Any Way You Like It


Any Way You Like It is the fourth album by Thelma Houston, released late October 1976 on Tamla Records. The album features energetic disco songs with fierce vocal performances by Houston on side 1, while side 2 focuses on ballads. It includes the major hit single, "Don't Leave Me This Way", Houston's remake of the Harold Melvin & [the Blue Notes] song, zooming to No. 1 in the US charts. In the US, "If It's the Last Thing I Do", a track originally recorded in 1972, was chosen for the second single release on MoWest, while Europe had an edited version of the Stevie Wonder cover, "Don't Know Why I Love You", produced and arranged by Michael Lovesmith.
A re-recorded version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" was #19 on the dance charts in December 1994.
The album was arranged by Arthur G. Wright, Michael Lovesmith, Harold Johnson, Paul Riser, Clayton Ivey, Ted Stovall, Michael Omartian, Perry Botkin, Jr. and Terry Woodford. The cover photograph was by Harry Langdon.

Track listing

  1. "Any Way You Like It" produced and arranged by Michael Lovesmith
  2. "Don't Leave Me This Way" produced by Hal Davis, arranged by Arthur G. Wright
  3. "Don't Know Why I Love You" produced and arranged by Michael Lovesmith
  4. "Come to Me" produced by Hal Davis and Michael B. Sutton, arranged by Arthur G. Wright
  5. "Don't Make Me Pay " produced and arranged by Michael Lovesmith
  6. "Sharing Something Perfect Between Ourselves" produced and arranged by Howard Johnson
  7. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" produced by Joe Porter, arranged by Paul Riser
  8. "Differently" produced by Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodford, arranged by Clayton Ivey, Ted Stovall and Terry Woodford

    2015 bonus tracks

  9. "Do [You Know Where You're Going To]" produced by Michael Masser, arranged by Perry Botkin Jr.
  10. "Together" produced by Michael Masser and Michael Omartian, arranged by Michael Omartian
  11. "Today Will Soon Be Yesterday" produced by Hal Davis, arranged by Arthur G. Wright
  12. "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long" produced by Clayton Ivey and Terry Woodford, arranged by Clayton Ivey, Ted Stovall and Terry Woodford
  13. "One Out of Every Six" - from the MGM Motion Picture, Norman... Is That You? produced by Ronald Miller and William Goldstein
  14. "Don't Leave Me This Way" produced by Hal Davis, arranged by Arthur G. Wright

    Charts