18/11/2023
Keni Burke "You're The Best" (1981) -Westcoast Soul / Smooth Soul / Soul-
Label : RCA Victor
01 - Let Somebody Love You* (Kenneth M. Burke)
02 - Gotta Find My Way Back In Your Heart** (Kenneth M. Burke)
03 - Love Is The Answer (Todd Rundgren)
Side B
01 - You're The Best (Kenneth M. Burke)
02 - Paintings Of Love (Kenneth M. Burke)
03 - Night Riders (Kenneth M. Burke)
04 - Never Stop Loving Me* (Kenneth M. Burke)
Produced, Composed° & Arranged by Kenneth M. Burke for BURJO Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer : Edward 'Chappie' Johnson
String & Horn Arrangements : Gil Askey* & Wade Marcus**
°Except "Love Is The Answer" by Todd Rundgren
All Synthesizer Arrangements : Keni Burke
All Tracks Recorded at Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, California ; Total Experience, Hollywood, California
Vocals Recorded at Sound Factory, Hollywood, California ; Queen Village Recorders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Alpha Recordings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Strings & Horns Recorded at Total Experience, Hollywood, California ; Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Engineered by Frank B. Clarke, Steve Zaresky, Mike Evans, Chuck O'Brien, Steve MacMillian, Peter Humphrey
Assistant Engineers : Lorenzo Wright, Tony Dousee, Richard McKennan
Mixed by Warren Dewey at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
"Let Somebody Love You" Mixed by Joe Tarsia, Signa Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Consultant : David Todd
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, New York
Side A
01 - Let Somebody Love You
Bass : Keni Burke
Percussion & Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Tack Piano : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Acoustic Piano Introduction : Dean Gant
Guitars : Dennis Burke & Keni Burke
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Terri Askey, Keni Burke
02 - Gotta Find My Way Back In Your Heart
Bass : Keni Burke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Keyboards : Dean Gant
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Keni Burke
Sax Solo : Gene Meros, Don Myrick
03 - Love Is The Answer
Bass : Keni Burke
Drums & Percussion : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Keyboards & Synthesizers : Dean Gant
Rhythm Guitars : Dennis Burke, Michael Thompson
Guitar Solo : Michael Thompson
Bongos : Greg Askey
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Terri Askey, Keni Burke
Side B
01 - You're The Best
Moog Bass : Dean Gant
Keyboards & Synthesizers : Dean Gant
Guitars : Michael Thompson, Keni Burke
Percussion : Migel Fuantais
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Keni Burke
02 - Paintings Of Love
Bass : Keni Burke
Percussion & Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Acoustic Piano : Keni Burke
Fender Rhodes : Dean Gant
Guitar : Dennis Burke
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Keni Burke
03 - Night Riders
Bass : Keni Burke
Percussion & Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Effect Piano : Keni Burke
Acoustic Piano : Dean Gant
Guitar : Keni Burke
Percussion : Migel Fuantais
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Keni Burke
Horns Arranged by Keni Burke & Dean Gant
Sax Solo : Don Myrick, EWF Horn Section
04 - Never Stop Loving Me
Bass : Keni Burke
Percussion & Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Fender Rhodes : Dean Gant
Guitars : Dennis Burke, Keni Burke
Background vocals : Day Askey Burke, Keni Burke
Female Solo Vocalist : Day Askey Burke