Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart album)

Say It Again
Studio album by Jermaine Stewart
Released	1988 [1] [2]
Recorded	1986–1987
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Larrabee Sound (Los Angeles), Conway Recording Studios, and Cherokee Recording Studio (Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B soul dance-pop new jack swing
Length	49:12 52:47 (European version)
Label	Arista 10 Records Siren Records
Producer	Jerry Knight Aaron Zigman André Cymone
Jermaine Stewart chronology
Frantic Romantic (1986) Say It Again (1988) What Becomes a Legend Most (1989)
Singles from Say It Again
"Say It Again" Released: October 1987 "Get Lucky" Released: June 1988 "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" Released: September 1988 "Is It Really Love?" Released: 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Number One	[3]
Record Mirror	[4]

Say It Again is the third album by American R&B singer Jermaine Stewart. It was released in 1988 on Arista Records; his second full-length album for the label, and his final album to be released in North America. The title track of the album reached No. 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Stewart told Record Mirror in 1988, "The album is definitely a progression. Vocally I've grown up and I was able to project a lot of the feeling and truth contained in the songs." ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Talk Dirty to Me"	André Cymone Jody Watley	4:42
2.	"Say It Again"	Bunny Sigler Carol Davis	4:09
3.	"Get Lucky"	Errol Brown Simon Climie	3:59
4.	"Got to Be Love"	Cymone Jermaine Stewart	4:48
5.	"Dress It Up"	Cymone Stewart Watley	4:46
6.	"Don't Have Sex with Your Ex"	Paul Gurvitz Stewart	4:24
7.	"Is It Really Love?"	Cymone Watley	4:37
8.	"Call It a Miracle"	Danny Sembello Bruce Gaitsch Amy LaTelevision	4:27
9.	"Eyes"	Lauren Smith	4:50
10.	"My House"	Bruce Woolley Watley	4:53
11.	"She's a Teaser"	Gurvitz Evan Pace	3:39

European bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"My Body"	Cymone Stewart	3:35

Outtakes:

• "You Promise", B-side on the "Say It Again" single
• "Imagine", B-side on the "Get Lucky" single and later included on the compilation album Attention: A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart
• "Places", B-side on the "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" single and later included on Attention
• "Search", B-side on the "Is It Really Love" single and later included on Attention; also released as "Search for Love" on the B-side of the single "Hot & Cold"
• "Attention", included on the album Attention

Personnel

Musicians

• Jermaine Stewart – lead and backing vocals
• André Cymone – all instruments
• Jerry Knight – all instruments, backing vocals
• Aaron Zigman – all instruments
• Greg Porter – guitar solo on track 5
• Marty Walsh – guitar solo on track 8
• Jerry Hey – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
• Bill Reichenbach – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
• Kim Hutchcroft – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
• Larry Williams – sax solo on track 11
• Michael Lacata – drum fills on track 8
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion on track 10
• Marva King – backing vocals
• Muffy Hendrix – backing vocals
• Angel Rogers – backing vocals
• Jody Watley – backing vocals
• Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn – backing vocals
• Pam Hutchinson – backing vocals
• James Ingram – backing vocals
• Josie James – backing vocals
• Deneice Williams – backing vocals
• Jackie James – backing vocals on tracks 3 & 9

Production

• Bobby Brooks – engineer
• Coke Johnson – engineer
• Ta Avi Mote – engineer
• Victor Flores – engineer
• Keith Cohen – engineer
• Mick Guzauski – engineer
• Gary Wagner – engineer
• Csaba Petocz – engineer
• Jared Held – assistant engineer
• Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer
• Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer
• Elmer Flores – assistant engineer
• John Arrias – additional engineer
• Jamie Yvette Snyder-Newman – production coordinator (André Cymone)
• Clive Davis – executive producer

Note

• In the booklet, engineer "Jarod Held" is credited as "Jared Held", vocalist "Deniece Williams" as "Denise Williams" and vocalist "Wanda Vaughn" as "Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn".

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart [6]	32
US Billboard 200 [7]	98
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart [8]	45

References

1. "Jermaine's Jumpin'" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 100, no. 2. Billboard Publications, Inc. January 9, 1988. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved September 20, 2022– via World Radio History.
2. "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror . February 27, 1988. p. 6. ISSN   0144-5804.
3. Quinn, Anthony (February 27, 1988). "Albums". Number One . p. 42. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
4. Wilkes, Jane (March 5, 1988). "Albums". Record Mirror . p. 15. ISSN   0144-5804.
5. "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror . February 27, 1988. p. 6.
6. "jermaine-stewart | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
7. "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
8. "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

External links

• Jermaine Stewart's page on Artists With AIDS
• Say It Again at Discogs