Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart album)

Say It Again
Say It Again
Studio album by Jermaine Stewart
Released	1988
Recorded	1986–1987
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Larrabee Sound (Los Angeles), Conway Recording Studios, and Cherokee Recording Studio (Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B; soul; dance-pop; new jack swing;
Length	49:12; 52:47 (European version)
Label	Arista; 10 Records; Siren Records;
Producer	Jerry Knight; Aaron Zigman; André Cymone;
Jermaine Stewart chronology
Singles from Say It Again
	"Say It Again"; Released: October 1987; "Get Lucky"; Released: June 1988; "Don't Talk Dirty to Me"; Released: September 1988; "Is It Really Love?"; Released: 1989;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Record Mirror	^[3]

Say It Again is the third album by American R&B singer Jermaine Stewart. It was released in 1988 on Arista Records; his second full-length album for the label, and his final album to be released in North America. The title track of the album reached No. 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Stewart told Record Mirror in 1988, "The album is definitely a progression. Vocally I've grown up and I was able to project a lot of the feeling and truth contained in the songs."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Talk Dirty to Me"	André Cymone Jody Watley	4:42
2.	"Say It Again"	Bunny Sigler Carol Davis	4:09
3.	"Get Lucky"	Errol Brown Simon Climie	3:59
4.	"Got to Be Love"	Cymone Jermaine Stewart	4:48
5.	"Dress It Up"	Cymone Stewart Watley	4:46
6.	"Don't Have Sex with Your Ex"	Paul Gurvitz Stewart	4:24
7.	"Is It Really Love?"	Cymone Watley	4:37
8.	"Call It a Miracle"	Danny Sembello Bruce Gaitsch Amy LaTelevision	4:27
9.	"Eyes"	Lauren Smith	4:50
10.	"My House"	Bruce Woolley Watley	4:53
11.	"She's a Teaser"	Gurvitz Evan Pace	3:39

European bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"My Body"	Cymone Stewart	3:35

Outtakes:

"You Promise", B-side on the "Say It Again" single
"Imagine", B-side on the "Get Lucky" single and later included on the compilation album Attention: A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart
"Places", B-side on the "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" single and later included on Attention
"Search", B-side on the "Is It Really Love" single and later included on Attention; also released as "Search for Love" on the B-side of the single "Hot & Cold"
"Attention", included on the album Attention

Personnel

Musicians

Jermaine Stewart – lead and backing vocals
André Cymone – all instruments
Jerry Knight – all instruments, backing vocals
Aaron Zigman – all instruments
Greg Porter – guitar solo on track 5
Marty Walsh – guitar solo on track 8
Jerry Hey – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
Bill Reichenbach – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
Kim Hutchcroft – horn section on tracks 2 & 11
Larry Williams – sax solo on track 11
Michael Lacata – drum fills on track 8
Paulinho da Costa – percussion on track 10
Marva King – backing vocals
Muffy Hendrix – backing vocals
Angel Rogers – backing vocals
Jody Watley – backing vocals
Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn – backing vocals
Pam Hutchinson – backing vocals
James Ingram – backing vocals
Josie James – backing vocals
Deneice Williams – backing vocals
Jackie James – backing vocals on tracks 3 & 9

Production

Bobby Brooks – engineer
Coke Johnson – engineer
Ta Avi Mote – engineer
Victor Flores – engineer
Keith Cohen – engineer
Mick Guzauski – engineer
Gary Wagner – engineer
Csaba Petocz – engineer
Jared Held – assistant engineer
Jimmy Preziosi – assistant engineer
Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer
Elmer Flores – assistant engineer
John Arrias – additional engineer
Jamie Yvette Snyder-Newman – production coordinator (André Cymone)
Clive Davis – executive producer

Note

In the booklet, engineer "Jarod Held" is credited as "Jared Held", vocalist "Deniece Williams" as "Denise Williams" and vocalist "Wanda Vaughn" as "Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn".

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[5]	32
US Billboard 200^[6]	98
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart^[7]	45

References

^ "Jermaine's Jumpin'" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 2. Billboard Publications, Inc. January 9, 1988. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via World Radio History.
^ "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror. February 27, 1988. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.
^ Wilkes, Jane (March 5, 1988). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 15. ISSN 0144-5804.
^ "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror. February 27, 1988. p. 6.
^ "jermaine-stewart | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
^ "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
^ "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

External links

[1] "Jermaine's Jumpin'" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 2. Billboard Publications, Inc. January 9, 1988. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via World Radio History.

[2] "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror. February 27, 1988. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.

[3] Wilkes, Jane (March 5, 1988). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 15. ISSN 0144-5804.

[4] "Index: Say What?". Record Mirror. February 27, 1988. p. 6.

[5] "jermaine-stewart | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[6] "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[7] "Jermaine Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

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v t e Jermaine Stewart
Studio albums	The Word Is Out (1984) Frantic Romantic (1986) Say It Again (1988) What Becomes a Legend Most (1989) Set Me Free (1992)
Compilation albums	Attention: A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart (2005)
Singles	"The Word Is Out" "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" "Jody" "Don't Ever Leave Me" "Say It Again" "Get Lucky" "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" "Is It Really Love?" "Tren de Amor" "Every Woman Wants To" "Set Me Free"