Motown is the sixth solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on June 24, 2003, by Universal Music International and Motown.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
Michael McDonald – lead vocals, Rhodes electric piano (6), acoustic piano (13) Toby Baker – keyboards (1-12), drum programming (1-8, 10-12), guitars (2, 10), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (4), bass guitar (13), synth vocals (14) Tony Swain – Rhodes electric piano (1, 8), keyboards (2), synthesizers (12) Tim Akers – Hammond B3 organ (1, 6, 7, 11, 13) Tim Carmon – Hammond B3 organ (10) Bob James – keyboards (14) Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar (1, 3, 7, 8, 12), electric sitar (2), sitar (3) Michael Thompson – guitars (3, 6, 8), electric guitars (10) Simon Climie – acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (4) Tommy Sims – electric guitar (11) Larry Carlton – guitars (14) Nathan East – bass (3, 6-8, 10, 12, 14) Nicky Shaw – additional drums (1), bass programming (6, 11), drums (6, 7, 9, 11), percussion (7), programming (7, 9) Ricky Lawson – drums (3, 6, 8, 10, 12) Harvey Mason – drums (14), percussion (14) Paul Waller – percussion (1), additional programming (1, 9, 12), sound replacing (3, 12), effects (9) Mark Douthit – saxophone (4, 11) Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1, 5, 9, 10) Gavyn Wright – string leader (1, 5, 9, 10)
Background vocalists Jennifer Karr – backing vocals (1) Gale Mayes-West – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12) Ann McCrary – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12) Tammy Taylor – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12) Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals (2, 5) Alfreda McCrary Lee – backing vocals (3, 6, 12) Dwayne Starling – backing vocals (3, 6, 12) Kevin Whalum – backing vocals (3, 6, 12) Simon Climie – backing vocals (5, 7) Michael McDonald – backing vocals (7, 10) Tommy Sims – backing vocals (7) Leon Ware – backing vocals (10) Amy Holland – backing vocals (11) Audrey Martells – backing vocals (11)
Music arrangements Toby Baker – arrangements (1-5, 8, 10, 12) Simon Climie – arrangements (1-5, 7-12) Cliff Masterson – string arrangements (1, 5) Nicky Shaw – arrangements (6, 7, 9, 11) Nick Ingman – string arrangements (9, 10) Michael McDonald – arrangements (13) Bob James – arrangements (14) Fourplay – arrangements (14)
Production Tony Swain – executive producer Simon Climie – producer Dee Harrington – album coordinator Lisa Patton – production coordinator (Nashville) Debbie Johnson – production coordinator (Los Angeles) Michael Wilson – cover photography Richard Orga – wardrobe Cindy Rich – make-up Fred Davis – legal Evelyn Morgan – Universal business affairs (New York) Vector Management – management
Technical credits Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) Mick Guzauski – mixing at Barking Doctor Recording (Mount Kisco, New York) Tom Bender – mix assistant Simon Climie – Pro Tools engineer, Pro Tools programming, Pro Tools (14) Ben Fowler – engineer (Nashville) Don Murray – engineer (Los Angeles), engineer (14) Alan Douglas – orchestral engineer (1, 5, 9, 10) Jonathan Shakovskoy – Pro Tools engineer (10) Adam Brown – engineer (13), Pro Tools (13) Joel Evenden – Pro Tools assistant, assistant engineer (10) Shannon Forrest – Pro Tools engineer (Nashville) additional engineer (Nashville) Grady Walker – second engineer (Nashville) Tom Sweeney – assistant engineer (Los Angeles) Nicky Shaw – drum editing (12)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2003–04) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 20069 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)65
References