Michelle Gayle is the self-titled debut album by British

United Kingdom

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 R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

-soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer Michelle Gayle

Michelle Gayle

Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British recording artist, actress and author. Gayle had success as a Soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know"...

, released in 1994 by RCA Records

RCA Records

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 of BMG UK

BMG

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Overview

The album includes the Top 10 single "Sweetness" along with the other singles "Looking Up", "I'll Find You", "Freedom" and "Happy Just to Be With You". It was produced and co-written in parts by Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...

 who had previously worked with the likes of Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

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Track listing

1. "Get Off My Back" (Ronnie Wilson/Dennis Charles/Michelle Gayle)
2. "Happy Just to Be With You" (Narada Michael Walden/Gayle/Preston Glass)
3. "Walk With Pride" (Gayle/Wilson/Charles)
4. "Looking Up" (D. James/J. Rawe)
5. "Girlfriend" (James/Gayle)
6. "Freedom" (N.M. Walden/S.J. Dakota)
7. "Personality" (Gayle/T. Morris)
8. "I'll Find You" (S. Jervier/J. Wales/P. Jervier)
9. "Your Love" (James/Gayle)
10. "Sweetness" (N.M. Walden/P. Glass)
11. "One Day" (Jervier/Wales/Jervier)
12. "Say What's on Your Mind" (Wilson/Charles/Gayle)
13. "Rise Up" (Simon Climie)
14. "Baby Don't Go" (N.M. Walden/M. Gayle/S.J. Dakota)
15. "All Night Long" (N.M. Walden/Michael Mani/Monty Steward)