Perfect Combination
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{{Infobox album
| name = Perfect Combination
| type = Studio
| artist = Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill
| cover = Johnny Gill - Perfect Combination.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 13, 1984
| recorded = November 1983
| studio =
| genre = *R&B
| length = {{duration|m=36|s=55}}
| label = Cotillion
| producer = Narada Michael Walden
| chronology = Stacy Lattisaw
| prev_title = Sixteen
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = I'm Not the Same Girl
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Johnny Gill
| type = Studio
| prev_title = Johnny Gill
| prev_year = 1983
| title = Perfect Combination
| year = 1984
| next_title = Chemistry
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Singles
| name = Perfect Combination
| type = Studio
| single1 = Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look
| single1date = January 31, 1984
| single2 = Baby It's You
| single2date = April 12, 1984
| single3 = Block Party
| single3date = June 09, 1984
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/perfect-combination-mw0000316846|title=Perfect Combination – Stacy Lattisaw {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|last=Carpenter|first=Bil|accessdate=February 4, 2015}}
}}
Perfect Combination is a collaboration album by American contemporary R&B singers Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill, released on February 13, 1984, via Cotillion Records. The album peaked at number 139 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/stacy-lattisaw-mn0000178750/awards|title=Stacy Lattisaw {{!}} Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=February 4, 2015}} Three singles were released from the album: "Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look", "Block Party" and a cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You". "Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look" was the only single from the album to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 75 in 1984.
Track listing
{{track listing
| collapsed =
| all_music = Narada Michael Walden, except tracks 2, 4, 6 and 8 co-produced by Preston Glass
| title1 = Block Party
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
| length1 = {{duration|m=5|s=27}}
| title2 = Fun 'N' Games
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
- Narada Michael Walden
- Preston Glass
- Jeffrey Cohen
- Randy Jackson}}
| length2 = {{duration|m=4}}
| title3 = Falling in Love Again
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
| length3 = {{duration|m=4|s=34}}
| title4 = 50/50 Love
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
- Narada Michael Walden
- Preston Glass
- Jeffrey Cohen}}
| length4 = {{duration|m=4|s=54}}
| title5 = Perfect Combination
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
- Narada Michael Walden
- Preston Glass}}
| length5 = {{duration|m=4|s=9}}
| title6 = Heartbreak Look
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
- Narada Michael Walden
- Preston Glass}}
| length6 = {{duration|m=5|s=33}}
| title7 = Baby It's You
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
| note7 = The Shirelles cover
| length7 = {{duration|m=3|s=9}}
| title8 = Come Out of the Shadows
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
- Narada Michael Walden
- Preston Glass}}
| length8 = {{duration|m=5|s=18}}
| total_length = {{duration|m=36|s=55}}
}}
Personnel
- Stacy Lattisaw – lead and backing vocals
- Johnny Gill – lead and backing vocals
- Narada Michael Walden – percussion, drums, keyboards, Simmons drums, computer sequencing, sequencing
- Randy Jackson – bass
- Preston Glass – acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, backing vocals
- Bobby Black – pedal steel, slide guitar
- David Sancious – piano, keyboards
- Frank Martin – synthesizer, keyboards
- Joaquin Lievano, Corrado Rustici – guitar
- Alan Glass – electric guitar
- Marc Russo – saxophone
- Mingo Lewis – percussion
- Vicki Randle, Jim Gilstrap, Bonnie Boyer, Myrna Matthews, Carla Vaughn, Linda Imperial, Kevin Walden, Ben E. Epps, Dennis Saunders, Frank Loverde, Yolanda Glass, Leslie Ann Jones, John Lehman – backing vocals
Chart positions
| Class =wikitable sortable |
| Chart (1984)
!Peak |
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| US Billboard 200
|align=center|139 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AllMusic|album|mw0000316846|Perfect Combination}}
- {{Discogs master|type=album|229291}}
{{Stacy Lattisaw}}
{{Johnny Gill}}
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Category:Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden