, Al Phillips, Chris Rich, Martin Schmelzle, Josh Schneider and Jim Zimpano.
• Second Engineers – David Bates, Scott Carter and Reid Halol.
• Mixing – Dean Burt and Dan Garcia
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

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Charts

Album – Billboard[2]

Year	Chart	Position
1989	US Top Gospel Albums	37

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r90139/review
2. "Family Affair - Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 June 2009.