Positive (Peabo Bryson album)

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The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that Bryson's "voice flutters and soars, delicate one moment, powerful the next, duelling with the different instruments."{{cite news |last1=Burliuk |first1=Greg |title=Positive Peabo Bryson |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=12 Mar 1988 |department=Magazine |page=1}} The Washington Post deemed Bryson "a smoothly persuasive soul man, not too pleading, not too aggressive."{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Joe |title=Ballads Make a Better Bryson |work=The Washington Post |date=25 Mar 1988 |page=N19}}

Ron Wynn of AllMusic called Positive "largely undistinguished, although [Bryson] sang with more conviction and got better material and production than on most of his other Elektra albums. He scored another hit with a familiar weapon: the duet. This time his partner was Regina Belle."

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| title1 = Come on Over Tonight

| writer1 = Jimmy Scott

| extra1 = {{hlist|Michael J. Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length1 = 3:47

| title2 = Without You (Love Theme from Leonard Part 6)

| note2 = duet with Regina Belle

| writer2 = Lamont Dozier

| extra2 = {{hlist|Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length2 = 5:15

| title3 = Hurt

| writer3 = {{hlist|Jimmie Crane|Al Jacobs}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = I Want to Know

| writer4 = Peabo Bryson

| extra4 = {{hlist|Bryson|Dwight W. Watkins}}

| length4 = 4:28

| title5 = Tonight

| writer5 = Bryson

| extra5 = {{hlist|Bryson|Watkins}}

| length5 = 4:41

| title6 = Positive

| writer6 = {{hlist|Allister Campbell|Peter Quigley}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length6 = 5:02

| title7 = When We Need It Bad

| writer7 = {{hlist|Patrick Henderson|Pamela Phillips Oland|Tsuyoshi Takayanagi}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length7 = 4:58

| title8 = This Time Around

| writer8 = Bryson

| extra8 = {{hlist|Bryson|Watkins}}

| length8 = 4:29

| title9 = Still Water

| writer9 = Bryson

| extra9 = {{hlist|Bryson|Watkins}}

| length9 = 4:35

| title10 = Crazy Love

| note10 = CD-only track

| writer10 = {{hlist|Garry Glenn|Dianne Quander}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Powell|Sir Gant}}

| length10 = 4:12

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Musicians

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• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals, keyboards (4, 5, 8, 9), arrangements (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Gary Barlough – Synclavier programming (1-3, 6, 7, 10)
• Dean Gant – keyboards (1, 7), Synclavier (1-3, 6, 7, 10), synth bass (1, 7), arrangements (1-3, 6, 7, 10), acoustic piano (2), synthesizers (2-6, 10), BGV arrangements (10)
• Vernon Fails – electric piano (2)
• George Martin – keyboards (4, 5, 8, 9), computer programming (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Dwight W. Watkins – keyboards (4, 5, 8, 9), bass (4, 5, 8, 9), computer programming (4, 5, 8, 9), backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 9), arrangements (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Michael J. Powell – guitars (1-3, 6, 7, 10), arrangements (1-3, 6, 7, 10), BGV arrangements (7, 10)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (2)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3)
• Nathan East – bass (10)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1, 7, 10)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (2)
• Jonathan Moffett – drums (3)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 7, 10)
• Brandon Fields – saxophone solo (1, 6, 7, 10)
• Justo Almario – saxophone solo (3)
• George Del Barrio – string arrangements (2)
• Keni Burke – backing vocals (1, 7, 10), BGV arrangements (1, 7)
• Brenda Jones Williams – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 7-10)
• Shirley Jones – backing vocals (1, 7, 10)
• Regina Belle – lead vocals (2)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Bunny Hull – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Marva King – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (2), BGV arrangements (2)
• Valerie Pinkston – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Charles Bryson – backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Myra Walker – backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 9)

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Production

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• Dean Gant – producer (1-3, 6, 7, 10)
• Michael J. Powell – producer (1-3, 6, 7, 10)
• Peabo Bryson – producer (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Dwight W. Watkins – producer (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Barney Perkins – engineer (1-3, 6, 7, 10), recording (2-6, 8, 9), mixing (2-6, 8, 9)
• Greg Townley – additional recording (1, 7, 10)
• Tom Wright – additional recording (1, 7, 10), recording (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Fred Law – additional recording (2, 3, 6)
• Keith Seppenen – additional recording (2, 3, 6)
• Milton Chan – assistant engineer (1-3, 6, 7, 10)
• Andy Harper – assistant engineer (1, 7, 10)
• Elliott Peters – assistant engineer (1-3, 6, 7, 10)
• Andrew Spiegelman – assistant engineer (2, 3, 6)
• Gerard Smerek – assistant engineer (2, 3, 6)
• Tom Kidd – recording (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Barry Leff – assistant engineer (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Steve McCormick – assistant engineer (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Lewis Padgett – assistant engineer (4, 5, 8, 9)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Carol Bobolts – art direction, design
• Gilles Larrain – photography

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Studios

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• Recorded at Cheshire Sound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia); Ambience Recorders (Farmington Hills, Michigan); Yamaha R & D Studio (Glendale, California); Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York).
• Mixed at Yamaha R & D Studio.
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

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