art direction Vartan design John Coulter directed by Armstead Edwards tracks 3, 6, 10 engineer [assistant] Brian Wittmer tracks 1, 5 engineer [assistant] Clint Stokes III tracks 9 engineer [assistant] Devon "Prepro" Rietveld tracks 1, 5, 8 engineer [assistant] Foley tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 engineer [assistant] Frank McNulty tracks 9 engineer [assistant] Manny Lacarrubba tracks 4, 13 engineer [assistant] Milton Chan tracks 4, 13 engineer [assistant] Paul D. Allen tracks 3, 6, 10 engineer [assistant] Paul Rinis tracks 3, 6, 10 engineer [assistant] Robert H. tracks 3, 6, 10 engineer [assistant] Tom Greto executive-producer Patti LaBelle mastered by Bernie Grundman tracks 4, 13 mixed by Barney Perkins tracks 1, 5, 8 mixed by F. Byron Clark tracks 12 mixed by Jeff Lorenzen tracks 4, 13 mixed by Michael J. Powell tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 mixed by Michael Tarsia tracks 9 mixed by Mick Guzauski photography by Marc Raboy tracks 3 producer [assistant] Edward Leak tracks 13 recorded by Barney Perkins tracks 9 recorded by Dana Jon Chappelle tracks 4, 13 recorded by David Ward tracks 1, 5 recorded by F. Byron Clark tracks 2, 7 recorded by Jim Gallagher tracks 12 recorded by Khaliq Glover tracks 8 recorded by Michael Koppelman tracks 3, 6, 10 recorded by Michael Tarsia tracks 4 recorded by Milton Chan tracks 3, 6 recorded by Ray Bardani tracks 2, 7 recorded by Scott E. MacMinn tracks 12 recorded by Warren Woods tracks 8 recorded by [patti's vocals] Keith Cohen tracks james r. "budd" ellison recording supervisor James Budd Ellison Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records, Inc. Copyright (c) MCA Records, Inc. Recorded At Blue Palm Studios Recorded At Creative Source Studios Recorded At The Hit Factory Recorded At Larrabee Sound Studios Recorded At Paisley Park Studios Recorded At Record Plant, Sausalito Recorded At Sigma Sound Studios Recorded At Vanguard Studios, Detroit, Michigan Mixed At Creative Source Studios Mixed At Elumba Studios Mixed At Encore Studios Mixed At Record Plant, Sausalito Mixed At Sigma Sound Studios Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering Made By Sonopress Distributed By BMG Ariola Back tray insert: * Bonus track available on CD and cassette only † Bonus track available on LP and CD only [the asterisk refer to track 9 / the cross refer to track 12]
Booklet: Big Daddy Kane appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. Dee Harvey appears courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P. Lisa Taylor appears courtesy of Giant Records Linda Stokes appears courtesy of Creative Source Luther Vandross appears courtesy of Epic Records Lisa Fischer appears courtesy of Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications, Inc. Tawatha Agee appears courtesy of Philadelphia Internationl Records Michael Bolton appears courtesy of Columbia Records