Live Plus

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Live Plus
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 1996
Genre R&B, Jazz, Soul
Length55:37
Label Warlock
Producer LeMel Humes
Jon Nettlesbey & Terry Coffey
Gerald Levert & Marc Gordon
Nick Martinelli
Arif Mardin
Miki Howard chronology
Miki Sings Billie
(1993)
Live Plus
(1996)
Can't Count Me Out
(1997)
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Live Plus is a live album by American R&B singer Miki Howard, released in the United States on October 24, 1996 through Warlock Records label. [2] Along with performing all of her hit songs, the album also features a tune written by Howard herself, called the "Blues".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Share My Love"LeMel Humes4:11
2."Imagination" Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen6:10
3."That's What Love Is"Marc Gordon, Miki Howard, Gerald Levert 3:21
4."You've Changed"Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer 3:59
5."Baby, Be Mine"Ashley Ingram, Jackie Rawe11:40
6."Blues"Miki Howard5:29
7."Ain't Nobody Like You"LeMel Humes4:51
8."Ain't Nuthin' in the World"Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey4:47
9."Love Under New Management"Annette Hardeman, Gabriel Hardeman7:20
10."Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder 3:54

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References

  1. Hamilton, Andrew. "Miki Howard – Live Plus". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  2. "Miki Howard - Live Plus CD". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.