I Kinda Like Me
{{Infobox album
| name = I Kinda Like Me
| type = studio
| artist = Gloria Gaynor
| cover = Gaynorkindalikeme.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 15, 1981
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| length =
| label = Polydor
| producer = Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
| prev_title = Stories
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Gloria Gaynor
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{r|larkin}}
}}
I Kinda Like Me is the ninth album by Gloria Gaynor. It failed to make an impact because of the then current, now defunct Disco backlash.{{cn|date=May 2024}} Includes the single, "Let's Mend What's Been Broken." "I Love You Cause" was dedicated to her then husband and manager, Linwood M. Simon.
This album was reissued on CD in Japan by Polydor (POCP-2182).
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = I Kinda Like Me
| writer1 = Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra
| length1 = 6:12
| title2 = Fingers in the Fire
| writer2 = Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Let's Mend What's Been Broken
| writer3 = Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Yesterday We Were Like Buddies
| writer4 = Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen
| length4 = 5:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = I Can Stand the Pain
| writer5 = Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra
| length5 = 4:26
| title6 = I Love You Cause
| writer6 = Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra
| length6 = 5:02
| title7 = When You Get Around to It
| writer7 = Gloria Gaynor, Pam Tillis, Dana Thomas
| length7 = 3:58
| title8 = Chasin' Me into Somebody Else's Arms
| writer8 = Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams
| length8 = 5:16
| title9 = The Story of the Joneses
| writer9 = Alfie Davison, Meri Merriwether, Ted Lehrman
| length9 = 3:26
}}
Personnel
- Gloria Gaynor - lead vocals
- Dennis Harris, Eddie Sierra, Roland Chambers - guitar
- Jimmy Williams - bass guitar
- Jerry Cohen - keyboards, synthesizer
- Keith Benson - drums
- Daryl Burgee - bongos
- Sam Peake - saxophone, horn arrangements
- Don Renaldo - string arrangements
- Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton - backing vocals
=Technical=
- Dirk Devlin - engineer
- Robert L. Heimall - art direction
- Anthony Barboza - photography
References
{{reflist | refs =
{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|volume=3|date=2006|publisher=Muze, Oxford University Press|page=705|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|chapter=Gaynor, Gloria|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0003unse_w1c2/page/705/}}
}}
External links
- {{discogs master|148935|I Kinda Like Me}}
{{Gloria Gaynor}}
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