George Benson - Twice the Love

Title: Twice the Love Artist: George Benson Release Date: 1988 Re-Released On: 1/6/2004 Label: Warner Bros., WP, Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. Duration: 49:32 Album Type(s): Instrumental UPCs: 075992570527, 075992570541, 766488575422, 766482801329 Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz Moods: Elegant, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Refined/Mannered, Soothing, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Gentle, Reserved, Stylish, Earthy, Energetic, Playful, Rollicking, Romantic Total Copies: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Twice the Love
2. Starting All Over
3. Good Habit
4. Everybody Does It
5. Living on Borrowed Love
6. Let's Do It Again
7. Stephanie
8. Tender Love
9. You're Still My Baby
10. Until You Believe

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD WP WPCR-2583 2004 CD Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. 7599257052 1988 CD Warner Bros. 2-25705

Twice the Love [Bonus Track]

In what Benson claimed was a risk, he works with six different production teams, but if diversity was the goal, the result is just the same homogenized, synth/electronic drum-laden, pop/soul sound geared toward someone's perception of what the market would bear. Benson sings well, as always, but again, the biggest problem, as has been the case from In Your Eyes onward, is crummy song material. Without Benson's improvising guitar to take the music somewhere else, all you have left are the so-called tunes -- and brother, that's not a lot. The one blast of fresh air is Curtis Mayfield's oldie "Let's Do It Again," which has a nice groove, and "You're Still My Baby," the sole instrumental, finds the Benson guitar in good shape, if not terribly challenged. "Everybody does it but that don't make it right," sing the voices on one cut -- a fitting epitaph for this album's attempt to chase the charts. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abraham Laboriel, Sr. Bass Alex Brown Vocals (Background) Andy Bloch Guitar Angel Rogers Vocals (Background) Audrey Wheeler Vocals (Background) Barry Eastmond Keyboards, String Arrangements, Producer Bashiri Johnson Percussion Bill Champlin Drums, Vocals (Background) Bino Espinoza Recording Bruce Robbins Technical Assistance Carl Beatty Engineer, Mixing Cindy Mizelle Vocals (Background) Claude Gaudette Keyboards, Arranger Cliff Dawson Vocals (Background) Curtis King Vocals (Background) David Bianco Mixing, Recording David Lewis Guitar, Synthesizer Bass Dean Parks Guitar Dennis Lambert Producer, Vocals (Background) Dennis Matkosky Arranger, Drums Diane Garisto Vocals (Background) Doug Sax Mastering Earl Cohen Engineer, Mixing Edith Wint String Contractor Eric Rehl Synthesizer Erik Zobler Engineer Fernando Kral Assistant Engineer Frankie Blue Vocals (Background) Franne Golde Vocals (Background) Gene Page Synthesizer Arrangements Genobia Jeter Vocals (Background) George Benson Guitar, Producer, Vocals, Executive Producer Ira Seigel Guitar Iris Cohen Assistant Engineer Jamie Chaleff Assistant Engineer Jason Miles Synthesizer Programming Jason Scheff Vocals (Background) Jay Graydon Synthesizer, Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Drums, Engineer, Mixing Jeff Lorenzen Assistant Engineer Jeff Poe Assistant Engineer Jim Boyer Engineer, Mixing John Wise Assistant Engineer Jonathan Lewis Associate Producer, Programming Kevin Dean Keyboards Lenny Castro Percussion Les D. Cooper Assistant Engineer Marcus Miller Bass Marrianne Pellicci Production Coordination Mick Guzauski Mixing Mike Baird Drums Mike Russo Assistant Engineer Mitch Zelezny Assistant Engineer Neil Stubenhaus Bass Paul Jackson, Jr. Guitar Phillip Ballou Vocals (Background) Preston Glass Producer, Bass Sequencing, Keyboards, Drum Programming Randy Kerber Synthesizer Rich Aronson Programming, Keyboards, Synthesizer Arrangements Richard Hendrickson Concert Master Terry Silverlight Drums Thomas Flammia Vocals (Background) Tim Leitner Assistant Engineer Tommy LiPuma Producer Valerie Hoebel Production Assistant Vaneese Thomas Vocals (Background) Wayne Brathwaite Bass, Drum Programming, Producer Wayne Lewis Keyboards, Drum Programming, Producer Yolanda Lee Vocals (Background)