Looking at You, Looking at Me

Looking at You, Looking at Me is the seventh full-length studio recording from singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden. It was Walden's last album to be released by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart.

The album's lead single "Black Boy" failed to chart. However, the cover of "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached No. 40 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

As listed on the back cover of the Looking at You, Looking at Me vinyl album:

• Narada Michael Walden – lead vocals, drums, percussion (1, 4), piano, Prophet-5 (3, 5–9), horn arrangements (3, 5), timbales (8)
• David Sancious – synthesizers (1, 2), OB-X kalimba (1), Oberheim OB-X (3, 4), keyboards (3), piano (4, 5), OB-X harmonica licks (6), OB-X blues licks (7), OB-X harmonica (9)
• Mitchell Froom – Moog bells (1), gun shot (2)
• Frank Martin – synthesizers (3–5), Rhodes piano (4), string synthesizer (6, 8), organ (7)
• Mark Robertson – Mellotron (9)
• Joaquin Lievano – guitars (1, 2), guitar solo (2)
• Preston Glass – acoustic guitars (1, 2)
• Corrado Rustici – finger snaps (2), guitars (3–6, 8), 50s guitar and solo (7), acoustic guitars (9), electric guitars (9)
• Randy Jackson – bass (1–6, 8, 9), finger snaps (2), bass solo (5)
• Herman Jackson – finger snaps (2)
• Sheila Escovedo – percussion (4, 8)
• Andy Narell – steel drums solo (8)
• Marc Russo – alto saxophone (2–5, 7), alto sax solo (4, 7)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet and flugelhorn (2–5), horn arrangements (2–5)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet and flugelhorn (2–5)
• Michael Gibbs – string arrangements (2, 4, 6)
• Frankie Beverly and Maze – "Reach!" backing vocals (1)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1–4, 6–8)
• Kelly Kool – backing vocals (1–4, 6–8), role of "Tina" (7)
• John Lehman – backing vocals (1–4, 6–8)
• Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (1–4, 6–8)
• Carla Vaughn – backing vocals (1–4, 6–8)
• Jeffrey E. Cohen – "Chief of the S.F. Fire Department" (3)
• Angela Bofill – lead vocals (4)
• Jim Gilstrap, Randy Jackson, Kelly Kool, John Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Dwayne Simmons, Carla Vaughn and Lisa Walden – handclaps on "Shake It Off"

Production

• Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements
• David Frazer – engineer
• Ken Kessie – basic track engineer (4)
• Maureen Droney – second engineer
• Wayne Lewis – second engineer
• Ray Pyle – second engineer
• Leslie Ann Jones – final editing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Norman Seeff – photography
• Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
• Gregory Digiovine – management
• Adam's Dad Management Co. – management

Charts

References

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