I'm the One (Roberta Flack album)

I'm the One
Studio album by
Roberta Flack
ReleasedMay 1, 1982
StudioA & R Recording and Rosebud Recording Studio (New York, NY); Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
GenreR&B, soul
LabelAtlantic
ProducerWilliam Eaton, Roberta Flack, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
except "Making Love":
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager
Roberta Flack chronology
Bustin' Loose
(1981) 		I'm the One
(1982) 		Born to Love
(1983)
Singles from I'm the One
  1. "Making Love / Jesse"
    Released: February 8, 1982
  2. "I'm the One / 'Til the Morning Comes"
    Released: May 4, 1982
  3. "In the Name of Love / Happiness"
    Released: October 4, 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

I'm the One is an album by Roberta Flack released in May 1982 which reached #59 on the album chart in Billboard whose R&B album chart afforded the album a #16 peak.

The Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-produced "Making Love", which appeared in the film of the same name and in the spring of 1982 had afforded Flack her final solo Top 40 hit (#13 on the Billboard Hot 100), was included on the I'm the One album along with eight new tracks co-produced by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Flack herself.

The track "I'm the One," given parallel single release with the album, peaked at #42 on the Hot 100 where it marked Flack's final solo appearance, although she'd return to the Hot 100 in 1983 with the duets "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (#16) and "You're Looking Like Love to Me" (#58) (both with Peabo Bryson) and again in 1991 with "Set the Night to Music" (with Maxi Priest/ #6).

A third single from the I'm the One album: "In the Name of Love", reached #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

  1. "I'm the One" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:05
    Single 2 A-side
  2. "'Till the Morning Comes" (Casey Daniels, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 3:54
    Single 2 B-side
  3. "Love and Let Love" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:34
  4. "Never Loved Before" (Bobby Caldwell, Henry Grumpo Marx) - 3:58
  5. "In the Name of Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers) - 4:00
    Single 3 A-side
  6. "Ordinary Man" (Peabo Bryson) - 4:26
  7. "Making Love" (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) - 3:43
    Single 1 A-side
  8. "Happiness" (Harriet Schock, William D. Smith) - 3:22
    Single 3 B-side
  9. "My Love for You" (Brenda Russell, William D. Smith) - 3:22

Personnel

Production

  • William Eaton – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Roberta Flack – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Ralph MacDonald – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • William Salter – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Burt Bacharach – producer (7)
  • Carole Bayer Sager – producer (7)
  • Renee Bell – production coordinator
  • Janaire Boger – production coordinator
  • Jacklyn Brown – production coordinator
  • Kirk D. Fancher – production coordinator
  • Richard Alderson – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Carla Bandini – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Mike Bradley – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Ollie Cotton – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Ed Rak – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Elliot Scheiner – engineer (1-6, 8, 9), remixing
  • Bruce Swedien – engineer (7)
  • Kendall Brown – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Eddie Heath – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Anthony McDonald – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Lamont Moreno – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
  • Bob Defrin – art direction, design
  • Kinko Y. Craft – illustration

Charts

References

  1. ^ I'm the One at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.