Patti LaBelle - Be Yourself

Be Yourself, Amerikalı şarkıcı ve söz yazarı Patti LaBelle'in dokuzuncu solo albümüdür. MCA Records tarafından 26 Haziran 1989'da Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde yayınlandı. 1986'daki platin albümü Winner in You'dan sonra şirketle çıkardığı ikinci albümünde, James Bond filmi, License to Kill (1989) ve R&B film müziklerinde de yer alan " If You Asked Me To " adlı single yer alıyor. Prince'in yazdığı ilk on hit " Yo Mister ". Albüm, yapımcılığını Full Force'un üstlendiği "I Got It Like That" ve Prince'in bir başka katkısı olan "Love 89" parçalarıyla LaBelle'in yeni jack swing müziğine adımını attı.

MÜZİSYENLER :

Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 11)

Aaron Zigman – synthesizer programming (1), synth bass (1)

Raymond Jones – keyboards (2), arrangements (2)

James "Budd" Ellison – keyboards (3, 9, 11), percussion (3)

Nathaniel Wilke – keyboards (3, 9), synth bass (3, 9), synth drums (3)

Prince – all instruments (4, 6)

Full Force – all instruments (5), backing vocals (5)

Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (7)

David Sancious – keyboards (7)

Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI (7)

Fred McFarlane – programming (7)

Brad Cole – keyboards (8)

Jim Salamone – synthesizer (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11)

Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (10)

Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (10), Yamaha DX7 (10)

George Duke – acoustic piano (11)

Michael Landau – guitars (1)

Corrado Rustici – guitars (7)

Mark Liggett – guitars (8)

Herb Smith – guitars (9, 11)

Dann Huff – guitars (10)

Randy Jackson – Moog bass (7)

Dominic Genova – bass (8)

Neil Stubenhaus – bass (10)

John Robinson – drums (1)

Larry Robinson – drum programming (2)

Narada Michael Walden – drums (7), programming (7)

Tom Walsh – drums (8)

Jeff Porcaro – drums (10)

Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 10)

Eric Wood – percussion (9)

Gerald Albright – saxophone (2)

Kenny G – saxophone solo (7)

Michael Patterson Jr. – soprano sax solo (9)

Jack Faith – horns (11), strings (11)

Frank DeCaro – session coordinator and contractor (10)

ŞARKI LİSTESİ :

1. If You Asked Me To  3:58

2. I Can't Complain  5:08

3. Be Yourself  5:40

4. Yo Mister  5:38

5. I Got It Like That  5:38

6. Love 89  5:06

7. Still In Love  4:36

8. I'm Scared Of You  4:46

9. Can't Bring Me Down  4:13

10. Need A Little Faith  4:00

11. I Can Fly  5:22