Giving You the Best That I Got

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Giving You The Best That I Got
Studio album by Anita Baker
Released October 17, 1988
Recorded Encore Studio; Yamaha International Recording; Sound Suite; Hitsville; TMF; Gnome Studios
Genre R&B
Length 34:33
Label Elektra Records
Producer Michael J. Powell
Professional reviews
Anita Baker chronology
Rapture
(1986)		 Giving You The Best That I Got
(1987)		 Compositions
(1990)

Giving You The Best That I Got is the third music album from R&B singer Anita Baker. It became Baker's first number one album in America. The album was certified 4x platinum in 1989. It earned Baker 3 Grammys.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Priceless (Glenn) 5:00
  2. Lead Me Into Love (Lane, Prentiss) 4:45
  3. Giving You The Best That I Got (Baker, Holland, Scarborough) 4:18
  4. Good Love (Taylor) 5:39
  5. Rules (Lamb, Nicholl, Ryder) 3:52
  6. Good Enough (Baker, McBride) 4:50
  7. Just Because (Brown, McKinney, OHara) 5:13
  8. You Belong To Me (Britten, Livsey, Lyle) 3:43

[edit] Production

  • Produced By Michael J. Powell
  • Mixed & Engineered By Nick Viterelli, Elliot Peters, Bruce Nazarian, Milton Chan, Craig Burbridge, Mike Brown
  • Mastered By Bernie Grundman

[edit] Credits

  • Anita Baker: Lead Vocals, Executive Producer, Vocal Arrangements
  • Gerald Albright, (Reverend) Dave Boruff: Sax
  • (Reverend) Dave Boruff, Robbie Buchanan, Sonny Burke, George Duke, Vernon D. Fails, Sir Gant, Bobby Lyle, Patrick Moten, Bruce Nazarian, Peter Schwartz, David Spradley, Gary Taylor, Neal Walker: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
  • Nathan East: Bass
  • Chuck Findley: Trumpet
  • Donnie Lyle, Paul Jackson Jr., Kevin Moore, Michael J. Powell: Guitars
  • Omar Hakim, Joseph Vitarelli, Paulinho DaCosta: Drums, Percussion

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 1
1989
Preceded by
Rattle and Hum by U2		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 24, 1988 - January 20, 1989		 Succeeded by
Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown