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Chance (Candi Staton album)

Chance is the eighth album by American soul and gospel singer Candi Staton. Singles released from the album included "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (co-written by Patrick Adams and Wayne K. Garfield), and the title track, which became a top 20 R&B record. The album peaked at No. 23 on the US R&B Album chart and No. 129 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go" (Ronald Miller, Kenny Lewis, Howard Jennings) – 3:46
  2. "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield) – 6:41
  3. "Rock" (Candi Staton, Jimmy Smith) – 7:16
Side 2
  1. "Chance" (Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Smith) – 5:31
  2. "I Live" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 5:10
  3. "Me and My Music" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Margie Smith) – 5:50

Musicians

  • Candi Staton – vocals
  • Richard Taninbaum, Christopher Parker, Steve Jordan – drums
  • Norbert Sloley, Carol Coleman, Francisco Centeno – bass guitar
  • Eddie Colon, Michael Lewis, Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
  • Thom Bridwell – acoustic piano
  • Patrick Adams – Fender Rhodes
  • Philip Woo – synthesizer
  • Jimmy Smith – keyboards
  • Stan Lucas, Ken Mazur, Cornell Dupree, Ronald Miller, Emanuel "Rahiem" LeBlanc, Hiram Bullock, Jeff Mironov – guitar
  • Arrangers: Patrick Adams & Ken Morris (Rhythm), Ray Chew (Strings & Horns)
  • Background Singers (except “I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go”): Alfonso Thornton, Carole Sylvan & Michelle Cobbs
  • Sam Burtis, Harold Vick, George Opalisky, Howard Johnson, Mike Lawrence, Virgil Jones, Gerald Chamberlain, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Barry Rogers – horns

Production

  • Producers: Candi Staton & Jimmy Simpson
  • Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York City
  • Recording and Mixing Engineer: Andy Abrams
  • Additional Recording Engineers: Carmine Rubino & Steve Tose
  • Assistant Engineers: Craig Michaels, Matthew Weiner, Carla Bandini & John Potoker
  • Mastered at Columbia, New York by Stuart J. Romaine
  • Album Art Direction: Peter Whorf
  • Photography: Mario Casilli

References