One to One is the third studio album by the English synth-pop musician Howard Jones, released on 13 October 1986 by Elektra Records. The album contains the singles "You Know I Love You... Don't You?" (US top twenty), "All I Want" (top 40 in many European countries) and "Little Bit of Snow" (top 75 in the UK). The CD release also contains the single version of "No One Is to Blame", a song included in its original form on Jones's previous studio album, Dream into Action (1985), which had been re-recorded and released as a single earlier in 1986. This version features Genesis' Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. One to One reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.
Critical reception
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Jones's songs take on a reflective cast, which neither helps their melodies nor enhances his singing." Trouser Press wrote that "the once-colorful elf has become part of a mainstream adult pop enterprise."
Track listing
Personnel Howard Jones – vocals, keyboards, drum and percussion programming, sequencing Mike Roarty – Fairlight CMI Reb Beach – guitars Nick Moroch – guitars Phil Palmer – guitars Nile Rodgers – guitars Mo Foster – bass guitar Martin Jones (Howard's brother) – bass guitar Steve Ferrone – drums Trevor Morais – drums Phil Collins – drums (11), backing vocals (11) Gary Burton – vibraphone Bob Gay – brass section, alto saxophone Scott Gilman – brass section Kendall Crane – brass section Matthew Cornish – brass section Matt Molloy – flute, penny whistle Max Eastley – whirling instruments and the Arc Louise Lowry – tap dancing Arif Mardin – string arrangements (10) Gene Orloff – string concertmaster (10) Afrodiziak (Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, Naomi Thompson) – backing vocals Daramis Carbaugh – backing vocals Doris Eugenio – backing vocals Deborah Forman – backing vocals Marcus Miller – backing vocals Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals Mike Murphy – backing vocals Mark Stevens – backing vocals Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals Boys choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin – backing vocals John Dexter – choir director and conductor
Production Tracks 1−10 Arif Mardin – producer Kevin Killen – engineer, Quality Control technician Eddie Garcia – assistant engineer (New York, NY) John Grimes – assistant engineer (Dublin, Ireland) Mike Roarty – Quality Control technician Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland). Mixed at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY). Track 11 Phil Collins – producer Hugh Padgham – producer, engineer Steve Chase – assistant engineer Paul Gomersall – assistant engineer Recorded at The Farm (Surrey, England).
Additional credits Chris Garnham – cover photography Simon Fowler – inside photography
Charts Chart (1986) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 65 Canadian Albums Chart 24
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