Twice the Love
Twice the Love is a 1988 studio album by American guitarist and singer George Benson that was recorded with six production teams. The two main singles off the record were the title track "Twice the Love" and the Curtis Mayfield song "Let's Do It Again" which was a No. 1 hit for The Staple Singers in 1975.
Reception
Like some of Benson's other pop albums, Twice the Love was criticized for the lack of his guitar playing and creative jazz influence, generally labeled as an "attempt to chase the charts".Personnel
Musicians:- George Benson – lead vocals, guitar, lead guitar
- Preston Glass – keyboards, bass sequencing, drum programming, arrangements
- Jay Graydon – synthesizers, drums, arrangements
- Randy Kerber – synthesizers
- Claude Gaudette – keyboards, arrangements
- Wayne Lewis – keyboards, drum programming
- Rich Aronson – additional keyboards, programming, synthesizer sweetening
- Kevin Deane – additional keyboards
- Jonathan Lewis – additional programming, programming
- Barry Eastmond – keyboards, string arrangements and conductor, rhythm track arrangements
- Eric Rehl – synthesizers
- Jason Miles – synthesizer programming
- David Garfield – keyboards
- Bob Baldwin – synthesizer programming, drum programming, arrangements
- Stephen Fox – synthesizer programming, drum programming, arrangements
- Michael Urbaniak – synthesizer programming, drum programming, arrangements
- Dean Parks – guitars
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars, additional guitars
- Andy Bloch – guitars
- Ira Siegel – guitars
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Marcus Miller – bass, all other instruments than guitar
- Wayne Brathwaite – bass, rhythm track arrangements, drum machine programming
- Bill Champlin – drums, backing vocals, arrangements
- Dennis Matkosky – drums, arrangements
- Mike Baird – drums
- David Lewis – drum programming, additional keyboards, additional guitars, synthesizer bass
- Terry Silverlight – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Bobby Caldwell – arrangements
- Gene Page – synthesizer sweetening arrangements
- Richard Henrickson – concertmaster for strings
- Frankie Blue – backing vocals
- Alex Brown – backing vocals
- Cliff Dawson – backing vocals
- Angel Rogers – backing vocals
- Jason Scheff – backing vocals
- Siedah Garrett – backing vocals
- Franne Golde – backing vocals
- Niki Haris – backing vocals
- Dennis Lambert – backing vocals
- Phil Perry – backing vocals
- Yolanda Lee – backing vocals
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals
- Genobia Jeter – backing vocals
- Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
- Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
- Ethel Beatty – backing vocals
- Thomas Flammia – backing vocals
- Curtis King – backing vocals
- Diane Garisto – backing vocals
Production
- Maureen Droney – engineer and mixing
- Jay Graydon – engineer and mixing
- Mick Guzauski – mixing
- David Bianco – recording and mixing
- Bino Espinoza – recording
- Jim Boyer – engineer mixing
- Earl Cohen – mixing, engineer
- Carl Beatty – engineer and mixing
- Les Cooper – assistant engineer
- Mark Cretella – assistant engineer
- Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer
- Mitch Zelezny – assistant engineer
- Jamie Chaleff – assistant engineer
- Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
- Tim Leitner – assistant engineer
- Erik Zobler – additional engineer
- Iris Cohen – assistant engineer
- Mike Russo – assistant engineer
- John Wise – assistant engineer
- Fernando Kral – assistant engineer
- George Pappadapoulous – assistant engineer
- Mark Pattis – assistant engineer
- Bruce Robbins – technical assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab.
- George Benson – executive producer
- Tommy LiPuma – album sequencing
- Valerie Hobel – production assistant
- Marrianne Pellicci – production coordinator
- Lu Snead – project administrator
- Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
- Mary Ann Dibs – art direction and design
- Robert Hakalski – photography
- Terry Robertson – illustration
- Ken Fritz Management, LA – direction