Twice the Love

Twice the Love
Twice the Love
Studio album by George Benson
Released	28 June 1988
Genre	Pop; jazz pop;
Length	49:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	George Benson; Preston Glass; Jay Graydon; Dennis Lambert; David Lewis; Wayne Lewis; Barry Eastmond; Wayne Brathwaite; Tommy LiPuma;
George Benson chronology
Singles from Twice the Love
	"Twice The Love"; Released: 1988; "Good Habit"; Released: 1988; "Let's Do It Again"; Released: 1988;

Twice the Love is a 1988 studio album by American guitarist and singer George Benson that was recorded with six production teams. The two main singles off the record were the title track "Twice the Love" and the Curtis Mayfield song "Let's Do It Again" which was a No. 1 hit for The Staple Singers in 1975.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Like some of Benson's other pop albums, Twice the Love was criticized for the lack of his guitar playing and creative jazz influence, generally labeled as an "attempt to chase the charts".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Twice The Love"	Preston Glass, Alan Glass, C.A. Nolen	Preston Glass	4:30
2.	"Starting All Over"	Bill Champlin, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff	Jay Graydon	4:27
3.	"Good Habit"	Franne Golde, Dave Lambert	Dennis Lambert	5:43
4.	"Everybody Does It"	Alan Gorrie, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel	Dennis Lambert	4:29
5.	"Living On Borrowed Love"	Jeff Pescetto, Allan Rich	George Benson, David Lewis, Wayne Lewis, Jonathan Lewis	3:54
6.	"Let's Do It Again"	Curtis Mayfield	David Lewis, Wayne Lewis, Jonathan Lewis	4:53
7.	"Stephanie"	Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, J. Scott Skinner	Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond	3:46
8.	"Tender Love"	Jerry Butler, J. Scott Skinner	Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond	4:21
9.	"You're Still My Baby"	Marcus Miller	Tommy LiPuma	5:40
10.	"Until You Believe"	Jerry Butler, Barry Eastmond, J. Scott Skinner	Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond	4:08
11.	"Let Go^[a]"	Cinda Firestone, Stephen Fox	George Benson	3:34

^ "Let Go" is only available on CD and Austrian LP editions^[2]

Personnel

Musicians: ^[3]

George Benson – lead vocals, guitar (1, 3–6, 9, 11), lead guitar (8)
Preston Glass – keyboards (1), bass sequencing (1), drum programming (1), arrangements (1)
Jay Graydon – synthesizers (2), drums (2), arrangements (2)
Randy Kerber – synthesizers (2)
Claude Gaudette – keyboards (3, 4), arrangements (3, 4)
Wayne Lewis – keyboards (5, 6), drum programming (6)
Rich Aronson – additional keyboards (5), programming (6), synthesizer sweetening (6)
Kevin Deane – additional keyboards (5)
Jonathan Lewis – additional programming (5), programming (6)
Barry Eastmond – keyboards (7, 8, 10), string arrangements and conductor (7, 8, 10), rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10)
Eric Rehl – synthesizers (7, 8, 10)
Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (9)
David Garfield – keyboards (11)
Bob Baldwin – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
Stephen Fox – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
Michael Urbaniak – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11), arrangements (11)
Dean Parks – guitars (2)
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (3, 4), additional guitars (5)
Andy Bloch – guitars (6)
Ira Siegel – guitars (7, 8, 10)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (2)
Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 4)
Marcus Miller – bass (6), all other instruments than guitar (9)
Wayne Brathwaite – bass (7, 8, 10), rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10), drum machine programming (8)
Bill Champlin – drums (2), backing vocals (2), arrangements (2)
Dennis Matkosky – drums (2), arrangements (2)
Mike Baird – drums (3, 4)
David Lewis – drum programming (5, 6), additional keyboards (6), additional guitars (6), synthesizer bass (6)
Terry Silverlight – drums (7, 10)
Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 4)
Bashiri Johnson – percussion (7, 8, 10)
Bobby Caldwell – arrangements (2)
Gene Page – synthesizer sweetening arrangements (6)
Richard Henrickson – concertmaster for strings (7, 8)
Frankie Blue – backing vocals (1)
Alex Brown – backing vocals (1)
Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (1)
Angel Rogers – backing vocals (1)
Jason Scheff – backing vocals (2)
Siedah Garrett – backing vocals (3, 4)
Franne Golde – backing vocals (3)
Niki Haris – backing vocals (3, 4)
Dennis Lambert – backing vocals (3)
Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 4)
Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (5)
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (5)
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (5–8, 10)
Genobia Jeter – backing vocals (6)
Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (6)
Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (7, 10)
Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (7, 8, 10)
Thomas Flammia – backing vocals (7, 10)
Curtis King – backing vocals (7)
Diane Garisto – backing vocals (8)

Production

Maureen Droney – engineer and mixing (1)
Jay Graydon – engineer and mixing (2)
Mick Guzauski – mixing (2)
David Bianco – recording and mixing (3, 4)
Bino Espinoza – recording (3, 4)
Jim Boyer – engineer (5, 9, 11) mixing (9, 11)
Earl Cohen – mixing (5, 6), engineer (6)
Carl Beatty – engineer and mixing (7, 8, 10)
Les Cooper – assistant engineer (1)
Mark Cretella – assistant engineer (1, 3, 4, 5–11)
Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer (1)
Mitch Zelezny – assistant engineer (1)
Jamie Chaleff – assistant engineer (3, 4)
Jeff Poe – assistant engineer (3, 4)
Tim Leitner – assistant engineer (5, 9, 11)
Erik Zobler – additional engineer (5)
Iris Cohen – assistant engineer (6, 7, 8, 10)
Mike Russo – assistant engineer (6)
John Wise – assistant engineer (6)
Fernando Kral – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
George Pappadapoulous – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
Mark Pattis – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10)
Bruce Robbins – technical assistant (7, 8, 10)
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).

Additional credits:

George Benson – executive producer
Tommy LiPuma – album sequencing
Valerie Hobel – production assistant (2)
Marrianne Pellicci – production coordinator (3, 4)
Lu Snead – project administrator
Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
Mary Ann Dibs – art direction and design
Robert Hakalski – photography
Terry Robertson – illustration
Ken Fritz Management, LA – direction

Charts

**Album charts (weekly)**
Chart (1988)	Peak position
Dutch Album Top 100^[4]	12
German Top 100 Albums^[4]	35
Swiss Albums Top 100^[4]	29
UK Albums Chart^[5]	16
US Billboard 200^[6]	76
US R&B Albums^[6]	17
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums^[6]	10

**Song charts**
Year	Title	Chart peak positions
Year	Title	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ^[6]	Dance Music/Club Play Singles ^[6]	UK^[7]
1988	"Twice the Love"	23	-	91
1988	"Let's Do It Again"	8	-	56
1988	"Good Habit"	-	-	-
1989	"Twice the Love"	-	32	-