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Chance is the eighth album by American soul and gospel singer Candi Staton.[1] Singles released from the album included "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (co-written by Patrick Adams and Wayne K. Garfield), and the title track, which became a top 20 R&B record. The album peaked at No. 23 on the US R&B Album chart and No. 129 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Chance
Studio album by Candi Staton
Released	1979
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Genre	Soul
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Candi Staton, Jimmy Simpson
Candi Staton chronology
House of Love (1978) Chance (1979) Candi Staton (1980)

Track listing

Side 1

1. "I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go" (Ronald Miller, Kenny Lewis, Howard Jennings) – 3:46
2. "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield) – 6:41
3. "Rock" (Candi Staton, Jimmy Smith) – 7:16

Side 2

1. "Chance" (Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Smith) – 5:31
2. "I Live" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 5:10
3. "Me and My Music" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Margie Smith) – 5:50

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Musicians

• Candi Staton - vocals
• Richard Taninbaum, Christopher Parker, Steve Jordan – drums
• Norbert Sloley, Carol Coleman, Francisco Centeno - bass guitar
• Eddie Colon, Michael Lewis, Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
• Thom Bridwell - acoustic piano
• Patrick Adams - Fender Rhodes
• Philip Woo - synthesizer
• Jimmy Smith - keyboards
• Stan Lucas, Ken Mazur, Cornell Dupree, Ronald Miller, Emanuel "Rahiem" LeBlanc, Hiram Bullock, Jeff Mironov - guitar
• Arrangers: Patrick Adams & Ken Morris (Rhythm), Ray Chew (Strings & Horns)
• Background Singers (except “I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go”): Alfonso Thornton, Carole Sylvan & Michelle Cobbs
• Sam Burtis, Harold Vick, George Opalisky, Howard Johnson, Mike Lawrence, Virgil Jones, Gerald Chamberlain, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Barry Rogers - horns

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Production

• Producers: Candi Staton & Jimmy Simpson
• Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Recording and Mixing Engineer: Andy Abrams
• Additional Recording Engineers: Carmine Rubino & Steve Tose
• Assistant Engineers: Craig Michaels, Matthew Weiner, Carla Bandini & John Potoker
• Mastered at Columbia, New York by Stuart J. Romaine
• Album Art Direction: Peter Whorf
• Photography: Mario Casilli

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References

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