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So Intense is the debut studio album by American R&B singer and songwriter Lisa Fischer, released on April 30, 1991. Of the ten songs recorded for the album, "How Can I Ease the Pain", co-written by Fischer, was her biggest pop and R&B hit. It reached number 11 on the main US Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the US R&B chart. The only other single to make an impact was "Save Me", which, while failing to dent the Top 40 of the US Hot 100 (reaching number 74), came close to repeating the success of "How Can I Ease the Pain" on the R&B chart, where it peaked at number 7. The last single, the title track "So Intense", reached number 15 on the R&B chart.

So Intense
Studio album by Lisa Fischer
Released	April 30, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Genre	R&B soul pop
Length	50:14
Label	Elektra
Producer	Narada Michael Walden (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Luther Vandross (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8), Attala Zane Giles/Cornelius Mims (track 7), Arif Mardin (track 9), Raymond Jones (track 10)
Singles from So Intense
"How Can I Ease the Pain" Released: June 1, 1991 "Save Me" Released: September 26, 1991 "So Intense" Released: February 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Production and personnel

• Tracks 1, 3 & 4 produced by Narada Michael Walden; assistant producers on track 1: Claytoven Richardson and Frank Martin; assistant producer on tracks 3 and 4: Louis Biancaniello. Recorded by Marc Rayburn and David Frazier. Mixed by David Frazier. Narada Michael Walden: drums and percussion on all tracks; Claytoven Richardson and Frank Martin: keyboards on track 1; Louis Biancaniello: keyboards on tracks 1, 3 and 4; Ric Wilson: guitars on track 1.
• Tracks 2, 5, 6 and 8 produced by Luther Vandross. Tracks 2 and 6 recorded by Paul Brown and Stephen Harrison; Tracks 5 and 8 recorded by Michael White, Deb Cornish & Ray Bardani. Mixed by Ray Bardani. John "Skip" Anderson: keyboards, drums and percussion on tracks 2, 6 and 8; Buddy Williams: drums and percussion on track 5; Marcus Miller: synthesizers on tracks 5 and 8, electric bass on track 2; Georg Wadenius and Hiram Bullock: guitars on track 5; Paul Jackson Jr.: guitars on track 6; Dick Oatts: saxophone on track 5; Nick Ashford: vocal on track 5; Kevin Owens and Luther Vandross: chorus vocals on tracks 2, 5 and 8; Eugene Van Buren: chorus vocals on track 6; Brenda White-King, Cindy Mizelle and Paulette McWilliams: chorus vocals on track 8.
• Track 7 produced by Attala Zane Giles and Cornelius Mims. Recorded by Robert Macias. Mixed by Frank Clark. Attala Zane-Giles: chorus vocals and all instruments.
• Track 9 produced by Arif Mardin. Arranged by Steve Skinner. Recorded and mixed by Michael O'Reilly. Cindy Mizelle: chorus vocals. Steve Skinner: all instruments.
• Track 10 produced by Raymond Jones. Recorded and mixed by "Hill Swimmer", Randy Long and Roy Spong. Raymond Jones: piano, sequencing; Abdou M'Boup, Carol Steele: percussion.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	100
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[3]	5

References

External links

• So Intense track listing at Discogs
• So Intense production and personnel at Discogs

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