Just_as_I_Am_(Yolanda_Adams_album)

<i>Just as I Am</i> (Yolanda Adams album)

Just as I Am (Yolanda Adams album)

1987 studio album by Yolanda Adams

Just as I Am is the debut studio album by American gospel singer Yolanda Adams. It was released by the Sound of Gospel on September 22, 1987 in the United States. Production was helmed by Thomas Whitfield, who also worked with singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong on early 1980s gospel releases. Though original pressings of the vinyl and cassette release are difficult to find, the album has since been re-released on CD along with another catalog album from Sound of Gospel by Wanda Nero Butler entitled New Born Soul.

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Track listing

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Personnel

  • Produced by Thomas Whitfield and Lanar Brantley
  • Executive Producer: Armen Boladian
  • Thomas Whitfield — keyboards, Baldwin & Yamaha pianos; string and synthesizer arrangements and overdubs; all vocal and instrumental arrangements
  • Earl J. Wright — synthesizer overdubs; string arrangements programming
  • Lanar Brantley — bass guitar; instrumental arrangements; exclusive drum programming and arrangements
  • Jonathan DuBose — lead & rhythm guitars; bass section on "Deliverance"
  • Larry Fratangelo — percussions exclusively
  • Raphael Merriweather Jr. — percussion overdubs
  • Walter L. Stevenson Jr. — vocal overdubs and tambourine on "Deliverance" (see YouTube page for artist's artistic portfolio)
  • Singers — Sandy Hudson, Michael Fletcher, Doretha Carter, Renee Thomas, Larry D. Edwards, Juliette Cooper, Gwen Morton, Ron Kelley, Valerie Hancox, Larry McMurtry, Thomas Whitfield

Charts

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References

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    Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5 ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 1992. ISBN 978-0857125958. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Yolanda Adams Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "The Year in Music: Top Gospel Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 24, 1988. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via World Radio History.
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