Truly Blessed
1991 studio album by Teddy Pendergrass
Truly Blessed Released March 5, 1991 Recorded 1990–1991 Studio Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kajem/Victory Studios(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Aire Los Angeles(Glendale, California ) Tarpan Studios(San Rafael, California ) High Hill Studios(Baltimore, Maryland ) Genre R&B , new jack swing Length 59 :02 Label Elektra Producer Teddy Pendergrass, Terry Price, Derek Nakamoto, Craig Burbidge,
Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass , released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr, Annette Guest Hardeman Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass, with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price, and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.
Truly Blessed peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200 and #4 on the R&B chart . It spawned Pendergrass' third and last R&B chart -topping single in "It Should've Been You ", and also contained two further top 40 R&B singles.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "She Knocks Me Off My Feet" Teddy Pendergrass Terry Price Pendergrass Price Craig Burbidge[a] Derek Nakamoto[a] 4:31 2. "It Should've Been You " Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 5:24 3. "Don't You Ever Stop" Pendergrass Price Alfonso Wright 4:09 4. "It's Over" 5:43 5. "Glad to Be Alive" (duet with Lisa Fischer ) 5:04 6. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 5:47 7. "I Find Everything in You" James Rashid Carter Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 5:06 8. "Spend the Night" Pendergrass Price Bryan Williams Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 5:47 9. "With You" (duet with Minnie Curry) Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 5:53 10. "We Can't Keep Going On (Like This)" Carter Carter Kevin Ashkins Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 4:27 11. "Truly Blessed" Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a] 7:11
Notes
^[a] denotes an additional producer
^[b] denotes a co-producer
Personnel
Teddy Pendergrass - lead vocals
Phyllis Yvonne, Marva King, Mark Philosit, Michelle Kornegay, Annette Hardeman, Jacqueline Gregory, Paula Holloway, Charlene Holloway, Minnie Curry, Terry Price, Darryl Phinnessee, Dorian Holley, Jim Gilstrap , Julia Tiltman Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Wendy Fraser, Rosalind Keel, Fred White, Phyllis St James, Portia Griffin, Joey Diggs, Solomon Henderson Jr., Keith Jones, Sheila Lakin, Bridgent Potts, Ron Monroe, John Kee, Andrea Deese, Clarissa Rhodes, Jeanette Taylor - backing vocals
Randy Bowland, Paul Jackson Jr. , Darien Daughtry, David Gardner, Tim Pierce, Andre Storey, Richard Tucker - guitar
Carlos Vega, Luis Conte , Steve Hopkins, Denny Fongheiser, Jim Carter - drums , percussion
Freddy Washington , Abraham Laboriel , Chuckii Booker - bass guitar
Patrick Moten - acoustic piano
Derek Nakamoto, Curt Dowd, Bryan Williams, Kevin Ashkins - keyboards
Pamela Williams - saxophone
Gerald Albright - tenor saxophone
Clay Jenkins, Charlie Davis, Steve Holyman, Henry McMillan Jr., Andrew Lamb, Darnell Robinson, Louis Taylor, Marc Johnson - horns
June Kuramoto - koto
Basil Fung - electric stick
Jim Salamone, Chilli "E" - drum programming
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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