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So Glad I Know
1986 studio album by Deniece Williams From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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So Glad I Know is the first gospel album by American R&B singer Deniece Williams, released in 1986 on Sparrow Records.[2] The album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.[3] So Glad I Know was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Gospel Performance, Female.[4]
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Overview
So Glad I Know was Williams' first full-length gospel album. With this came a new recording of "They Say", originally from her 1983 album I'm So Proud, now a duet with fellow Gospel singer Sandi Patti. At the 29th Annual Grammy Awards the said duo won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group. Williams also won a Grammy in the category of Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female for her rendition of the hymn "I Surrender All".[5][4]
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Track listing
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Personnel
- Deniece Williams – vocals, arrangements (4), backing vocals (6)
- Randy Waldman – keyboards (1), synthesizer programming (1)
- Jay Gruska – additional synthesizers (1, 3), arrangements (1, 3, 6), string arrangements (3, 7)
- Greg Mathieson – keyboards (2, 4, 7–9), arrangements (2, 4, 7–9)
- Alan Pasqua – additional synthesizers (2, 4, 9), keyboards (3, 6), synthesizer programming (3, 6), keyboard solo (6)
- Casey Young – programming (2, 8, 9)
- Todd Yvega – Synclavier programming (3, 7)
- Richard Souther – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)
- Eric Persing – synthesizers (5)
- Dann Huff – guitars (1, 2, 4, 9)
- James Harrah – guitars (3, 6)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (7, 8)
- Nathan East – bass (1, 3, 4, 6)
- Freddie Washington – bass (2, 7–9)
- John Robinson – drums (1, 3–7, 9)
- Michael Fisher – percussion (1, 3–6)
- Calvin Smith – French horn solo (3)
- Steve Tavaglione – soprano saxophone (8)
- David Boruff – saxophone solo (9)
- Brad Westering – arrangements (4)
- Roosevelt Christmas – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Josie James – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- George Merrill – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Kathy Baumgardner – backing vocals (2)
- Billie Bell – backing vocals (2)
- Joy Burchett – backing vocals (2)
- Esther Dekker – backing vocals (2)
- David Flaherty – backing vocals (2)
- Ron Gollner – backing vocals (2)
- Angie Reed – backing vocals (2)
- Sheila Shipley – backing vocals (2)
- Becky Smith – backing vocals (2)
- Deanna Trygg – backing vocals (2)
- Rick Uhles – backing vocals (2)
- Rob Watson – backing vocals (2)
- Roseanne Watson – backing vocals (2)
- Susan Westerang – backing vocals (2)
- Sandi Patti – vocals (4)
- Diane Brown – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Warren Ham – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Julia Waters – backing vocals (3)
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals (3)
- Oren Waters – backing vocals (3)
- Avah Ham – backing vocals (7)
- John Laird – backing vocals (7)
- Rick Logan – backing vocals (7)
Production
- Brad Westering – producer
- Frank Wolf – engineer, remixing
- John Bolt – additional engineer
- Steve Ford – additional engineer, remix assistant
- Mitch Gibson – additional engineer
- Alan Hirshberg – additional engineer
- Larry Nefzger – additional engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
- Peter Nomura – artwork, design
- Stan Everson Design, Inc. – artwork, design
- Marc Raboy – cover photography, make-up
- Danny Wintrode – hair stylist
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