Chance (Candi Staton album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = Chance
| type = Studio
| artist = Candi Staton
| cover = Candi_Staton_Chance.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1979
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Sigma Sound, New York City
| genre = Soul
| length =
| label = Warner Bros. Records
| producer = Candi Staton, Jimmy Simpson
| prev_title = House of Love
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Candi Staton
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Music Week
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite magazine|date=June 23, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Candi Staton — Chance|magazine=Music Week|page=40|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-06-23.pdf#page=46|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520093134/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-06-23.pdf#page=46|archive-date=May 20, 2024|access-date=March 28, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}
}}
Chance is the eighth album by American soul and gospel singer Candi Staton.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p2409|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com – accessed July 2010] 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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/candi-staton-mn0000542976/awards | title=Artist Search for "candi staton" | website=AllMusic }}
Track listing
;Side 1
- "I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go" (Ronald Miller, Kenny Lewis, Howard Jennings) – 3:46
- "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield) – 6:41
- "Rock" (Candi Staton, Jimmy Smith) – 7:16
;Side 2
- "Chance" (Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Smith) – 5:31
- "I Live" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 5:10
- "Me and My Music" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Margie Smith) – 5:50
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
Production
- Producers: Candi Staton & Jimmy Simpson
- Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York City
- 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