Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)

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Let It Roll
Don Johnson Let It Roll.jpg
Studio album by
Don Johnson
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1989
Studio
  • Cherokee, Los Angeles
  • New River, Fort Lauderdale
  • Audio Vision, Miami
Genre Rock
Length44:10
Label Epic
Producer Keith Diamond
Don Johnson chronology
Heartbeat
(1986)		Let It Roll
(1989)		 The Essential
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Let It Roll is the second (and to date final) studio album by American actor and singer Don Johnson, released on September 20, 1989, by Epic Records. Barbra Streisand contributed background vocals to "What If It Takes All Night". It also includes Johnson's rendition of "Tell It Like It Is".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Other People's Lives" Diane Warren 5:25
2."Tell It Like It Is"
  • Lee Diamond
  • George Davis
4:30
3."Your Love Is Safe with Me"
4:22
4."A Better Place" (duet with Yuri)
5:25
5."When You Only Loved Me"
3:55
6."Angel City"
4:22
7."Lonely Too Long" Marty Robbins 4:20
8."Let It Roll"
  • Johnson
  • Diamond
4:21
9."What If It Takes All Night"
4:06
10."Little One's Lullaby"
  • Johnson
  • Diamond
3:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Let It Roll. [2]

Musicians

  • Don Johnson – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 6), guitars (10)
  • Keith Diamond – arrangements (1-3, 5-8, 10), keyboards (1, 3-10), acoustic piano (2), Hammond B3 organ (2), bass (2, 4, 6, 8), keyboard solo (5), Fairlight CMI (9), percussion (9), fingersnaps (9)
  • Ron Schwartz – keyboards (3, 6, 7)
  • EBN (Ned Liben) – Fairlight CMI (4, 9)
  • Mike Jewel – keyboards (9)
  • Ira Siegel – guitars (1-3, 6, 7), guitar solo (1)
  • Kennan Keating – additional guitars (1)
  • Bruce Kulick – guitars (3), additional guitar solo (3)
  • Steve Jones – guitars (3, 6, 7)
  • Dave Resnik – guitars (3, 6, 7)
  • Jeff Daniels – guitars (5)
  • Paul Pesco – bass (1), guitars (2-4, 7-10), guitar solo (3), acoustic guitar solo (9)
  • John Pierce – bass (3)
  • Carl James – bass (6, 7)
  • Larry Russell – bass (8)
  • Wayne Brathwaite – bass (9)
  • Omar Hakim – drums (1, 9)
  • Terry Silverlight – drums (2, 4, 8)
  • John Keane – drums (3, 6, 7)
  • Acar Key – cymbals (5)
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion (6)
  • Danny Wilensky – saxophones (2), horn solo (2), horn arrangements (2, 6), sax solo (6)
  • Mike Davis – trombone (2)
  • Chris Botti – trumpet (2), trumpet solo (6)
  • Kent Smith – trumpet (6)
  • Tracy Amos – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Michael Camacho – backing vocals (1)
  • Curtis King – backing vocals (1)
  • Joe Lynn Turner – backing vocals (1)
  • Janice Dempsey – backing vocals (2, 6-9)
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (2, 8)
  • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2)
  • Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (2, 9)
  • Liz Constantine – backing vocals (3)
  • Laura Creamer – backing vocals (3)
  • N'Dea Davenport – backing vocals (3)
  • Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (3, 9)
  • Chrissy Faith – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
  • Yogi Lee – backing vocals (3, 6, 9)
  • Yuri – lead and backing vocals (4)
  • Rock Wilk – backing vocals (6)
  • Lauren Kinhan – backing vocals (7, 8)
  • Louis Merlino – backing vocals (8)
  • Debbe Cole – backing vocals (9)
  • Barbra Streisand – backing vocals (9)

Horns and Strings

  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements and conductor (5, 9), string arrangements and conductor
  • Doriane Elliot and Vicki Genfan – contractors
  • Julien C. Barber, Alfred V. Brown, Harold Coletta, Lewis Eley, Max Ellen, Regis Iandiorio, Jesse L. Levine, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Eugene Moya, Gerald Tarack and Frederick Zlotkin – strings
  • Alex Foster, Jeffrey Kievit, Joseph J. Shepley and George Young – horns

Party People on "Angel City"

  • Kenny Calman, Keith Diamond, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Anna Mewbourne and Mike Sobeck

Production and Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Let It Roll
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [12] Gold250,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [13] Gold25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ Let It Roll (liner notes). Don Johnson. Epic Records. 1989. EK 40869.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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