Too Much Woman

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Personnel: Brigette McWilliams (vocals); Bobby Watson (guitar, bass); Dean Parks (nylon string & steel guitars); Alan Hines (nylon string guitar); Andy Scott, Al McKay, Jimmy Macon, David T. Walker, Doc Powell, Tony Maiden (guitar); Derek Davis (flute); John Logan (harmonica); Wayne Linsey (Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, Moog); Roman Johnson (Fender Rhodes, Moog, Vocoder); Frank McComb (Fender Rhodes, background vocals); Larry Dunn (Fender Rhodes); Steve Harvey (Wurlitzer piano, keyboards, Moog, vocoder, drums, tabla, percussion, vocoder); Billy Preston (Hammond B-3 organ); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Tawathee Agee, Portia Griffin, Gavin Christopher, Lalomie Washburn, Lynn Lynsey, Brigitte Bryant (background vocals). Engineers: Mark Hermann, Steve Harvey, Ross Hogarth. Recorded at Scotland Yard Studios, Los Angeles, California; Ground Control, Burbank, California. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. Personnel: Brigette McWilliams (vocals, background vocals); David T. Walker, Doc Powell, Jimmy Macon, Andy Scott, Tony Maiden (guitar); Dean Parks (acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Alan Hines (acoustic guitar); Al McKay (wah-wah guitar); Derek Davis (flute); John "Juke" Logan (harmonica); Wayne Linsey (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Moog synthesizer); Frank McComb (Fender Rhodes piano, background vocals); Larry Dunn (Fender Rhodes piano); Billy Preston (organ); Eddie Drayton (tambourine); Gavin Christopher, Lynn Linsey, Portia Griffin, Tawatha Agee, Bridgette Bryant (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Steve Harvey ; Mark Herman. Recording information: Ground Control, Burbank, CA. Arranger: Steve Harvey . Brigette McWilliams unexpectedly shifted gears with her sophomore effort, Too Much Woman. While her previous album, Take Advantage of Me, had combined R&B with hip-hop and acid jazz, Too Much Woman is pure retro-soul and often sounds like it could have been recorded in 1977 instead of 1997. Earthy, down-home offerings like "Morning," "Better Off Without You" and "Writing A Letter" show little or no awareness of the hip-hop-flavored R&B of the 1990s, and producer Steve Harvey rejects the high-tech urban contemporary approach in favor of real bass, real drums and real guitar. In fact, the credits read like a "who's who" of 1970s soul sessions thanks to the presence of Billy Preston (Hammond B-3 organ), former Rufus bassist Bobby Watson, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and Earth, Wind & Fire alumni Al McKay (guitar) and Larry Dunn (keyboards). Those who asserted that Too Much Woman, unlike Take Advantage of Me, was neither innovative nor cutting-edge were right, but then, an album needn't be groundbreaking in order to be excellent. If Adriana Evans and Erykah Badu were the most exciting young female R&B singers of 1997, a definite runner up would have to be McWilliams, whose second album is retro in the best sense of the word. ~ Alex Henderson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)