I'm the One is an album by Roberta Flack released in May 1982 which reached #59 on the album chart in Billboard whose R&B album chart afforded the album a #16 peak.
The Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-produced "Making Love", which appeared in the film of the same name and in the spring of 1982 had afforded Flack her final solo Top 40 hit (#13 on the Billboard Hot 100), was included on the I'm the One album along with eight new tracks co-produced by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Flack herself.
The track "I'm the One," given parallel single release with the album, peaked at #42 on the Hot 100 where it marked Flack's final solo appearance, although she'd return to the Hot 100 in 1983 with the duets "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (#16) and "You're Looking Like Love to Me" (#58) (both with Peabo Bryson) and again in 1991 with "Set the Night to Music" (with Maxi Priest/ #6).
A third single from the I'm the One album: "In the Name of Love", reached #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Track listing "I'm the One" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:05 Single 2 A-side "'Till the Morning Comes" (Casey Daniels, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 3:54 Single 2 B-side "Love and Let Love" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:34 "Never Loved Before" (Bobby Caldwell, Henry Grumpo Marx) - 3:58 "In the Name of Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers) - 4:00 Single 3 A-side "Ordinary Man" (Peabo Bryson) - 4:26 "Making Love" (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) - 3:43 Single 1 A-side "Happiness" (Harriet Schock, William D. Smith) - 3:22 Single 3 B-side "My Love for You" (Brenda Russell, William D. Smith) - 3:22
Personnel Roberta Flack – vocals Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes (1–6, 7–9), acoustic piano (7) Paul Griffin – Oberheim OB-X (1–6, 8, 9) Burt Bacharach – synthesizers (7) Craig Hundley – synthesizers (7) Eric Gale – guitars (1–6, 8, 9) Lee Ritenour – guitars (7) Marcus Miller – bass guitar (1–6, 8, 9) Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (7) Steve Gadd – drums (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9) Buddy Williams – drums (4) Jim Keltner – drums (7) Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1–6, 8, 9) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7) Grover Washington Jr. – soprano sax solo (5, 9) Vivian Cherry – backing vocals Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals William Eaton – backing vocals, all arrangements Frank Floyd – backing vocals Diva Gray – backing vocals Zachary Sanders – backing vocals
Production William Eaton – producer (1–6, 8, 9) Roberta Flack – producer (1–6, 8, 9) Ralph MacDonald – producer (1–6, 8, 9) William Salter – producer (1–6, 8, 9) Burt Bacharach – producer (7) Carole Bayer Sager – producer (7) Richard Alderson – engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Carla Bandini – engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Mike Bradley – engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Ollie Cotton – engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Ed Rak – engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Elliot Scheiner – engineer (1–6, 8, 9), remixing Bruce Swedien – engineer (7) Kendall Brown – assistant engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Eddie Heath – assistant engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Anthony McDonald – assistant engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Lamont Moreno – assistant engineer (1–6, 8, 9) Renee Bell – production coordinator Janaire Boger – production coordinator Jacklyn Brown – production coordinator Kirk D. Fancher – production coordinator Bob Defrin – art direction, design Kinko Y. Craft – illustration
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1982) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 47
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