If I Were Your Woman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills, released on June 1, 1987, on MCA Records. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard 200 chart. If I Were Your Woman was also certified Gold and Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Critical reception Robert K. Oermann of USA Today ranked this album at No. 26 on his list of 1987's top 50 R&B albums.
Singles The album's lead single "I Feel Good All Over" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Dance Single Sales chart. Its second single titled "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Dance Single Sales chart. A remix of "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The album's title track also reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.
Track listing
Personnel Stephanie Mills – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7) Donald Robinson – acoustic piano (1), Rhodes piano (1) Randy Cantor – synthesizers (1) Ron Kersey – keyboards (2), programming (2) Paul Laurence – all other instruments (3) Robert Brookins – keyboards (4), programming (4) George Duke – acoustic piano (4) Barry Eastmond – keyboards (5), pianos (6) LaForrest "La La" Cope – keyboards (5), arrangements (5) V. Jeffrey Smith – synthesizers (5), additional programming (5), rhythm arrangements (5) Skip Anderson – acoustic piano (7) Keith Andes – additional synthesizers (7) Davy D – all instruments (8) Randy Bowland – guitars (1) Herb Smith – guitars (2) Kevin Chokan – guitars (4) Ira Siegel – guitars (5, 6) Mike Campbell – guitars (7) Doug Grigsby – bass (1) Freddie Washington – bass (2) Timmy Allen – bass (3) Wayne Braithwaite – bass (5, 6, 7), synthesizers (7), drum programming (7) Darryl Burgee – drums (1), percussion (1) John Paris – drum overdubs (4) Yogi Horton – drums (5) Terry Silverlight – drums (6) Jimmy Maelen – percussion (5) Bashiri Johnson – percussion (6) Nick Martinelli – arrangements (1) Edith Wint – string contractor (6) Richard Henrickson – concertmaster (6) Cynthia Biggs – backing vocals (1) Deborah Dukes – backing vocals (1) Annette Hardeman – backing vocals (1) Gabriel Hardeman – backing vocals (1), arrangements (1) Charlene Holloway – backing vocals (1) Gordon Scott – backing vocals (1) Alex Brown – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), BGV arrangements (2, 4–7) Lynn Davis – backing vocals (2) Vesta Williams – backing vocals (2) Marva King – backing vocals (4) Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (4) Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6, 7, 8) Maxine Waters – backing vocals (6, 7, 8) Cliff Branch – backing vocals (7)
Technical Taavi Mote – remix engineer Hill Swimmer – engineer (1) Erik Zobler – engineer (2) Ron Banks – engineer (3) Louil Silas Jr. – remixing (3, 5) Mitch Gibson – engineer (4) Tommy Vicari – engineer (4, 8) Philip Walters – engineer (4) Carl Beatty – engineer (5) Fernando Kral – engineer (5, 6) Cassandra Mills – remixing (5) John Convertino – engineer (6, 7) Acar Key – engineer (6, 7) Brian Max – engineer (6, 7) Barbara Milne – engineer (6, 7) Bryan "Chuck" New – engineer (6, 7) Jon Smith – engineer (6, 7)
Design Cassandra Mills – executive producer, album concept Stephanie Mills – executive producer, album concept September – art direction, design Ron Slenzak – photography Jeffrey Beaton – make-up James Gibson – hair stylist
Charts Chart (1987) Peakposition
Singles Year Single Chart positions USPop USR&B USDance UK1987"I Feel Good All Over" — 1 — —"(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" 85 1 23 62"Secret Lady" — 7 — — 1988"If I Were Your Woman" — 19 — —
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1987 (U.S.)
References