It's Real (James Ingram album)

It's Real is the title of the third full-length recording from R&B singer-songwriter James Ingram. It was released in 1989 on Quest/Warner Bros. Records, and features the smash hit single "I Don't Have the Heart", which peaked at number 1 for 1 week. It also features a remake of the classic song "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, re-written with different lyrics and entitled "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man".

Track listing

1. "It's Real" (Frank, Griffin, Hankerson, Ingram) 5:13
2. "I Wanna Come Back" (Gordon, Levert) 4:51
3. "Call On Me" (Ingram, Taylor) 4:03
4. "So Fine" (Ingram, Taylor) 4:04
5. "Love Come Down" (Griffin, Ingram) 5:40
6. "Baby Be Mine" (Bell, Ingram) 5:00
7. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man" (Gerry Goffin, Carol King, Jerry Wexler) 5:04
8. "Love One Day At a Time" (Ingram, Seward) 4:31
9. "I Don't Have the Heart" (Friedman, Rich) 4:14
10. "Someday We'll All Be Free" (Hathaway, Howard) 4:10
11. "When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry" (Ingram, Matosky, Wakefield) 4:57

Production

• Produced By Gene Griffin, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, James Ingram, Bernard Taylor, Thom Bell, Michael J. Powell, Monty Seward & Matkosky
• Engineered & Mixed By Dave Way, Mike Tarsia, Paul Ericksen, Steve Van Arden, Sidney Burton, Winston Johnson, Robert Loftus, Barney Perkins & Dennis Matkosky
• Mastered By Bernie Grundman

Personnel

• Drums: James Ingram, Ricky Lawson, Bernard Taylor
• Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
• Bass: Thom Bell, Nathan East, Abe Laboriel, Freddie Washington
• Guitars: Paul Jackson, Jr.
• Keyboards: Thom Bell, Vernon D. Fails, Jud J. Friedman, James Ingram, Dennis Matosky, Monty Seward, Bernard Taylor, Aaron Zigman
• Keyboard Programming: Robbie Buchanan
• Sequencing: Jim Salamone
• Saxophone: Gerald Albright, Ernie Watts
• Horns: Jerry Hey, Dan Higgins, Larry Andrew Williams
• Strings arranged and conducted by Thom Bell
• Horn arrangements by Thom Bell & Jerry Hey
• Horns conducted by Thom Bell
• Backing Vocals: Bernard Bell, Reginald Bell, Carl Calwell, Jim Gilstrap, James Ingram, Josie James, Marva King, Marsha McClurkin, Monty Seward, Bernard Taylor

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