1989 Natalie Cole – Good To Be Back
Good to Be Back is a 1989 album by Natalie Cole. It includes the single “Miss You Like Crazy”, which peaked at #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary and R&B Charts in 1989 It also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming her biggest hit there. Two further singles were released from the album: “The Rest of the Night” (UK #56) and “Starting Over Again” (UK #56).
Tracks
1 Safe (Dennis Lambert; Franne Golde) 03:49
2 As A Matter Of Fact (Don Boyette; Siedah Garrett) 04:00
3 The Rest Of The Night (Glen Ballard; Randy Goodrum) 04:37
4 Miss You Like Crazy (Gerry Goffin; Michael Masser; Preston Glass) 03:56
5 I Do (Frank Wildhorn) 03:59
6 Good To Be Back (Pam Reswick; Steve Werfel) 04:21
7 Gonna Make You Mine (Gary Glenn) 04:41
8 Starting Over Again (Gerry Goffin; Michael Masser) 04:16
9 Don’t Mention My Heartache (Catherine Wilmore; Clydene Jackson) 04:48
10 I Can’t Cry (Shelly Peiken) 04:20
11 Someone’s Rockin’ My Dreamboat (Leon Rene; Otis Rene) 04:07
Biography
Musicians
1 Safe
Guitar | Teddy Castelucci |
Keyboards | Claude Gaudette |
Synthesizer | Claude Gaudette |
Percussion | Luis Conte |
Background Vocals | Katrina Perkins |
Background Vocals | Eddie Cole |
Background Vocals | David Joyce |
Background Vocals | Sandra Simmons |
2 As A Matter Of Fact
Bass | Don Boyette |
Keyboards | Don Boyette |
Synthesizer | Don Boyette |
Synthesizer | Roman Lamar Johnson |
3 Rest Of The Night
Bass | Paul Robinson |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Fender Rhodes | Robbie Buchanan |
Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
4 Miss You Like Crazy
Bass | Paul Robinson |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Fender Rhodes | Robbie Buchanan |
Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
5 I Do
Bass | Walter Afanasieff |
Drums (programming) | Walter Afanasieff |
Keyboards | Walter Afanasieff |
Synthesizer | Walter Afanasieff |
Synthesizer | Ren Klyce |
Vocals | Freddie Jackson |
6 Good To Be Back
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Keyboards | Claude Gaudette |
Percussion | Luis Conte |
7 Gonna Make You Mine
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Michael Thompson |
Keyboards | Roman Lamar Johnson |
Synthesizer | Roman Lamar Johnson |
Percussion | Jeffrey Porcaro |
8 Starting Over Again
Bass | Mike Porcaro |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Fender Rhodes | Robbie Buchanan |
Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
9 Don’t Mention My Heartache
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Organ | Booker T Jones |
Piano | Jeff Scott |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Sax | David Woodford |
Sax | Jimmy Roberts |
Trombone | Garrett Atkins |
Trumpet | Rick Braun |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
10 I Can’t Cry
Drums | Joe Franco |
Drums | Ric Wake |
Guitar | Bob Cadway |
Keyboards | Rich Tancredi |
Background Vocals | Billy T Scott |
Background Vocals | Jamillah Muhammed |
Background Vocals | Shelly Peiken |
11 Someone’s Rockin’ My Dreamboat
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Armand Grimaldi |
Piano | Charles Floyd |
Synthesizer | Charles Floyd |
Synthesizer | David Joyce |
Liner Notes
Producer – Andre Fisher (Tracks 2, 7)
Producer – Michael Masser (Tracks 4, 8)
Producer – Narada Michael Walden (Track 5)
Producer – Lee Curreri (Track 9)
Producer – Ric Wake (Track 10)
Producer – Eddie Cole (Track 11)
Producer (Associate) – Don Boyette (Track 2)
Producer (Associate) – Roman Johnson (Track 7)
Producer (Executive) – Dan Cleary, Natalie Cole
Coordinator (Production) – Steve James (Tracks 4, 8)
Arranged By – Claude Gaudette (Track 1)
Arranged By – Don Boyette (Track 2)
Arranged By – Andre Fisher (Track 2)
Arranged By – Claude Gaudette (Track 3)
Arranged By – Lee Curreri (Track 9)
Arranged By – Steve Skinner (Track 10)
Arranged By – Rich Tancredi (Track 10)
Arranged By – Ric Wake (Track 10)
Arranged By – Charles Floyd (Track 11)
Arranged By – Eddie Cole (Track 11)
Arranged By – David Joyce (Track 11)
Arranged By (Background) – Penny Ford (Track 7)
Arranged By (Background) – Natalie Cole (Track 7)
Arranged By (Rhythm Track) – Robbie Buchanan (Track 4)
Arranged By (Rhythm, Strings) – Gene Page (Track 8)
Arranged By (Rhythm, Strings) – Robbie Buchanan (Track 8)
Arranged By (Rhythm, Strings) – Michael Masser (Track 8)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Dennis Lambert (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Arranged By (Vocal) – Natalie Cole (Tracks 3, 6)
Engineer – Russ Terrana (Tracks 4)
Engineer – Jimmy Hoyson, John Beverly Jones, John Carter, Rick McCormick (Tracks 9)
Engineer – Craig Burbidge (Tracks 11)
Engineer (Assistant) – Claudio Ordenes, Richard McKernan, Jeff Poe, Toby Wright (Tracks 3, 6)
Engineer (Assistant) – Steve James (Tracks 4, 8),
Engineer (Assistant) – Dana Jon Chappelle (Tracks 5)
Engineer (Assistant) – Jim McCann, Marnie Riley, Ric Butz (Tracks 7)
Engineer (Assistant) – Bill Dooley, Joe Schiff, Mark Hagen, Paul Wertheimer (Tracks 8)
Engineer (Assistant) – Chris Fuhrman, Craig Johnson, Jimmy Hoyson (Tracks 9)
Mastered By (Assembled And Mastered By) – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Brian Malouf (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Mixed By – Andre Fischer (Tracks 2, 9, 11)
Mixed By – Mick Guzauski (Tracks 2, 7, 9, 11)
Mixed By – Cal Harris (Tracks 4, 8)
Mixed By – David Frazer (Tracks 5)
Mixed By – Bob Cadway (Tracks 10)
Mixed By – Eddie Cole (Tracks 11)
Recorded By – Doug Rider (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Recorded By – Cal Harris (Tracks 4, 8)
Recorded By – David Frazer (Tracks 5)
Recorded By – Mick Guzauski, Richard McKernan (Tracks 7)
Recorded By – Bob Cadway (Tracks 10)
Recorded By (Additional) – Brian Malouf (Tracks 1, 6)
Recorded By (Additional) – David Bianco, Gabe Veltri (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Design – Lu Ann Graffeo
Art Direction – Henry Marquez
Photography – Matthew Rolston
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation
Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Hitsville
Recorded At Westlake Audio
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Steve Lindsey Studio
Recorded At Tarpan Studios
Recorded At Record Plant, LA
Recorded At Cove City Sound Studios
Recorded At Larrabee Sound Studios
Recorded At Shakedown Sound Studios
Recorded At O’Henry Sound Studios
Recorded At Can-Am Recorders
Recorded At Devonshire Studios
Recorded At Aire L.A. Studios
Recorded At Ground Control Studios
Recorded At A.E.M.P., LA, CA
Recorded At Jones Studios, LA, CA
Phonographic Copyright EMI USA
Copyright EMI USA
January 1, 2016 @ 19:25
Her concert at Hollywood Bowl in 2001ish was amazing!
January 1, 2016 @ 19:27
Steve didn’t play on this album, but Jeffrey and Mike did.
January 1, 2016 @ 19:30
Do you know if there was much guitar played on that one, anyway, Jan?
January 1, 2016 @ 19:39
Paul Jackson Jr, Michael Thompson and Bob Catway played guitars on that album (click on the link for the other sessionplayers)
January 1, 2016 @ 20:07
Thank you Jan.
RIP Natalie Cole. Very sad.
January 1, 2016 @ 19:56
That’s sad news.. R.I.P. Natalie! Your with your father now!!
January 2, 2016 @ 02:13
Bless her.
January 2, 2016 @ 06:52
Great time backing her back in the day