30/03/2026

Mica Paris "Whisper A Prayer" (1993) -Pop Soul / Contemporary R&B-



Label : Island Records, Inc.


Royaume-Uni 01 - I Never Felt Like This Before (Narada Michael Walden & Sally Jo Dakota)
02 - I Wanna Hold On To You (Narada Michael Walden, Mica Paris & Sally Jo Dakota)
03 - You Put A Move On My Heart (Rod Temperton)
04 - We Were Made For Love (Rod Temperton)
05 - Whisper A Prayer (Jon Lind, Phil Galdston & Wendy Waldman)
06 - Too Far Apart (Narada Michael Walden, Mica Paris & Sally Jo Dakota)
07 - I Bless The Day (Terry Britten & Graham Lyle)
08 - Two In A Million (Rod Temperton)
09 - Positivity (Narada Michael Walden, Mica Paris & Sylvester Jackson)
10 - Can't Seem To Make Up My Mind (Narada Michael Walden, Mica Paris & Sally Jo Dakota)
11 - You Got A Special Way (Narada Michael Walden, Mike Mani, Monty Seward & Deena Charles)
12 - Love Keeps Coming Back (Rod Temperton)


Tracks 01, 02, 06, 09, 10, 11 :
Vocals Recorded & Mixed by David Frazer
Recorded by Marc Reyburn
Additional Engineering : Louis Biancaniello - "Too Far Apart", Mike Mani - "I Never Felt Like This Before" & "You Got A Special Way"
Assistant Engineer : Jeff Gray
Recorded & Mixed at Tarpan Studios, San Rafael, CA
Production Coordinators : Janice Lee, Kelly McRae, Stefani Shaffer, Cynthia Shiloh & Kevin Walden
Executive Producers : Julian Palmer & Mica Paris
Recorded Spring '92 - Spring '93 in Los Angeles, San Francisco & London
Mastered in Los Angeles by Bernie Grundman


01 - I Never Felt Like This Before

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Associate Producers : Mike Mani & Monty Seward
Musicians :
Narada Michael Walden : Keyboards & Percussion
Mike Mani : Keyboards & Programming
Monty Seward : Keyboards & Programming 
Claytoven Richardson, Kitty Beethoven, Sandy Griffith, Tony Lindsay & Nicole Bradin : Background vocals 

02 - I Wanna Hold On To You

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Co-Produced by Mike Mani
Musicians :
Mike Mani : Keyboards & Programming
Vernon 'Ice' Black : Guitar
Mica Paris : Background vocals

03 - You Put A Move On My Heart

Produced & Arranged by Rod Temperton
Associate Producer : Erik Hanson
Production Coordinator : Camille Henry
Musicians :
Erik Hanson : Synth Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Nadirah Ali, Siedah Garrett, Mica Paris : Background vocals 
Recorded at Castle Oaks Studio, Calabasas, California & Lighthouse Recorders, N. Hollywood, California
Recording Engineer : Eric Rudo
Assistant Engineers : Christopher Zerbe, Michael Aarvold
Mixed at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California
Mix Engineer : Mick Guzauski
Assistant Engineers : Stephen Harrison, Kevin Becka, Eric Fitzgerald

04 - We Were Made For Love

Produced & Arranged by Rod Temperton
Associate Producer : Erik Hanson
Production Coordinator : Camille Henry
Musicians :
Erik Hanson : Synth Programming
Nadirah Ali, Debra Parson : Background vocals
Camille Henry : Angel Doop
Recorded at Castle Oaks Studio, Calabasas, California
Engineered by Guy Defazio & Eric Rudd
Assistant Engineers : Christopher Zerbe, Michael Aarvold, Daniel Clements & Dave Hetcht
Mixed at The Enterprise, Burbank, California
Mix Engineer : Tommy Vicari
Assistant Engineers : Gabriel Sutter & Eric Fitzgerald

05 - Whisper A Prayer

Produced by Jon Lind
Arranged by Jon Lind, Phil Galdston & John Andrew Schreiner
Strings Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell
String Contractor : Suzie Katayama
1st Violin : Sid Page
Recorded by Mark DeSisto at Music Grinder & Ocean Way, Los Angeles, Calif.
Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Devonshire Sound, Los Angeles, Calif.
Musicians :
John Andrew Schreiner : Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Drum Programming & Bass
Jakko Jakszyk : Electric Guitar
Alex Acuña : Udu Drums
Phil Galdston : Piano

06 - Too Far Apart

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Co-Produced by Louis Biancaniello
Musicians
Louis Biancaniello : Keyboards & Programming 
Mica Paris, Jennifer Caryn & Laurie Jones : Background vocals 

07 - I Bless The Day

Executive Producer : Mica Paris
Co-Produced by Paul Johnson
Engineered by Nick Wallace at Falconer Studios, London NW1
Mix Engineered by Martin Russell at Swanyard Studios, London, N1
Musicians :
Howard Francis : Keyboards
Randy Hope-Taylor : Bass
Maxton G. Beasley Jr. : Drums & Percussion
Steve Williamson : Saxophone
Mica Paris & Paul Johnson : Background vocals

08 - Two In A Million

Produced & Arranged by Rod Temperton
Associate Producer : Erik Hanson
Production Coordinator : Laura Flores
Recorded at Castle Oaks Studio, Calabasas, California
Recording Engineers : Daren Klein, Tommy Vicari, Moogie Canazio
Assistant Engineers : Michael Aarvold, David Harrelson, John Malta, Paul Scriver & Greg Loskorn
Mixed at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California
Mix Engineer : Mick Guzauski
Assistant Engineer : Stephen Harrison
Additional Production & Remix by Driza Bone for Bone Idol Productions
Musicians :
Eric Hanson : Synth Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Siedah Garrett, Nadirah Ali : Background vocals

09 - Positivity

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Musicians
Mike Mani : Keyboards & Programming
Monty Seward : Keyboards & Programming 
Frank Martin : Live String Arrangements & Conducting
Mica Paris, Kitty Beethoven, Claytoven Richardson, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith & Skyler Jett : Background vocals

10 - Can't Seem To Make Up My Mind

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Musicians 
Narada Michael Walden : Bass, Percussion Arrangement
Frank Martin : Keyboards & Programming 
Monty Seward : Keyboards, Programming & Synth Strings
Kitty Beethoven, Nikita Germaine & Tony Lindsay : Background vocals

11 - You Got A Special Way

Produced & Arranged by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Musicians 
Mike Mani Keyboards & Programming
Monty Seward : Keyboards & Programming 
Claytoven Richardson, Kitty Beethoven, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Tony Lindsay & Nicole Bradin : Background vocals

12 - Love Keeps Coming Back

Produced & Arranged by Rod Temperton
Associate Producer : Erik Hanson
Production Coordinator : Laura Flores
Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood ; Castle Oaks Studio, Calabasas, California ; NRG, North Hollywood ; Mankind, Encino, California
Recording Engineers : Tommy Vicari, Moogie Canazio, Matt Forger
Assistant Engineers : Eric Rudd, Michael Aarvold, David Harrelson, John Malta, Paul Schriver, Philip Reynolds, Tina Madison
Mixed at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles
Mix Engineer : Mick Guzauski
Assistant Engineer : Stephen Harrison
Musicians :
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Larry Williams : Electric Piano
Erik Hanson : Synth Programming
Siedah Garrett, Nadirah Ali, J.D. Nicholas : Background vocals