Compositions (album)

Compositions
Studio album by Anita Baker
Released	June 12, 1990
Recorded	1990 at Encore Studios (Burbank, CA); Ocean Way Recording and Studio Ultimo (Los Angeles, CA); Sound Lab 1 (Detroit, MI); Ambience Recorders (Farmington Hills, MI).
Genre	R&B soul jazz smooth jazz
Length	50:27
Label	Elektra
Producer	Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker chronology
Giving You the Best That I Got (1988) Compositions (1990) Rhythm of Love (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Compositions is the fourth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum 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. Compositions would be the last album and collaboration between Baker and producer Michael J. Powell.

Track listing

1. "Talk to Me" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 5:03
2. "Perfect Love Affair" (Baker, Joel Davis) - 5:19
3. "Whatever It Takes" (Baker, Marc Gordon, Gerald LeVert) - 5:35
4. "Soul Inspiration" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) - 5:17
5. "Lonely" (Baker) - 4:29
6. "No One to Blame" (Baker, Fails) - 4:41
7. "More Than You Know" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 4:48
8. "Love You to The Letter" (James McBride) - 7:20
9. "Fairy Tales" (Baker, Fails, Powell) - 7:55

Personnel

• Anita Baker – lead vocals
• Vernon Fails – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – piano, backing vocals (7)
• Ben Keys – programming
• David Ward – programming
• Michael J. Powell – guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (7)
• Earl Klugh – guitar (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 arrangement (4)

Production

• Producer – Michael J. Powell
• Executive Producer – Anita Baker
• Engineer – Barney Perkins
• Second Engineers – Tom Beiner, Steve Gallagher and Bart Stevens.
• Assistant Engineer – Milton Chan
• Additional Engineers – Darroll Gustamachio, Elliott Peters and Gerard Smerek.
• Mixing – Barney Perkins (Tracks 1, 3 & 5-9); Gerard Smerek (Tracks 2 & 4).
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Anita Baker and Carol Bobolts
• Photography – Adrian Buckmaster
• Management – Randy Bash, Sherwin Bash and Ricki Sellner for BNB Associates, Ltd.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Charts

Singles

References