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Personal Attention

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Personal Attention

| type = Studio

| artist = Stacy Lattisaw

| cover = File:SLattisaw_Attention.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 21, 1988

| recorded = 1987, Minnesota, California & Florida

| studio =

| genre = Pop, soul

| length = 41:38

| label = Motown

| producer = Brownmark, Aaron Knight & Jerry Zigman, Lou Pace, Vincent Brantley, Ron Kersey

| prev_title = Take Me All the Way

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = What You Need

| next_year = 1989

}}

Personal Attention is the ninth album by the American singer Stacy Lattisaw, released on January 21, 1988, on Motown Records. It features backing vocals by Johnny Gill, Karyn White, Howard Hewett, David Lasley, and Lynn Davis. It includes a cover of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell song, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that Lattisaw's "voice has shed its teen nasality and coyness for a gorgeous, full-throated adult woman's range, but the singer still needs to find her own distinctive style, as she tries on the successful formulas originated by Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston."{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Joe |title=Homegrown Goods & Go-Go |work=The Washington Post |date=12 Feb 1988 |page=N23}} The Los Angeles Times determined that "tracks like 'Love Town', 'Let Me Take You Down' and 'Every Drop of Your Love' are coming-of-age statements from a pop/soul performer who always had potential, but never pushed it quite this far."{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Connie |title=Motown Rookie, Vet Check List |work=Los Angeles Times |date=14 Feb 1988 |department=Calendar |page=56}}

Track listing with credits

Side A

  1. "Personal Attention" (Brownmark)
  2. *Recording and mixing engineer – John Black
  3. *Sound engineer – Richard Markowitz
  4. *Produced and arranged by – Brownmark
  5. Love Town (Vincent Brantley)
  6. *Backing vocals – Karyn White, Vincent Brantley
  7. *Production coordinator – Dina Andrews
  8. *Mixing engineer – Taavi Mote, Vincent Brantley
  9. *Recording Engineer – Joel Soifer, Vincent Brantley
  10. *Producer, arranged by, instruments – Vincent Brantley
  11. "Let Me Take You Down" (Lou Pace and The Blitz)
  12. *Strings arranged and conducted – Juanito Márquez
  13. *Bass – Reginald White
  14. *Drums – Harry King
  15. *Assistant engineer – Frank Cesarano, Mike Strick, Paul Van Puffelen
  16. *Keyboards – David Rosenthal, Emridge Jones
  17. *Producer – Lou Pace
  18. *Programmed by – David Rosenthal
  19. *Recorded and mixed by – Jerrold Soloman
  20. *Saxophone – Ed Calle
  21. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Duet with Howard Hewett) (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  22. *Rhythm and vocals arranged by – Jerry Knight
  23. *Backing vocals – Howard Hewett, Stacy Lattisaw
  24. *Mixing engineer – Darren Klein
  25. *Recording engineer – Csaba Petocz
  26. *Producer, instruments, programmed by – Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight
  27. "He's Got a Hold On Me" (Brownmark, Michael Ligon, Stacy Lattisaw, William Beall)
  28. *Backing vocals – Brownmark, Cynthia Johnson, Mersadies
  29. *Recording and mixing engineer – John Black
  30. *Sound engineer – Richard Markowitz
  31. *Producer, arranged by – Brownmark
  32. *Saxophone – Kenneth Holmen

;Side B

  1. "Find Another Lover" (Brownmark)
  2. *Recording and mixing engineer – John Black
  3. *Sound engineer – Richard Markowitz
  4. *Produced and arranged by – Brownmark
  5. Changes (Bennie Melton, Jr., Brownmark, Joseph Lattisaw, Jr., Stacy Lattisaw)
  6. *Backing vocals – Brownmark, Johnny Gill
  7. *Recording and mixing engineer – John Black
  8. *Sound engineer – Richard Markowitz
  9. *Producer, arranged by – Brownmark
  10. *Saxophone – Robert Martin
  11. "Every Drop of Your Love" (Alex Brown, Ron Kersey)
  12. *Arranged by [Background] – Alex Brown
  13. *Backing vocals – Alex Brown, Lynn Davis, Phillip Ingram, Sandy Simmons
  14. *Engineer [mixing] [second] – Jim Champagne
  15. *Engineer [recording] [second] – Glen Kurtz
  16. *Engineer [remix] [second] – Jim Dineen
  17. *Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
  18. *Producer, arranged by, Kkeyboards – Ron Kersey
  19. *Programmed by – Aaron Smith
  20. *Recorded by, mixed by – Hill Swimmer
  21. "Call Me" (Lou Pace, The Blitz)
  22. *Backing vocals – Emeridge Jones, Gary King, Stacy Lattisaw
  23. *Bass – Gary King
  24. *Drum programming – Jimmy Bralower
  25. *Assistant engineer – Frank Cesarano, Mike Strick, Paul Van Puffelen
  26. *Keyboards – David Rosenthal, Emeridge Jones
  27. *Percussion – Harry King
  28. *Producer – Lou Pace
  29. *Rap – Reginald White
  30. *Recorded by, mixed by – Jerrold Solomon
  31. "Electronic Eyes" (Alex Brown, Ron Kersey)
  32. *Arranged by [background] – Alex Brown
  33. *Backing vocals – Alex Brown, Carl Carwell, David Lasley, Lynn Davis
  34. *Bass – Melvin Davis
  35. *Engineer [mixing] [second] – Jim Champagne
  36. *Engineer [recording] [second] – Glen Kurtz
  37. *Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
  38. *Producer, Arranged by, Keyboards – Ron Kersey
  39. *Programmed by – Aaron Smith
  40. *Recorded by, mixed by – Hill Swimmer

Charts

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{{album chart|Billboard200|153|artist=Stacy Lattisaw|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|24|artist=Stacy Lattisaw|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1988)

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scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/f8f80a86-44bb-3b16-9602-3957a711f775 Personal Attention by Stacy Lattisaw at MusicBrainz]

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