Anita Baker "Giving You The Best That I Got" (1988) -Smooth Soul-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Priceless (Garry Glenn)
02 - Lead Me Into Love (Steve Lane & Larry Prentiss)
03 - Giving You The Best That I Got (Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough & Randy Holland)
04 - Good Love (Gary Taylor)

Side Two

01 - Rules (Maggie Ryder, Phil Nicholl & Graham Lamb)
02 - Good Enough (James McBride & Anita Baker)
03 - Just Because (Michael O'Hara, Sammy McKinney & Alex Brown)
04 - You Belong To Me (Graham Lyle, Terry Britten & Billy Livsey)


Produced by Michael J. Powell
Executive Producer : Anita Baker
Recorded at Encore Studio, Yamaha International Recording, Sound Suite, Hitsville, TMF, Producers I & II, Gnome Studios
Engineered by Barney Perkins
2nd Engineer : Milton Chan
Additional Engineers : Les Cooper, Fred Law, Bruce Nazarian, Tim Purvis
Mixed at Encore Studio
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering


Side One

01 - Priceless

Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. & Michael J. Powell
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : Vernon Fails & Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizer Programming : Robbie Buchanan & Dave Boruff
Background vocals : Valerie Pinkston Mayo, Alex Brown, Carl Carwell, Angel Edwards
Background Vocal Arrangement : Valerie Pinkston Mayo
String Arrangement : Paul Riser

02 - Lead Me Into Love

Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. & Michael J. Powell
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : Vernon Fails & Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizer Programming : Robbie Buchanan
Piano : George Duke & Bobby Lyle
Background vocals : Perri Sisters (Lori, Sharon, Darlene, Carol)
Background Vocal Arrangement : Perri Sisters
String Arrangement : Paul Riser

03 - Giving You The Best That I Got

Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Nathan East
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : Vernon Fails
Acoustic Piano : Sir Gant
Background vocals : Valerie Pinkston Mayo, Alex Brown, Carl Carwell, Angel Edwards
Background Vocal Arrangement : Valerie Pinkston Mayo

04 - Good Love

Guitar : Michael J. Powell & Donny Lyle
Keyboards : Vernon Fails & Gary Taylor
Synclavier : Joseph Vitarelli
Background vocals : Anita Baker

Side Two

01 - Rules

Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. & Michael J. Powell
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan & Peter Schwartz
Synclavier Programming : Bruce Nazarian
Background vocals : Anita Baker
Background Vocal Arrangement : Anita Baker

02 - Good Enough

Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Nathan East
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : Vernon Fails
Acoustic Piano : Sir Gant
Saxophone : Gerald Albright

03 - Just Because

Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizer Programming : Robbie Buchanan
Background vocals : Alex Brown, Carl Carwell, Marva King, Lori Perry
Background Vocal Arrangement : Alex Brown
String Arrangement : Michael J. Powell & Robbie Buchanan

04 - You Belong To Me

Guitars : Michael J. Powell
Keyboards : Sonny Burke, Patrick Moten & Neil Walker
Synthesizer Programming : Robbie Buchanan & Dave Boruff
Saxophone : Dave Boruff
Trumpet : Chuck Findley
Background vocals : Fred White, Lynne Fiddmont, Roy Galloway