1983 Narada Michael Walden – Looking At You, Looking At Me

Looking at You, Looking at Me is the seventh full-length studio recording from singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden. It was Walden’s last album to be released by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart.

 

Tracks

1 Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland)
2 Looking At You, Looking At Me (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Frank Martin)
3 Burning Up (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
4 Never Wanna Be Without Your Love (Philippe Saisse, Jim Di Prima)
5 Shake It Off (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
6 Dream Maker (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
7 Tina (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
8 Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
9 Black Boy (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)

Musicians

1 Reach Out (I’ll Be There)

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarJoaquin Lievano
Acoustic GuitarPreston Glass
PianoNarada Michael Walden 
SynthesizerDavid Sancious 
SynthesizerMitchell Froom
PercussionNarada Michael Walden 
Background VocalsFrankie Beverly & Maze
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


2 Looking At You, Looking At Me

DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarJoaquin Lievano
Acoustic GuitarPreston Glass
SynthesizerDavid Sancious 
SynthesizerMitchell Froom 
FlugelhornJerry Hey
SaxMarc Russo
TrumpetJerry Hey
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
FingersnapsCorrado Rustici
FingersnapsRandy Jackson
FingersnapsHerman Jackson
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


3 Burning Up

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
KeyboardsDavid Sancious
SynthesizerDavid Sancious
SynthesizerFrank Martin
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
FlugelhornJerry Hey
FlugelhornChuck Findley 
SaxMarc Russo
TrumpetJerry Hey
TrumpetChuck Findley 
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


4 Never Wanna Be Without Your Love

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
PianoDavid Sancious 
Rhodes Frank Martin 
SynthesizerDavid Sancious 
SynthesizerFrank Martin 
FlugelhornJerry Hey
FlugelhornChuck Findley 
SaxMarc Russo
TrumpetJerry Hey
TrumpetChuck Findley 
PercussionNarada Michael Walden 
PercussionSheila E
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 
Vocals Angela Bofill


5 Shake It Off

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
PianoDavid Sancious 
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
FlugelhornJerry Hey
FlugelhornChuck Findley 
SaxMarc Russo
TrumpetJerry Hey
TrumpetChuck Findley 
Hand ClapsJim Gilstrap
Hand ClapsKelly Kool
Hand ClapsMyrna Matthews
Hand ClapsJohn Lehman
Hand ClapsCarla Vaughn
Hand ClapsLisa Walden
Hand ClapsDwayen Simmons
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


6 Dream Maker

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
SynthesizerDavid Sancious 
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
Strings (Synthesizer)Frank Martin
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


7 Tina

DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici 
OrganFrank Martin
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
SynthesizerDavid Sancious
SaxMarc Russo
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


8 Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
Strings (Synthesizer)Frank Martin
Steel DrumAndy Narell
PercussionSheila Escovedo
Background VocalsThe Jamaican Family
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsKelly Kool
Background VocalsMyrna Matthews
Background VocalsJohn Lehman
Background VocalsCarla Vaughn
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 


9 Black Boy

BassRandy Jackson
DrumsNarada Michael Walden 
GuitarCorrado Rustici
Acoustic GuitarCorrado Rustici
MellotronMark Robertson
SynthesizerNarada Michael Walden 
SynthesizerDavid Sancious
Vocals Narada Michael Walden 

Liner Notes

Producer – Narada Michael Walden
Arranged By – Narada Michael Walden
Arranged By (Horns) – Narada Michael Walden (Tracks 3, 5)
Arranged By (Horns) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 2, 4, 5)
Arranged By (Strings) – Michael Gibbs (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
Arranged By (Strings) – Frank Martin (Track 8)
Edited By – Leslie Ann Jones
Engineer – David Frazer, Ken Kessie
Engineer (Second) – Wayne Lewis, Maureen Droney, Ray Pyle
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig

Art Direction – Lynn Dreese Breslin
Photography – Norman Seeff

Recorded At The Automatt
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation