It's Alright with Me

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It's Alright with Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 1979
Studio Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
Alpha International Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Label Epic
Producer Skip Scarborough [1]
Patti LaBelle chronology
Tasty
(1978)
It's Alright with Me
(1979)
Released
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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It's Alright with Me is the third studio album by American singer Patti LaBelle, released in 1979 via Epic Records. [5] Produced by Skip Scarborough, the album was a success due to the popularity of the songs "Come What May" and "Music is My Way of Life", the latter finding success on the dance chart.

Contents

Critical reception

Rolling Stone wrote that the "sleek arrangements are too tight to allow the aimless vocal overkill that marred so many earlier performances, yet they're flexible enough to avoid formulas." [1] The Bay State Banner thought that "sometimes [Labelle's] shrill yells and cries can wear on the ears, but the bulk of this album presents her most effectively, joining the past cosmic aura of the group Labelle with today's more earthy atmosphere." [6]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Skip Scarborough.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Alright with Me" Skip Scarborough 4:16
2."My Best Was Good Enough"Scarborough2:47
3."What Cha Doin' to Me?"Scarborough3:46
4."Love Is Just a Touch Away"
  • James Ellison
  • Patti LaBelle
  • Scarborough
3:54
5."Love and Learn"Scarborough5:34
6."Deliver the Funk"
  • Wayne Lee Vaughn
  • Wanda Hutchinson
4:10
7."Come What May"4:05
8."You And Me"
  • Allee Willis
  • Franne Golde
3:50
9."Music Is My Way of Life"
  • Marti Sharron
  • Gerald Lee
8:12
2011 remaster
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."It's Alright with Me" (Single Version)Scarborough3:51
11."Music is My Way of Life" (Single Version)
  • Sharron
  • Lee
3:19
12."Music is My Way of Life" (Instrumental)
  • Sharron
  • Lee
5:52

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1979)

Peak

position

US Billboard 200 [7] 145
US Billboard Top R&B Albums [8] 33
US Cashbox Top 75 R&B Albums [9] 23
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums [10] 76
US Record World R&B LP Charts [11] 26
US Record World Album Chart [12] 56

References

  1. 1 2 "RollingStone.com: Recordings: Patti LaBelle, It's Alright with Me". Rolling Stone . May 12, 2001. Archived from the original on May 12, 2001.
  2. "It's Alright with Me - Patti LaBelle | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 55.
  4. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 286.
  5. "Patti LaBelle | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Lane, George (April 12, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. p. 16.
  7. "Patti LaBelle Chart History". Billboard .
  8. "Patti LaBelle Chart History". Billboard .
  9. "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). April 21, 1979.
  10. "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). April 28, 1979.
  11. "Record World Magazine" (PDF). April 14, 1979.
  12. "Record World Magazine" (PDF). April 21, 1979.