Twice the Love is a 1988 studio album by American guitarist and singer George Benson that was recorded with six production teams. The two main singles off the record were the title track "Twice the Love" and the Curtis Mayfield song "Let's Do It Again" which was a No. 1 hit for The Staple Singers in 1975.
Reception
Like some of Benson's other pop albums, Twice the Love was criticized for the lack of his guitar playing and creative jazz influence, generally labeled as an "attempt to chase the charts".
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians: as on album cover
George Benson – lead vocals (1, 5), guitar (1, 3–6, 9, 11), vocals (2–4, 6, 7, 10), lead guitar (8) Preston Glass – keyboards (1), bass sequencing (1), drum programming (1) Jay Graydon – synthesizers (2), drums (2) Randy Kerber – synthesizers (2) Claude Gaudette – keyboards (3, 4) Wayne Lewis – keyboards (5, 6), drum programming (6) Rich Aronson – additional keyboards (5), synthesizer sweetening (6), musical programming (6) Kevin Deane – additional keyboards (5) Jonathan Lewis – additional programming (5), musical programming (6) Barry Eastmond – keyboards (7, 8, 10) Eric Rehl – synthesizers (7, 8, 10) Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (9) David Garfield – keyboards (11) Bob Baldwin – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11) Stephen Fox – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11) Michael Urbaniak – synthesizer programming (11), drum programming (11) Dean Parks – guitars (2) Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (3, 4), additional guitars (5) Andy Bloch – guitars (6) Ira Siegel – guitars (7, 8, 10) Abraham Laboriel – bass (2) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 4) Marcus Miller – bass (6), all other instruments than guitar (9) Wayne Brathwaite – bass (7, 8, 10), drum machine programming (8) Bill Champlin – drums (2), backing vocals (2) Dennis Matkosky – drums (2) Mike Baird – drums (3, 4) David Lewis – drum programming (5, 6), additional keyboards (6), additional guitars (6), synthesizer bass (6) Terry Silverlight – drums (7, 10) Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 4) Bashiri Johnson – percussion (7, 8, 10) Richard Henrickson – string concertmaster (7, 8) Frankie Blue – backing vocals (1) Alex Brown – backing vocals (1) Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (1) Angel Rogers – backing vocals (1) Jason Scheff – backing vocals (2) Siedah Garrett – backing vocals (3, 4) Franne Golde – backing vocals (3) Niki Haris – backing vocals (3, 4) Dennis Lambert – backing vocals (3) Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 4) Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (5) Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (5) Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (5–8, 10) Genobia Jeter – backing vocals (6) Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (6) Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (7, 10) Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (7, 8, 10) Thomas Flammia – backing vocals (7, 10) Curtis King – backing vocals (7) Diane Garisto – backing vocals (8)
Music arrangements Preston Glass – arrangements (1) Bobby Caldwell – arrangements (2) Bill Champlin – arrangements (2) Jay Graydon – arrangements (2) Randy Kerber – arrangements (2) Abraham Laboriel – arrangements (2) Dennis Matkosky – arrangements (2) Dean Parks – arrangements (2) Claude Gaudette – arrangements (3, 4) Gene Page – synthesizer sweetening arrangements (6) Wayne Brathwaite – rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10) Barry Eastmond – rhythm track arrangements (7, 8, 10), string arrangements and conductor (7, 8, 10) Bob Baldwin – arrangements (11) Stephen Fox – arrangements (11) Michael Urbaniak – arrangements (11)
Production
George Benson – executive producer Valerie Hobel – production assistant (2) Marrianne Pellicci – production coordinator (3, 4) Lu Snead – project administrator Pamela Byers – album package coordinator Mary Ann Dibs – art direction, design Robert Hakalski – photography Terry Robertson – illustration Ken Fritz Management, LA – direction
Technical credits: Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Tommy LiPuma – album sequencing Maureen Droney – engineer (1), mixing (1) Jay Graydon – engineer (2), mixing (2) Mick Guzauski – mixing (2) David Bianco – recording (3, 4), mixing (3, 4) Bino Espinoza – recording (3, 4) Jim Boyer – engineer (5, 9, 11) mixing (9, 11) Earl Cohen – mixing (5, 6), engineer (6) Carl Beatty – engineer (7, 8, 10), mixing (7, 8, 10) Erik Zobler – additional engineer (5) Les Cooper – assistant engineer (1) Mark Cretella – assistant engineer (1, 3–11) Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer (1) Mitch Zelezny – assistant engineer (1) Jamie Chaleff – assistant engineer (3, 4) Jeff Poe – assistant engineer (3, 4) Tim Leitner – assistant engineer (5, 9, 11) Iris Cohen – assistant engineer (6–8, 10) Mike Russo – assistant engineer (6) John Wise – assistant engineer (6) Fernando Kral – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10) George Pappadapoulous – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10) Mark Pattis – assistant engineer (7, 8, 10) Bruce Robbins – technical assistant (7, 8, 10)
Charts +Album charts (weekly) Chart (1988) Peakposition Dutch Album Top 10012 German Top 100 Albums35 Swiss Albums Top 10029 UK Albums Chart16 US Billboard 20076 US R&B Albums17 US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums10
+Song chartsYearTitleChart peak positionsHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & TracksDance Music/Club Play SinglesUK1988"Twice the Love"23 -911988"Let's Do It Again"8 -561988"Good Habit" - - -1989"Twice the Love" -32 -
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