Looking at You, Looking at Me
Looking at You, Looking at Me is the seventh full-length studio recording from singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden. It was Walden's last album to be released by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart.[2]
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Studio | The Automatt (San Francisco, CA) | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B, dance | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Narada Michael Walden | |||
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| Singles from Looking at You, Looking at Me | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
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The album's lead single "Black Boy" failed to chart. However, the cover of "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached No. 40 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 5:56 |
| 2. | "Looking at You, Looking at Me" | Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, Theo Martin | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Burning Up" | 4:19 | |
| 4. | "Never Wanna Be Without Your Love" (duet with Angela Bofill) | Phillip Saisse, Jim DiPrima | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Shake It Off" | 5:12 | |
| 6. | "Dream Maker" | 4:43 | |
| 7. | "Tina" | 4:15 | |
| 8. | "Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You" | 4:44 | |
| 9. | "Black Boy" | 4:29 | |
| Total length: | 42:32 | ||
Personnel
As listed on the back cover of the Looking at You, Looking at Me vinyl album:[4]
- Narada Michael Walden – lead vocals, drums, percussion (1, 4), acoustic piano (1 or 2)^, Prophet-5 (3, 5-9), horn arrangements (3, 5), timbales (8)
- David Sancious – synthesizers (1, 2), OB-X kalimba (1), Oberheim OB-X (3, 4), keyboards (3), acoustic piano (4, 5), OB-X harmonica licks (6), OB-X blues licks (7), OB-X harmonica (9)
- Mitchell Froom – Moog bells (1), gun shot (2)
- Frank Martin – synthesizers (3-5), Rhodes piano (4), string synthesizer (6, 8), organ (7)
- Mark Robertson – Mellotron (9)
- Joaquin Lievano – guitars (1, 2), guitar solo (2)
- Preston Glass – acoustic guitars (1, 2)
- Corrado Rustici – finger snaps (2), guitars (3-6, 8), 50s guitar and solo (7), acoustic guitars (9), electric guitars (9)
- Randy Jackson – bass (1-6, 8, 9), finger snaps (2), bass solo (5)
- Herman Jackson – finger snaps (2)
- Sheila Escovedo – percussion (4, 8)
- Andy Narell – steel drums solo (8)
- Marc Russo – alto saxophone (2-5, 7), alto sax solo (4, 7)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet and flugelhorn (2-5), horn arrangements (2-5)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet and flugelhorn (2-5)
- Michael Gibbs – string arrangements (2, 4, 6)
- Frankie Beverly and Maze – "Reach!" backing vocals (1)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1-4, 6-8)
- Kelly Kool – backing vocals (1-4, 6-8), role of "Tina" (7)
- John Lehman – backing vocals (1-4, 6-8)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (1-4, 6-8)
- Carla Vaughn – backing vocals (1-4, 6-8)
- Jeffrey E. Cohen – "Chief of the S.F. Fire Department" (3)
- Angela Bofill – lead vocals (4)
Handclaps on "Shake It Off"
- Jim Gilstrap, Randy Jackson, Kelly Kool, John Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Dwayne Simmons, Carla Vaughn and Lisa Walden
^Walden is listed as having played acoustic piano on Track 1; however, no acoustic piano is evident on this track. Conversely, whoever plays the (clearly-audible) acoustic piano on Track 2 is uncredited; it is thus possible that Walden is miscredited with performing the piano on Track 1, when he in fact played it on Track 2.
Production
- Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements
- David Frazer – engineer
- Ken Kessie – basic track engineer (4)
- Maureen Droney – second engineer
- Wayne Lewis – second engineer
- Ray Pyle – second engineer
- Leslie Ann Jones – final editing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterfonics (New York, NY)
- Norman Seeff – photography
- Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
- Gregory Digiovine – management
- Adam's Dad Management Co. – management
Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[2] | 51 |
References
- Looking at You, Looking at Me at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. May 27, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. May 6, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- Narada Michael Walden - Looking at You, Looking at Me (vinyl album) back cover.