Right Back Where We Started From (album)

Right Back Where We Started From
Studio album by Maxine Nightingale
Released	1976
Genre	R&B, soul,
Label	United Artists
Producer	Pierre Tubbs
Maxine Nightingale chronology
Right Back Where We Started From (1976) Love Hit Me aka Night Life (1977)

Right Back Where We Started From is the debut album by British R&B and soul music singer Maxine Nightingale The title track was first released as a single in the autumn of 1975 and reached #8 in the UK . In the US it reached #5 in Adult Contemporary, #9 in Dance Music/Club Play, #46 in R&B singles and #2 in the Billboard Hot 100. It was the success of this single to which prompted her to return to London to complete a Right Back Where We Started From album. The album was released in the US early 1976 to enthusiastic reaction, reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single from the album, “Gotta Be the One”, charted at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

Track listing^[2]

Side 1

1. "(I Think I Wanna) Possess You" (T. Moore) – 3:29
2. "Bless You" (John Lennon) – 4:30
3. "Right Back Where We Started From" (Pierre Tubbs/Vince Edwards) – 3:14
4. "In Love We Grow" (D. Belfield) – 3:35 (Timed @ 2:35 on LP)
5. "Gotta Be the One" (Pierre Tubbs) – 2:55
6. "One Last Ride" (Pierre Tubbs) – 2:33
7. "Reasons" (M. White/C. Stepney) – 4:27

Side 2

1. "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" (L. Ware/P. Sawyer) – 4:01
2. "Love Enough" (T. Moore) – 3:35
3. "You Got the Love" (C. Kahn/R. Parker Jr.) – 4:37
4. "Life Has Just Begun" (Glenn Nightingale) – 3:38
5. "Everytime I See a Butterfly" (A. L. Barge, Jr.) – 3:43
6. "Good-Bye Again" (Pierre Tubbs/Vince Edwards) – 3:25

Musicians^[2]

• Mick Barker; Guitars
• Glenn Nightingale: Guitars, Cabasa
• Pierre Tubbs: Guitars, Elka Synthesizer, Percussion, Retzina, Vocals
• Mike de Albuquerque: Bass
• Theodore Thunder: Drums
• Pete Kershaw: Drums
• Bob Andrews: Clavinet, Piano, Roland Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Percussion, Vocals
• Lynton Naiff: Piano, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Marimba, Mellatron
• Dave Ulm: Percussion, Congas, Bongos, Tambourine
• Brass Arranger: Raphael Ravenscroft, Bill Skeat
• Vocal Backing: Tony Rivers, John Perry, Ken Gold, Vince Edwards, Al Matthews, Pete Kershaw, Pierre Tubbs, Maxine Nightingale, Liza Strike,Helen Chappell
• Frank Ricotti: Vibraphone
• Strings Arranged & Conducted: Gerry Shury, Wilf Gibson
• Wilf Gibson: Violin
• Peter Hughes: Baritone Sax
• Vince Edwards: Percussion, Vocals
• Raphael “Earl” Ravenscroft: Baritone Sax, Flute Sax
• Ronji Southern: Percussion, Vocals
• Kenny Wheeler: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
• Timbales: Bernado Ball
• Ian Harrison: Percussion
• Jeff Seopardie: Drums
• Tony Wolbrom: Piranas

Production^[2]

• Produced by: Pierre Tubbs
• Recorded and Mixed at: Eden Studios (except side 1, track 3), Chiswick, London & Central Sound, Olympic Sound, Morgan Studios, Island Studios (side 1, track 3)
• Engineers: Mike Gardner assisted by Roger Bechirian
• Rhythm Tracks disorganised by Lynton Naiff
• Album cover concept: Pierre Tubbs, Derek Richards
• Album art direction: Dave Murphy
• Album photography: Derek Richards
• Album design: Bob Searles

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