Standing Together (George Benson album)

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Standing Together
George Benson Standing Together.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2, 1998
Studio
  • The Record Plant and Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, California)
  • Alpha Studios and The Enterprise (Burbank, California)
  • Funky Joint (Sherman Oaks, California)
  • The Soul Shack (Van Nuys, California)
  • BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
  • Broadway Productions (New York City, New York)
Genre Jazz
Length44:22
Label GRP
Producer
George Benson chronology
That's Right
(1996)
Standing Together
(1998)
Absolute Benson
(2000)
Singles from Standing Together
  1. "Standing Together"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Cruise Control"
    Released: 1998
  3. "My Father, My Son"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Standing Together is an album by jazz guitarist George Benson that was released in 1998.

Contents

The album includes a hidden track Benson recorded before Star of A Story.

Track listing

  1. "C-Smooth" (DeChown Jenkins, Jaz Sawyer) - 5:54
  2. "Standing Together" (Manuel Seals, Steven Dubin) - 4:07
  3. "All I Know" (Peter Roberts, Scott Cross) - 4:36
  4. "Cruise Control" (Alex Al, Paul Peterson, Ricky Peterson) - 5:08
  5. "Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk" (George Benson, Carl K. Gonzalez, Louie Vega) - 5:15
  6. "Still Waters" (Larry Loftin) - 4:36
  7. "Fly by Night" (Paul Brown, Steven Dubin, Tim Heintz) - 4:51
  8. "Back to Love" (Audrez Martells, Gary Haas) - 4:39
  9. "Keep Rollin'" (Gerald McCauley, Nils Jiptner) - 5:11

Bonus track

  1. "You Can Do It, Baby" (George Benson, Carl K. Gonzalez, Louie Vega) - 7:04

Japanese bonus track

  1. "Turn It Up" - 2:11

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [2] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] 47

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References

  1. Widran, Jonathan. Standing Together at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. "George Benson Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. "George Benson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2022.