1982 Roberta Flack – I’m The One
I’m the One is an album by Roberta Flack released in May 1982 which reached #59 on the album chart in Billboard whose R&B album chart afforded the album a #16 peak.
The Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-produced “Making Love”, which appeared in the film of the same name and in the spring of 1982 had afforded Flack her final solo Top 40 hit (#13 on the Billboard Hot 100), was included on the I’m the One album along with eight new tracks co-produced by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Flack herself.
The track “I’m the One” given parallel single release with the album peaked at #42 on the Hot 100 where it marked Flack’s final solo appearance although she’d return to the Hot 100 in 1983 with the duets “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” (#16) and “You’re Looking Like Love to Me” (#58) (both with Peabo Bryson) and again in 1991 with “Set the Night to Music” (with Maxi Priest/ #6).
A third single from the I’m the One album: “In the Name of Love”, reached #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Tracks
1 I’m The One (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 4:07
2 Till The Morning Comes (Casey Daniels, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 3:50
3 Love And Let Love (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 4:37
4 Never Loved Before (Bobby Caldwell, Henry Grumpo Marx) 4:02
5 In The Name Of Love (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers) 4:00
6 Ordinary Man (Peabo Bryson) 4:30
7 Making Love (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) 3:46
8 Happiness (Harriet Schock, William Smith) 3:27
9 My Love For You (Brenda Russell, William Smith) 3:24
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Marcus Miller |
| Drums | Steve Gadd |
| Guitar | Eric Gale |
| Fender Rhodes | Richard Tee |
| Synthesizer | Paul Griffin |
| Percussion | Ralph MacDonald |
| Background Vocals | Diva Gray |
| Background Vocals | Frank Floyd |
| Background Vocals | Kasey Cisyk |
| Background Vocals | Vivian Cherry |
| Background Vocals | Bill Eaton |
| Background Vocals | Zack Sanders |
Musicians
4 Never Loved Before
| Drums | Buddy Williams |
5 In The Name Of Love
| Sax | Grover Washington Jr |
7 Making Love
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
| Piano | Richard Tee |
| Synthesizer | Burt Bacharach |
| Synthesizer | Craig Hundley |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
9 My Love For You
| Sax | Grover Washington Jr |
Liner Notes
Producer – Ralph MacDonald, Roberta Flack, William Eaton, William Salter
Producer (Coordinator) – Jacklyn Brown, Janaire Boger, Kirk D. Fancher, Renee Bell
Arranged By – William Eaton
Engineer – Carla Bandinni, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner, Mike Bradley, Ollie Cotton, Richard Alderson
Engineer (Assistant) – Anthony MacDonald, Ed Heath, Kendall Brown, Lamont Moreno
Engineer (Remix) – Elliott Scheiner
Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Illustration – Kinuko Y. Craft
Mastered At Europadisk
Recorded At Rosebud Recording Studio
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At A&R Studios
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation