Compositions Anita Baker . The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200platinum in 1990, making it Baker's third platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards . Two of its tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100[ 10] [ 11] Compositions would be the last album and collaboration between Baker and producer Michael J. Powell .
Compositions Released July 3, 1990[ 1] Recorded 1990 Studio
Encore Studios (Burbank, California)
Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)Studio Ultimo (Los Angeles, California)
Sound Lab 1 (Detroit, Michigan)
Ambience Recorders (Farmington Hills, Michigan)
Unique Recording Studios (New York City, New York)[ 2] Genre
Length 50 :27 Label Elektra Producer Michael J. Powell
"Talk to Me" "Soul Inspiration" "Fairy Tales"
"Talk to Me" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) – 5:03
"Perfect Love Affair" (Baker, Joel Davis) – 5:19
"Whatever It Takes" (Baker, Marc Gordon , Gerald LeVert ) – 5:35
"Soul Inspiration" (Terry Britten , Graham Lyle ) – 5:17
"Lonely" (Baker) – 4:29
"No One to Blame" (Baker, Fails) – 4:41
"More Than You Know" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) – 4:48
"Love You to the Letter" (James McBride) – 7:20
"Fairy Tales" (Baker, Fails, Powell) – 7:55
Anita Baker – vocals, backing vocalsVernon Fails – keyboards
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, backing vocals (7)Ben Keys – programming
David Ward – programming
Michael J. Powell – guitars (1–4, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (7)Earl Klugh – guitars (7)Nathan East – bass, backing vocals (7)Ricky Lawson – drums (1, 4, 5, 7)Steve Ferrone – drums (2, 3, 6, 8, 9)Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 4–9)Perri (Carol, Darlene, Lori and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals (2, 4, 7), BGV arrangements (4)
Anita Baker – executive producer, art direction, hair styling
Michael J. Powell – producer
Tweed and Tominaga – production coordination
Carol Bobolts – art direction
Adrian Buckmaster – photography
Alexander White – styling
Reggie Wells – make-up
John Stevens – lettering
BNB Associates, Ltd. – management Technical credits
Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)Michael J. Powell – mixing
Barney Perkins – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 5–9)
Milton Chan – assistant engineer, additional engineer
Darroll Gustamachio – additional engineer
Elliot Peters – additional engineer
Gerard Smerek – additional engineer, mixing (2, 4)
Tom Beiner – second engineer
Steve Gallagher – second engineer
Bart Stevens – second engineer
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