Looking at You, Looking at Me

Looking at You, Looking at Me is the seventh full-length studio recording from singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden. It was Walden's last album to be released by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart.[2]

Looking at You, Looking at Me
Studio album by
Released1983
StudioThe Automatt (San Francisco, CA)
GenreSoul, R&B, dance
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNarada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden chronology
Confidence
(1982)
Looking at You, Looking at Me
(1983)
The Nature of Things
(1985)
Singles from Looking at You, Looking at Me
  1. "Black Boy"
  2. "Reach Out I'll Be There"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album's lead single "Black Boy" failed to chart. However, the cover of "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached No. 40 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reach Out I'll Be There"Holland–Dozier–Holland5:56
2."Looking at You, Looking at Me"Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, Theo Martin4:36
3."Burning Up" 4:19
4."Never Wanna Be Without Your Love" (duet with Angela Bofill)Phillip Saisse, Jim DiPrima4:18
5."Shake It Off" 5:12
6."Dream Maker" 4:43
7."Tina" 4:15
8."Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You" 4:44
9."Black Boy" 4:29
Total length:42:32

Personnel

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As listed on the back cover of the Looking at You, Looking at Me vinyl album:[4]

Handclaps on "Shake It Off"

  • Jim Gilstrap, Randy Jackson, Kelly Kool, John Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Dwayne Simmons, Carla Vaughn and Lisa Walden

^Walden is listed as having played acoustic piano on Track 1; however, no acoustic piano is evident on this track. Conversely, whoever plays the (clearly-audible) acoustic piano on Track 2 is uncredited; it is thus possible that Walden is miscredited with performing the piano on Track 1, when he in fact played it on Track 2.

Production

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  • Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Ken Kessie – basic track engineer (4)
  • Maureen Droney – second engineer
  • Wayne Lewis – second engineer
  • Ray Pyle – second engineer
  • Leslie Ann Jones – final editing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Norman Seeff – photography
  • Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
  • Gregory Digiovine – management
  • Adam's Dad Management Co. – management

Charts

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[2] 51

References

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  1. ^ Looking at You, Looking at Me at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. May 27, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. May 6, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Narada Michael Walden - Looking at You, Looking at Me (vinyl album) back cover.
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