Fragile (Cherrelle album)
| Fragile |
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| Studio album by Cherrelle |
| Released |
1984 |
| Recorded |
1983-1984 (Creation Audio in Minneapolis, Larabee Sound & Studio Masters, Los Angeles; also III Mile-John Lodge Studios & Fiddler Studios, Los Angeles[1] |
| Genre |
R&B, Soul, Dance-pop, Synth-Pop |
| Length |
43:22 |
| Label |
Tabu, CBS |
| Producer |
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Michael Everitt Dunlap, Isaac Suthers |
| Cherrelle chronology |
| - |
Fragile
(1984) |
High Priority
(1985) |
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| Professional ratings |
| Review scores |
| Source |
Rating |
| allmusic |
[2] |
Fragile is the debut by R&B/Pop singer Cherrelle. It was released in 1984 on Tabu, and was the first of four records for the label (she would leave Tabu after the release of 1991's "The Woman I Am").
The album was mostly written, arranged & produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (a/k/a Flyte Time Productions), and, under their guidance, she scored a smash R&B hit with "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On", which would later be covered (in a more rocked-up version by British singer Robert Palmer. Cherrelle's recording reached number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts; however, it didn't fare anywhere near as well on the Billboard Hot 100, where it only reached number 86 (she would have her biggest pop hit a year later with the Alexander O'Neal duet "Saturday Love")[3].
Track listing
- "Fragile...Handle With Care" (Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis) 6:02
- "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" (Jam, Lewis) 7:30
- "Like I Will" (Jam, Lewis) 7:24
- "I Will Wait For You" (Maxi Anderson, Isaac Suthers, Michael Everitt Dunlap) 3:44
- "Who's It Gonna Be" (Harris, Lewis) 4:36
- "Stay With Me" (Anderson, Dunlap, Bill Champlin) 4:03
- When You Look In My Eyes (Harris, Lewis) 4:53
- "I Need You Now" (Suthers, Danlap, Champlin, Dante) 4:58
Personnel & Production[4]
Tracks 1-3, 5 & 7
- Arranged & Produced By Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis For Flyte Tyme Productions
- Engineered & Mixed By Steve Wiese & Taavi Mote
- Additional Recording Engineers: Judy Clapp & Steve Hodge
- Jimmy Jam: Synthesizers, Synth Programming, Acoustic Piano, Drum Programming, Percussion, Backing Vocal
- Terry Lewis: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Electric Bass, Drum Programming, Backing Vocal
- Monte Moir: Synthesizers, Percussion, Backing Vocal
- David Eiland: Tuba, Saxophone
- Randy Jenkins, Lucia Newell, Gwendolyn Traylor: Backing Vocals
Tracks 4, 6 & 8
- Arranged & Produced By Michael Everitt Dunlap & Isaac Suthers, with additional vocal arrangements by Maxi Anderson
- Engineered By Robert Biles
- Assistant Engineers: Michael Gilbert, Dennis Woods & Kelvin Dixon
- Mixed By Mike Evans & Taavi Mote
- Michael Everitt Dunlap: Electric, Acoustic & Bass Guitars, Acoustic Piano, Drums, Backing Vocal
- Isaac Suthers: Synthesizers
- Eric Sylvester Daniels: Synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
- Ellis Smith: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
- Terry Santiel: Percussion
- Maxi Anderson, Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Phyllis St. James, Randall Jenkins, Gwenche Macho: Backing Vocals
References