Brian McKnight

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Personnel: Brian McKnight (vocals, piano, bass); Take 6, Vanessa Williams (vocals); John Willis (acoustic & electric guitars); Fred McKnight, Wah Wah Watson (electric guitars); Kelly O'Neal (saxophone); Cedric Dent (piano), Neil Stubenhaus, David Anderson, Louis Johnson (bass); Ricky Lawson, James Blair (drums); Darryl Tibbs (percussion); Brandon Barnes, Phase 5 (drums, keyboard programming); Reggie Stewart (drum programming); Claude McKnight III, B.J. Nelson, Kipper Jones, Julie McKnight, Gerry Brown (background vocals). Producers: Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Gerry Brown, Phase 5. Engineers include: Doug Smith, Jeff Poe, Annie Fregar. Personnel: Brian McKnight (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, keyboards, bass guitar, background vocals); Claude V. McKnight III (vocals, background vocals); John Willis (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Fred McKnight (guitar); Wah Wah Watson (electric guitar); Kelly O'Neal (saxophone); Cedric Dent (piano); Fred McFarland (keyboards); Take 6 (vibraphone, background vocals); Dave Anderson, Louis Johnson, Neil Stubenhaus (bass guitar); Phase 5 (drums, keyboard programming, drum programming, sampler); James Blair , Ricky Lawson (drums); Darryl Tibbs (percussion); Brandon Barnes (keyboard programming, drum programming); Reggie Stewart (drum programming); Gerry Brown , David Porter Thomas , Julie McKnight, Kipper Jones, Mark Kibble, B.J. Nelson, Vanessa Williams (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Gerry Brown . Recording information: Creative Source Studios, Studio City, CA; Hit Factory Studios, New York, NY; Sound Cell; West Lake; Zoo. Arrangers: Brian McKnight; Cedric Dent . Brian McKnight's self-titled debut album is a mix of quiet storm and jazz-tinged R&B lite, with a few up-tempo numbers thrown in. The album opens with the New Jack Swing lite of "Yours," and leads into other mid-tempo, early-'90s sounding R&B. Some songs, including "Stay the Night," even incorporate the electric guitar, an instrument which was virtually forgotten in pop music by the end of the decade. The album produced one major hit, the teary ballad "One Last Cry." Brian McKnight, with his brand of songwriter-driven, piano-man quiet storm, was unique among 1990s male solo singers, and unexpectedly became one of the genre's biggest (and only) stars, with each album building on the previous one's success. For that reason, perhaps, this album is less commercial and more jazz-leaning than his later discs, especially towards the album's second half. Other highlights include his silky cover of the Hall & Oats staple "I Can't Go for That" (which features the album's only rap) and the jazz nugget "Is the Feeling Gone." A great album for a rainy winter afternoon. ~ Jose F. Promis
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