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Annotation

Original pressings feature track B1, "I'm Good At Being Bad" at 5:39; Donna Summer requested the "Love to Love You Baby" re-interpolation be removed, and all subsequent pressings have the track length at 4:36

Annotation last modified on 2024-03-24 19:34 UTC.

Tracklist

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A1Fanmail
assistant recording engineer:
Jeff Griffin (American engineer) and Sejoon Kahng
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard (engineer)
producer:
Cyptron
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Debra Killings and T‐Boz
lead vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, T‐Boz and Vic‐E (Mac computer voice)
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Enterprise (aka Enterprise Studios) in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
FanMail
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
33:59
A2The Vic-E Interpretation - Interlude
producer:
Cyptron
mixer:
Carlton Lynn
spoken vocals [speech]:
Vic‐E (Mac computer voice)
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
The Vic‐E Interpretation (interlude)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
2.350:18
A3Silly Ho
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard (engineer)
producer:
Cyptron
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and T‐Boz
other vocals [gang]:
“Big” Stan Smith, Dallas Austin, Leslie Brathwaite, Joi Gilliam (singer, songwriter, and producer), Carolyn Paige, Peach, Sonji (vocalist), T‐Boz, Ty Hudson and Kevin Wales
other vocals [rap]:
Vic‐E (Mac computer voice)
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Silly Ho
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
2.54:15
A4Whispering Playa - Interlude
producer:
Dallas Austin
mixer:
Carlton Lynn
spoken vocals [whisper vocals]:
Papi (acid jazz composer/vocalist)
vocals:
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Whispering Playa (interlude)
writer:
Dallas Austin, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Marshall Lorenzo Martin
2.350:52
A5No Scrubs
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Shekspere
producer:
Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, Kandi (US R&B singer-songwriter, actress & record producer Kandi Burruss) and Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and T‐Boz
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
No Scrubs
additional writer:
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
writer:
Kandi Burruss (US R&B singer-songwriter, actress & record producer Kandi Burruss), Kevin Briggs and Tameka Cottle
53:39
B1I'm Good At Being Bad
5:39
B2If They Knew
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Ricciano Lumpkins
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
John Horesco IV and Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and T‐Boz
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
If They Knew
writer:
Dallas Austin, Lisa Lopes, Ricciano Lumpkins, Marshall Lorenzo Martin and Tionne “T‐Boz” Watkins
2.654:04
B3I Miss You So Much
additional recording engineer:
Thom “TK” Kidd
assistant recording engineer:
Ralph Cacciurri and Kevin Lively
recording engineer:
Paul Boutin
miscellaneous support:
Ivy Skoff (task: production coordinator)
producer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and Daryl Simmons
acoustic guitar:
Michael Thompson (session guitarist)
background vocals:
Necia Bray, Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC) and Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC)
recorded at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States, Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I Miss You So Much
writer:
Babyface (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and Daryl Simmons
2.654:59
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