Gems (Patti LaBelle album)

Gems

Studio album by Patti LaBelle

Released

June 7, 1994

Recorded

1993-1994

Genre

R&B, Pop

Label

MCA

Producer

Patti LaBelle (exec), Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, James Wright, Teddy Riley

Patti LaBelle chronology

Live!
(1992)

Gems
(1994)

Greatest Hits
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[2]
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews	^[3]

Gems is the twelfth solo album by American singer Patti LaBelle, released on MCA Records in June 1994. The album is notable for the international pop hit, the Ann Nesby co-write, "The Right Kinda Lover", which brought LaBelle a new legion of fans thanks to its production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and its catchy video which had LaBelle performing a seductress who chooses "the right mate" through a machine and if one man rubbed her the wrong way, she'd use a button to get rid of them. The album also features a Hip-Hop-esque remake of DeBarge's 1983 hit, "All This Love", produced by Teddy Riley. The album peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard Top 200 and went gold with sales shipping past the 500,000 mark.

Track listing

"I'm in Love" (Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney, Denise Rich, Fred White) 4:16a
"All This Love" (El DeBarge) 5:01
"The Right Kinda Lover" (Ann Bennett-Nesby, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jimmy Wright) 4:52
"This Word Is All" (Carol Duboc, Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney, Jimmy Wright) 4:40
"Too Good to Be Through" (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) 4:19
"I Never Stopped Loving You" (Alex Brown, Sami McKinney, Kenny Moore) 5:00
"Stay in My Corner" (Wade Flemons, Bobby Miller, Barrett Strong) 5:21
"If I Didn't Have You" (Eugene "Lambchops" Curry, Bunny Sigler) 4:58
"I Can't Tell My Heart What to Do" (Sami McKinney, Steve Shockley, Aaron Smith) 4:47
"Time Will Tell" (Sami McKinney, Kenny Moore, Allee Willis) 4:59
"Our World" (James R. "Budd" Ellison, Patti LaBelle, Sami McKinney, Nathaniel "Crockett" Wilkie) 5:00
"Come As You Are" (Lisa Dal Bello, Sami McKinney) 4:17

References

Patti LaBelle

Studio albums	Patti LaBelle Tasty It's Alright with Me Released The Spirit's in It I'm in Love Again Patti Winner in You Be Yourself Burnin' Gems Flame When a Woman Loves Timeless Journey Classic Moments The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle

Christmas albums	This Christmas Miss Patti's Christmas

Live albums	Patti LaBelle Live! Live! One Night Only Live in Washington, D.C.

Singles	"You Are My Friend" "Release (The Tension)" "I Don't Go Shopping" "The Best Is Yet To Come" (with Grover Washington, Jr.) "If Only You Knew" "Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Bobby Womack) "Love, Need and Want You" "New Attitude" "Stir It Up" "If You Don't Know Me by Now (Part 1)" "On My Own" (with Michael McDonald) "Oh, People" "Kiss Away the Pain" "If You Asked Me To" "Yo Mister" "Feels Like Another One" "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)" "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)" "The Right Kinda Lover" "All This Love" "When You Talk About Love" "New Day"

Filmography	A Soldier's Story Unnatural Causes Sing Sylvester: Mighty Real Preaching to the Choir Idlewild Cover Semi-Pro Mama, I Want to Sing!

Related articles	Discography Labelle Labelle discography

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