Motown (album)

Motown is the sixth solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on June 24, 2003, by Universal Music International and Motown.

Track listing

Personnel

• Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, arrangements
• Toby Baker – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drum programming, arrangements, backing vocals
• Tony Swain – keyboards, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
• Bob James – keyboards
• Tim Akers – Hammond organ
• Tim Carmon – Hammond organ
• Simon Climie – arrangements, Pro Tools HD programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar, electric sitar
• Michael Thompson – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Nathan East – bass
• Nicky Shaw – drums, percussion drum programming, arrangements
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Harvey Mason – drums, percussion
• Paul Waller – percussion, programming, sound effects
• Mark Douthit – saxophone
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements
• Cliff Masterson – string arrangements
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
• The London Session Orchestra – strings
• Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals
• Amy Holland – backing vocals
• Jennifer Karr – backing vocals
• Audrey Martells – backing vocals
• Gale Mayes-West – backing vocals
• Alfreda McCrary Lee – backing vocals
• Ann McCrary – backing vocals
• Tommy Sims – backing vocals
• Dwayne Starling – backing vocals
• Tammy Taylor – backing vocals
• Leon Ware – backing vocals
• Kevin Whalum – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Simon Climie
• Executive producer – Tony Swain
• Production coordination – Lisa Patton and Debbie Johnson
• Engineers – Ben Fowler and Don Murray
• Second engineer – Grady Walker
• Additional engineer – Shannon Forrest
• Assistant engineers – Joel Everden and Tom Sweeney
• Pro Tools HD engineering – Adam Brown, Simon Climie, Shannon Forrest and Jonathan Shakovskoy.
• ProTools assistant – Joel Everden
• Orchestra recorded by Alan Douglas
• Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Barking Doctor Recording (Mount Kisco, New York), assisted by Tom Bender.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).
• Album coordinator – Dee Harrington
• Cover photo – Michael Wilson
• Wardrobe – Richard Orga
• Styling and makeup – Cindy Rich

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References