Giving You the Best That I Got

Infobox Album
Name = Giving You The Best That I Got
Type = studio
Artist = Anita Baker


Released = October 17, 1988
Recorded = Encore Studio; Yamaha International Recording; Sound Suite; Hitsville; TMF; Gnome Studios
Genre = R&B
Length = 34:33
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Michael J. Powell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifoxql5ldhe link]
Last album = "Rapture"
(1986)
This album = "Giving You The Best That I Got"
(1987)
Next album = "Compositions"
(1990)

"Giving You The Best That I Got" is the third music album from R&B singer Anita Baker. It became Baker's first number one album in America. The album was certified 4x platinum in 1989. It earned Baker 3 Grammys.

Track listing

#"Priceless" (Glenn) 5:00
#"Lead Me Into Love" (Lane, Prentiss) 4:45
#"Giving You the Best That I Got" (Baker, Holland, Scarborough) 4:18
#"Good Love" (Taylor) 5:39
#"Rules" (Lamb, Nicholl, Ryder) 3:52
#"Good Enough" (Baker, McBride) 4:50
#"Just Because" (Brown, McKinney, OHara) 5:13
#"You Belong To Me" (Britten, Livsey, Lyle) 3:43

Production

*Produced By Michael J. Powell
*Mixed & Engineered By Nick Viterelli, Elliot Peters, Bruce Nazarian, Milton Chan, Craig Burbridge, Mike Brown
*Mastered By Bernie Grundman

Credits

*Anita Baker: Lead Vocals, Executive Producer, Vocal Arrangements
*Gerald Albright, (Reverend) Dave Boruff: Sax
*(Reverend) Dave Boruff, Robbie Buchanan, Sonny Burke, George Duke, Vernon D. Fails, Sir Gant, Bobby Lyle, Patrick Moten, Bruce Nazarian, Peter Schwartz, David Spradley, Gary Taylor, Neal Walker: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
*Nathan East: Bass
*Chuck Findley: Trumpet
*Donnie Lyle, Paul Jackson Jr., Kevin Moore, Michael J. Powell: Guitars
*Omar Hakim, Joseph Vitarelli, Paulinho DaCosta: Drums, Percussion

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