In Your Eyes (George Benson album)

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In Your Eyes
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Studio album by
Released1983
Studio
Genre
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Arif Mardin, Kashif (co-producer on track 2)
George Benson chronology
The George Benson Collection
(1981)
In Your Eyes
(1983)
Pacific Fire
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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In Your Eyes is a 1983 album by George Benson. [2] It is his only album produced by producer Arif Mardin. It includes the hit "Lady Love Me (One More Time)".

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feel Like Making Love" Eugene McDaniels 4:22
2."Inside Love (So Personal)" Kashif 5:13
3."Lady Love Me (One More Time)" David Paich, James Newton Howard 3:59
4."Love Will Come Again" (with Chaka Khan) Arif Mardin, Hamish Stuart 5:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."In Your Eyes" Dan Hill, Michael Masser 3:16
6."Never Too Far to Fall"Hamish Stuart, Ned Doheny 4:00
7."Being With You" Omar Hakim 3:52
8."Use Me" James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 4:22
9."Late at Night" (with Vicki Randle; credited as Vickie Randle)Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil3:29
10."In Search of a Dream"Adam Falcon4:58

Note: Some cassette versions of the album have "Love Will Come Again" and "In Search of a Dream" extended to 6 minutes and 32 seconds and 7 minutes and 37 seconds, respectively. These versions were not included on vinyl or CD issues of the album.

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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