Bring It On Home… The Soul Classics is an album by Aaron Neville, in which he covers several classic soul songs that were made popular from 1957 to 1971. The album was released September 19, 2006, and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 38 on the Billboard 200 chart dated October 6, 2006.
Track listing
Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Personnel
Musicians Aaron Neville – vocals Neil Larsen – acoustic piano, electric piano, organ, arrangements, horn arrangements, string arrangements (7) Ray Parker Jr. – electric guitar, backing vocals (9) Heitor Pereira – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Freddie Washington – bass, backing vocals (9) James Gadson – drums, backing vocals (9) Dan Higgins – saxophones David Woodford – saxophones Lee Thornburg – trumpet Stewart Levine – arrangements Aaron Zigman – string arrangements (1–6, 8–14)
Additional musicians Joe Sample – acoustic piano (3–5, 8, 14), electric piano (3–5, 8, 14) Art Neville – organ (10) Jack Ashford – tambourine (3, 6, 9, 12, 14) Lenny Castro – percussion (4, 5, 8, 10, 11) David Sanborn – saxophone (10) Chris Botti – trumpet (1) Mavis Staples – vocals (6) Chaka Khan – vocals (8) Jason Neville – backing vocals (6, 9, 14) Aaron Neville, Jr. – backing vocals (6, 9, 14) Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6, 10, 14) Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals (6, 10, 14) Fred White – backing vocals (6, 10, 14) The Dixie Cups – backing vocals (6, 9, 12, 14): Barbara Anne Hawkins Rosa Lee Hawkins Athelgra Neville
Production Joseph DiMuro – executive producer Stewart Levine – producer Rik Pekkonen – engineer, mixing Wesley Fontenot – engineer Mathieu LeJeune – engineer Dean Sharenow – engineer Matt Weeks – engineer Wesley Seidman – assistant engineer Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA) Pete Ganbarg – A&R Rich Davis – production coordination Jennifer Liebeskind – project direction Tony Ward – project direction Jeff Schulz – art direction, design Danny Clinch – photography Kyoko Motonaga – grooming April Johnson – stylist David Ritz – sleeve notes Kent Sorrell – management
Charts
Chart (2006) Peakposition
References