Fragile (Cherrelle album)

Fragile
Studio album by
Cherrelle
ReleasedApril 8, 1984
Recorded1983–1984
StudioCreation Audio
(Minneapolis)
Larrabee Sound Studios & Studio Masters
(Los Angeles)
Eight Mile-John Lodge Studios & Fiddler Studios
(Los Angeles)
Genre
Length43:22
Label
Producer
Cherrelle chronology
Fragile
(1984) 		High Priority
(1985)
Singles from Fragile
  1. "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
    Released: April 1984
  2. "Fragile… Handle With Care"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic[1]

Fragile is the debut studio album by American singer Cherrelle. It was released on April 8, 1984 by Tabu Records and was the first of four records for the label (she would leave Tabu after the release of 1991's "The Woman I Am").

The album was mostly written, arranged and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (a/k/a Flyte Time Productions), and, under their guidance, she scored a smash R&B hit with "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On". The song reached number eight on the US R&B chart and number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Release history

Label Cat. No. Format Date
Tabu PZ 39144 US Vinyl, Cassette 1984
Tabu TBU 26064 UK Vinyl 1984
Tabu ZK 39144 US CD 1986
Tabu 25DP 5368 JP CD 1989
Tabu, The Right Stuff 72435-41819-2-4 EU US CD 2002
Solid CDSOL-5207 JP CD 2013
Tabu TABU1003 UK CD 2013

Track listing

Fragile track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fragile...Handle With Care"
6:02
2."I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam
  • Lewis
7:03
3."Like I Will"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam
  • Lewis
7:24
4."I Will Wait For You"
  • Maxi Anderson
  • Isaac Suthers
  • Michael Dunlap
  • Suthers
  • Dunlap
3:40
5."Who's It Gonna Be"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam
  • Lewis
4:38
6."Stay With Me"
  • Suthers
  • Dunlap
4:00
7."When You Look In My Eyes"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam
  • Lewis
4:48
8."I Need You Now"
  • Champlin
  • Suthers
  • Dunlap
  • Suthers
  • Dunlap
4:35

Personnel and production

Tracks 1–3, 5 & 7

  • Arranged & Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis For Flyte Tyme Productions
  • Engineered & Mixed by Steve Wiese & Taavi Mote
  • Additional Recording Engineers: Judy Clapp & Steve Hodge
  • Jimmy Jam - synthesizers, synth programming, acoustic piano, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals
  • Terry Lewis - keyboards, synthesizers, electric bass, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Monte Moir - synthesizers, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Eiland - tuba, saxophone
  • Randy Jenkins, Lucia Newell, Gwendolyn Traylor - backing vocals

Tracks 4, 6 & 8

  • Arranged & Produced by Michael Everitt Dunlap & Isaac Suthers, with additional vocal arrangements by Maxi Anderson
  • Engineered by Robert Biles
  • Assistant Engineers: Michael Gilbert, Dennis Woods & Kelvin Dixon
  • Mixed by Mike Evans & Taavi Mote
  • Michael Everitt Dunlap - electric, acoustic and bass guitars, acoustic piano, drums, backing vocals
  • Isaac Suthers - synthesizers
  • Eric Sylvester Daniels - synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
  • Ellis Smith - electric and acoustic guitars
  • Terry Santiel - percussion
  • Maxi Anderson, Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Phyllis St. James, Randall Jenkins, Gwenche Macho - backing vocals

References

  1. ^ allmusic review