Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album) - Composition

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Be Yourself is the ninth solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on June 26, 1989 in the United States. Her second album with the company following her 1986 platinum album Winner in You, it features the single, "If You Asked Me To" which was also featured on the soundtrack to the James Bond movie, Licence to Kill (1989), and the R&B top ten Prince-written hit "Yo Mister." The album marked LaBelle's foray into new jack swing music with the tracks "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force, and "Love 89", another Prince contribution.

Be Yourself

Studio album by

Patti LaBelle

Released

June 26, 1989

Recorded

1987–1989

Genre

R&B
soul
pop
new jack swing

Length

53:38

Label

MCA

Producer

Burt Bacharach
James R. "Budd" Ellison
Full Force
Raymond Jones
Stewart Levine
Sami McKinney
Prince
Allan Dennis Rich
Carole Bayer Sager
Alan Roy Scott
Narada Michael Walden

Patti LaBelle chronology

Winner in You
(1986)

Be Yourself
(1989)

This Christmas
(1990)

Singles from Be Yourself

"If You Asked Me To"
Released: June 12, 1989
"Yo Mister"
Released: July 1989
"I Can't Complain"
Released: 1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Asked Me To"	Diane Warren	Stewart Levine	3:58
2.	"I Can't Complain"	Sami McKinney Raymond Jones	McKinney Jones	5:08
3.	"Be Yourself"	Bunny Hull Thelma Houston Jeff Hull	James R. "Budd" Ellison	5:40
4.	"Yo Mister"	Prince	Prince	5:08
5.	"I Got It Like That"	Full Force	Full Force	5:38
6.	"Love 89"	Prince Sheena Easton	Prince	5:09
7.	"Still in Love"	Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey E. Cohen	Walden	4:36
8.	"I'm Scared of You"	Alan Roy Scott Allan Dennis Rich	Scott Rich	4:46
9.	"Can't Bring Me Down"	Tena Clark Gary Prim	Ellison	4:13
10.	"Need a Little Faith"	Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager	Bacharach Sager	4:00
11.	"I Can Fly"	Theodore McLean Ellison Patti LaBelle	Ellison

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Track 1 arranged by Aaron Zigman. Produced by Stewart Levine. Recorded and mixed by Darren Klein. Bunny Hull, Paulette Brown, Valerie Pinkston-Mayo: backing vocals; Michael Landau: guitars; Aaron Zigman: keyboards, synthesizers; Lenny Castro: percussion
Track 2 arranged and produced by Raymond Jones and Sami McKinney. Recorded and mixed by Larry Fergusson. Gerald Albright: saxophone; Raymond Jones: keyboards; Larry Robinson: drum programming
Tracks 3, 9 & 11 produced by James Ellison. Tracks 3 and 9 arranged by James Ellison; Track 11 arranged by Nathaniel Wilkie. Recorded and mixed by Bob Fintz and Joe Tarsia; Tracks 3 and 11 remixed by Louie Silas. Annette Hardeman, Desiree Coleman, Paula Holloway, Thelma Houston, Charlene Holloway, Deborah Dukes, Freddie Washington, Gabriel Hardeman Jr., O.J. Smallwood: backing vocals; James Ellison: keyboards, percussion; Nathaniel Wilke: keyboards, synthesizers; George Duke: acoustic piano; James Herbert Smith: guitars; Lenny Castro: percussion; Jim Salamone: drum programming
Tracks 4 and 6 arranged, produced and played by Prince. Recorded, mixed and remixed by Timmy Regisford.
Track 5 arranged, produced, recorded and mixed by Full Force. Full Force: all instruments, backing vocals; Lisa Lisa, Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley: backing vocals
Track 7 arranged by Jerry Hey. Produced by Narada Michael Walden. Recorded and mixed by David Frazer. Claytoven Richardson, Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Melisa Kary: backing vocals; Corrado Rustici: guitars; David Sancious, Walter Afanasieff: keyboards; Randy Jackson: Moog Prodigy synth bass; Kenny G: saxophone; Narada Michael Walden: drums, drum programming; Gigi Gonaway: cymbals and percussion
Track 8 arranged and produced by Alan Roy Scott and Alan Dennis Rich. Lyndie White, Mona Rae Campbell, Ronee Martin: backing vocals; Mark Leggett: guitars; Brad Cole: keyboards; Dominic Genova: bass; Tom Walsh: drums, percussion
Track 10 arranged and produced by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. Recorded and mixed by Mick Guzauski. Joe Pizzulo, Julia, Maxine and Oren Waters, Phil Perry, Stephanie Spruill: backing vocals; Randy Kerber: acoustic piano; Michael Boddicker: synthesizers; Dann Huff: guitars; Neil Stubenhaus: bass; Jeff Porcaro: drums; Lenny Castro: percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	86
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	62
Chart (1990)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8]	63


US Cashbox Charts (1989)									Peak position
Top 75 R&B Albums[9]									14
Top 200 Albums[10]									97

References

"Be Yourself - Patti LaBelle - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
"Patti LaBelle Be Yourself (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR..." Retrieved 25 April 2017.
"RollingStone.com - Patti LaBelle Recordings". 4 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 May 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Be Yourself (booklet). Patti LaBelle. MCA Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Patti LaBelle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
"Patti LaBelle Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
"Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). 1989-11-04. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-12.
"Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). 1989-11-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-12.

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Studio albums	Patti LaBelle Tasty It's Alright with Me Released The Spirit's in It I'm in Love Again Patti Winner in You Be Yourself Burnin' Gems Flame When a Woman Loves Timeless Journey Classic Moments The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle Bel Hommage
Christmas albums	This Christmas Miss Patti's Christmas
Live albums	Live! One Night Only
Singles	"You Are My Friend" "Release (The Tension)" "I Don't Go Shopping" "The Best Is Yet To Come" (with Grover Washington Jr.) "If Only You Knew" "Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Bobby Womack) "Love, Need and Want You" "New Attitude" "Stir It Up" "If You Don't Know Me by Now (Part 1)" "On My Own" (with Michael McDonald) "Oh, People" "Kiss Away the Pain" "If You Asked Me To" "Yo Mister" "Feels Like Another One" "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)" "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)" "The Right Kinda Lover" "All This Love" "When You Talk About Love" "Does He Love You" "New Day" "Gotta Go Solo"
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Be Yourself è il nono album solista della cantante americana Patti LaBelle, pubblicato nel 1989 attraverso l'etichetta MCA, il suo secondo album con la compagnia dopo il successo dell'album certificato platino del 1986, Winner in You . L'album contiene il singolo "If You Asked Me To " (un dei 10 migliori singoli R&B negli Stati Uniti della LaBelle, in seguito cantato anche da Celine Dion, che è stato incluso nella colonna sonora del film di James Bond, License to Kill. Contiene inoltre la hit scritta da Prince, "Yo Mister". L'album ha permesso alla LaBelle di esplorare il New jack swing grazie ai brani "I Got It Like That", prodotto dai Full Force e dalla già citata "Yo Mister".

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