Emotionally Yours
Emotionally Yours is the 21st studio album by American R&B trio the O'Jays. It was released on January 21, 1991, through EMI Records, making it the group's second album for the label. Recording sessions took place at Right Track in Cleveland, at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia, at Hip Pocket Studio, Marathon Studios, Power Station, Mad Fly Studios and The Hit Factory in New York, at Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, and at Ocean Way Studios and Madhatter Studios in Los Angeles. Production was handled by Dwain Mitchell, Terry Stubbs, Lotti Golden, Tommy Faragher, Narada Michael Walden, Dunn Pearson, The O'Jays, and Ron Fair, who also served as executive producer.
The album peaked at number 73 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 29, 1991, for selling 500,000 units in the US. It spawned three singles: "Don't Let Me Down", "Emotionally Yours" and "Keep on Loving Me".
Track listing
Personnel
- Eddie Levert – producer, co-producer, choir arranger
- Walter Williams – producer, co-producer
- Randy Bowland – guitar
- Russell Tompkins – saxophone
- "Bassy" Bob Brockmann – trumpet, mixing, recording
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Tommy Faragher – bass, keyboards, producer, recording engineer
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Sid Page – strings
- Ron Fair – strings arranger, conductor, arranger & producer, executive producer
- Michael C. Ross – recording engineer
- Lotti Golden – producer
- Claytoven Richardson – additional backing vocals
- Skyler Jett – additional backing vocals
- Tony Lindsay – additional backing vocals
- Stephan Bret Birnbaum – guitar
- Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, synth arranger, programming
- Narada Michael Walden – drums, arranger, producer
- David Frazer – mixing
- Mark Rayburn – additional engineering assistant
- Jonathan "Jaz-O" Burks – rap vocals
- James Lee Williams – bass
- Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
- Chris Botti – trumpet, orchestra contractor
- Gerald Levert – choir vocals & choir arranger, rap vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – choir vocals & choir contractor
- Peter Cox – choir vocals
- Evelyn "Champagne" King – choir vocals
- James "J.T." Taylor – choir vocals
- James Nelson Williams – choir vocals
- William Anthony Brown – choir vocals
- Cissy Houston – choir vocals
- Phyllis Hyman – choir vocals
- Sammy Strain – choir vocals
- Tawatha Agee – choir vocals
- Will Downing – choir vocals
- Glenn Jones – choir vocals
- Glynice Coleman – choir vocals
- Keith Sweat – choir vocals
- Marc Gordon – choir vocals
- Sean Levert – choir vocals
- Eric Gable – choir vocals
- Leotis Clyborn – choir vocals
- Sarah Dash – choir vocals
- Genobia Jeter – choir vocals
- Maurissa Rose – choir vocals
- Harry Ray – choir vocals
- Orfeh – choir vocals
- Victor Bailey – bass
- Richard Tee – piano & organ
- Omar Hakim – drums
- Roger Squitero – percussion
- Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
- Joseph Kimura – cello
- Sarah Fiene – cello
- William Galison – harmonica
- Michael Davis – trombone
- Herb Besson – trombone
- David Taylor – bass trombone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Alan Rubin – trumpet
- Lew Soloff – trumpet
- David Herndon – trumpet
- Kent Smith – trumpet
- Yoko Takabe-Gilbert – violin
- Kerry McDermott – violin
- Michael Gilbert – violin
- Jenny Strenger – violin
- Gary Levinson – violin
- Hae Young Ham – violin
- Sharon Yamada – violin
- Chin Kim – violin
- Donald Whyte – violin
- Eric Ramme – violin
- Kate Light – violin
- Dan Reed – violin
- Olivia Koppell – viola, violin
- Juliet Haffner – viola
- Dorian Rence – viola
- Lois Martin – viola
- Dunn Pearson Jr. – choir arranger, keyboards & producer
- Terry Stubbs – producer, choir arranger
- Humberto Gatica – mixing
- Christopher Savino – recording engineer assistant
- Aaron Kropf – recording engineer assistant
- Willie Ross – guitar
- Tinker Barfield – bass
- Brian Brake – drums
- Jerome Najee Rasheed – alto and soprano saxophone
- Joseph Joubert – acoustic piano
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Joseph Malignaggi – violin
- Seymour Barab – violin
- Matthew Raimondi – violin
- Harry Zaratzian – violin
- Regis Iandiorio – violin
- Elliot Rosoff – violin
- Gerald Tarack – violin
- Jose Fernandez – vocal engineering
- Butch Jones – recording engineer
- Dwain Mitchell – producer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Henry Marquez – art direction
- Lu Ann Graffeo – design
- Jeffrey Scales – photography
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