Right Back Where We Started From (album)

Right Back Where We Started From
Studio album by Maxine Nightingale
Released 1976
Genre R&B, soul
Label United Artists
Producer Pierre Tubbs
Maxine Nightingale chronology
Right Back Where We Started From
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Right Back Where We Started From is the debut album by British R&B and soul music singer Maxine Nightingale. The title track was first released as a single in the autumn of 1975 and reached #8 in the UK . In the US it reached #5 in Adult Contemporary, #9 in Dance Music/Club Play, #46 in R&B singles and #2 in the Billboard Hot 100. It was the success of this single to which prompted her to return to London to complete a Right Back Where We Started From album. The album was released in the US early 1976 to enthusiastic reaction, reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single from the album, “Gotta Be the One”, charted at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Track listing[2]

Side 1
  1. "(I Think I Wanna) Possess You" (Tim Moore) – 3:29
  2. "Bless You" (John Lennon) – 4:30
  3. "Right Back Where We Started From" (Pierre Tubbs, Vince Edwards) – 3:14
  4. "In Love We Grow" (Dennis Belfield) – 3:35 (Timed @ 2:35 on LP)
  5. "Gotta Be the One" (Pierre Tubbs) – 2:55
  6. "One Last Ride" (Pierre Tubbs) – 2:33
  7. "Reasons" (Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Philip Bailey) – 4:27
Side 2
  1. "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" (Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer) – 4:01
  2. "Love Enough" (Tim Moore) – 3:35
  3. "You Got the Love" (Chaka Khan, Ray Parker Jr.) – 4:37
  4. "Life Has Just Begun" (Glenn Nightingale) – 3:38
  5. "Everytime I See a Butterfly" (Tiny Barge) – 3:43
  6. "Good-Bye Again" (Pierre Tubbs, Vince Edwards) – 3:25

Personnel[2]

  • Mick Barker - Guitars
  • Glenn Nightingale - Guitars, Cabasa
  • Pierre Tubbs - Guitars, Elka Synthesizer, Percussion, Retzina, Vocals
  • Mike de Albuquerque - Bass
  • Theo Thunder - Drums
  • Pete Kershaw - Drums
  • Bob Andrews - Clavinet, Piano, Roland Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Percussion, Vocals
  • Lynton Naiff - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Marimba, Mellotron
  • Dave Ulm - Percussion, Congas, Bongos, Tambourine
  • Raphael Ravenscroft, Bill Skeat - brass arrangements
  • Tony Rivers, John Perry, Ken Gold, Vince Edwards, Al Matthews, Pete Kershaw, Pierre Tubbs, Maxine Nightingale, Liza Strike, Helen Chappell - backing vocals
  • Frank Ricotti - Vibraphone
  • Gerry Shury, Wilf Gibson - strings Arrangements, Conducted
  • Wilf Gibson- Violin
  • Peter Hughes - Baritone Saxophone
  • Vince Edwards: Percussion, Vocals
  • Raphael “Earl” Ravenscroft - Baritone Saxophone, Flute Saxophone
  • Ronji Southern - Percussion, Vocals
  • Kenny Wheeler - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
  • Bernado Ball - timbales
  • Ian Harrison - Percussion
  • Jeff Seopardie - Drums
  • Tony Wolbrom - Piranas

Production[2]

  • Produced by: Pierre Tubbs
  • Recorded and Mixed at: Eden Studios (except side 1, track 3), Chiswick, London & Central Sound, Olympic Sound, Morgan Studios, Island Studios (side 1, track 3)
  • Engineers: Mike Gardner assisted by Roger Bechirian
  • Rhythm Tracks disorganised by Lynton Naiff
  • Album cover concept: Pierre Tubbs, Derek Richards
  • Album art direction: Dave Murphy
  • Album photography: Derek Richards
  • Album design: Bob Searles

References

  1. ↑ allmusic.com/album/right-back-where-we-started-from-mw0000839117/awards
  2. 1 2 3 Original album sleeve notes
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