Just as I Am (Yolanda Adams album)

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Just as I Am
Just as I Am cover
Studio album by Yolanda Adams
Released 1987 (#SOG 163)
Genre Gospel
Length 33:55
Label Nine Records, Sound of Gospel
Producer Thomas Whitfield, Lamar Brantley
Yolanda Adams chronology
Just as I Am (1988) Through the Storm (1991)

Just as I Am is an album by gospel singer Yolanda Adams, released on the Sound of Gospel label and produced by Thomas Whitfield who also worked with singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong on early 1980s gospel releases. Though original pressings of the vinyl and cassette release are difficult to find, the album has since been re-released on CD along with another catalog album from Sound of Gospel by Wanda Nero Butler entitled New Born Soul.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Am"
    (Michael McKay) — (3:20)
  2. "Restore Me"
    (Thomas Whitfield) — (4:01)
  3. "Signs of the Time"
    (Jonathan DuBose) — (3:43)
  4. "Just as I Am"
    (Thomas Whitfield) — (3:43)
  5. "Come and Go with Me"
    (Thomas Whitfield, Gregory Troy) — (4:30)
  6. "Wash Me"
    (Carl Preacher, Thomas Whitfield) — (5:55)
  7. "If You Can Take It/You Can Make It"
    (Thomas Whitfield, Yolanda Adams) — (4:16)
  8. "Deliverance"
    (Yolanda Adams, Thomas Whitfield) — (4:11)

[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Gospel Albums 8


[edit] Personnel

Produced by Thomas Whitfield and Lanar Brantley Executive Producer: Armen Boladian

Thomas Whitfield — keyboards, Baldwin & Yamaha pianos; string and synthesizer arrangements and overdubs; all vocal and instrumental arrangements
Earl J. Wright — synthesizer overdubs; string arrangements programming
Lanar Brantley — bass guitar; instrumental arrangements; exclusive drum programming and arrangements
Jonathan DuBose — lead & rhythm guitars; bass section on "Deliverance"
Larry Fratangelo — percussions exclusively
Raphael Merriweather Jr. — percussion overdubs
Walter L. Stevenson Jr. — vocal overdubs and tambourine on "Deliverance"

Singers — Sandy Hudson, Michael Fletcher, Doretha Carter, Renee Thomas, Larry D. Edwards, Juliette Cooper, Gwen Morton, Ron Kelley, Valerie Hancox, Larry McMurtry, Thomas Whitfield

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This article is a part of a series on Yolanda Adams
Articles and categories
Discography  • Awards • The Yolanda Adams Morning Show • Category
North American Albums
Notable Singles
"The Battle Is the Lord's" • "Open Arms" • "Gotta Have Love" • "The Battle Is the Lord's (live)" • "Only Believe" • "Is Your All on the Altar" • "Still I Rise" • "Open My Heart" • "Yeah" • "Fragile Heart" • "The Things We Do" • "I'm Gonna Be Ready" • "I Gotta Believe" • "Hold On" • "Never Give Up" • "Someone Watching Over You" • "Victory" • "This Too Shall Pass" • "Be Blessed" • "My Favorite Things" • "What a Wonderful Time"
Other Projects
The Gospel  • Sweating in the Spirit • A Clay Aiken Christmas • Yolanda Adams Smooth Jazz Tribute