Songs and Stories

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Songs and Stories
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
Studio
  • Henson (Hollywood)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • The Village (Los Angeles)
  • ATS (Los Angeles)
  • Fox Force Five (Los Angeles)
  • Hannibal (Santa Monica, California)
  • Porcupine (Chandler, Arizona)
  • Mega (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Genre Jazz
Length62:02
Label Concord
Producer John Burk, Marcus Miller
George Benson chronology
Givin' It Up
(2006)
Songs and Stories
(2009)
Guitar Man
(2011)
Singles from Songs and Stories
  1. "Family Reunion"
    Released: 2009
  2. "Living in High Definition"
    Released: 2009
  3. "Show Me the Love"
    Released: 2010
Professional ratings
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Songs and Stories is a studio album by George Benson. The album was released by Concord on August 25, 2009. The album was produced by John Burk and Marcus Miller and featured a host of guest musicians. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" James Taylor 3:48
2."Family Reunion"Catero Colbert, Rod Temperton 4:18
3."Show Me the Love" Steve Lukather, Marcus Miller, David Paich 4:16
4."A Telephone Call Away" Bill Withers 5:54
5."Someday We'll All Be Free" Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard6:19
6."Nuthin' But a Party"Robert Harris, Christopher Lomax, Marlon McClain, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman 5:28
7."Come in from the Cold" Marc Broussard, Radney Foster, Justin Tocket4:31
8."Exotica"Marcus Miller5:28
9."Rainy Night in Georgia" Tony Joe White 4:50
10."One Like You"David Garfield, William "Smokey" Robinson 4:41
11."Living in High Definition" Lamont Dozier 7:14
12."Sailing" Christopher Cross 5:15
DVD-Audio / Japanese SHM-CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."It Ain't Over" Norman Brown 4:06

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "Songs & Stories - George Benson: AllMusic Review". AllMusic .