What You Need (Stacy Lattisaw album)

What You Need is the tenth and final studio album by American contemporary R&B singer Stacy Lattisaw, released October 17, 1989 via Motown Records.^[1] It did not chart on the Billboard 200, but it peaked at #16 on the Billboard R&B chart.^[3] It was also Lattisaw's final album before she retired from the music industry.^[4]

What You Need
Studio album by Stacy Lattisaw
Released	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17)[1]
Recorded	1989
Genre	R&B
Length	50:41
Label	Motown
Producer	Timmy Regisford (exec.)[2]
Stacy Lattisaw chronology
Personal Attention (1988) What You Need (1989)
Singles from What You Need
"What You Need" Released: 1989 "Where Do We Go from Here" Released: 1989 "Dance for You" Released: 1989 "I Don't Have the Heart" Released: May 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Four singles were released from the album: "What You Need", "Where Do We Go from Here", "Dance for You" and "I Don't Have the Heart". "Where Do We Go from Here" was the most successful single from the album, peaking at #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart in 1990.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What You Need" ([A])	Gordon Williams Niki Richards	Gordon Williams	5:40
2.	"Dance for You"	Kevin Grady Phillip Damien	Phillip Damien	5:44
3.	"You Touched the Woman in Me"	Dana Eaves Hubert Eaves III	Hubert Eaves III	4:10
4.	"R U Man Enuff"	Kenni Hairston Trevor Gale	Kenni Hairston Trevor Gale	5:17
5.	"Guilty (Lock Me Up)"	Cevin Fisher Angel Valentine	Cevin Fisher Angel Valentine	5:11
6.	"Falling (In Love Again)"	Debbie Cole Kenni Hairston Trevor Gale	Kenni Hairston Trevor Gale	4:30
7.	"I Don't Have the Heart"	Alan Rich Jud Friedman	LeMel Humes	5:00
8.	"Where Do We Go from Here" (featuring Johnny Gill)	LeMel Humes	LeMel Humes	5:49
9.	"Tender Love"	Alexandra Brown Ron Kersey	Alexandra Brown Ron Kersey	4:33
10.	"That's the Reason Why I Love"	John Potts Stacy Lattisaw	Ron Kersey William Bealle	4:47
Total length:				50:41

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	60

Notes

1. "What You Need" contains a sample of "The Assembly Line" by Commodores.^[5]