Water Under the Bridge (album)
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| Released | May 1, 1987 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Steve Levine | |||
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Water Under the Bridge is an album by American singer Deniece Williams, released in 1987 on Columbia Records.[1] The album reached No. 39 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Frann Bart of the San Diego Union-Tribune declared "she's switched gears back to an urbanized pop sound that is almost completely synthesized, but contains enough good material to challenge her. Lucky the producer is Steve Levine, whose musical sensibilites lean toward the understated, tasteful, arrangement. He manages an album that sounds more human than many minus all the electronics. And most important, Williams is free to interpret in her expressive soprano-with-soul without being buried by the music."[4]
Andrew Hamilton of Allmusic in a 4/5 stars review wrote "Deniece Williams' incredible high-octane soprano soars over ten tracks".[3]
Singles
[edit]"Never Say Never" reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Another single, I Confess reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Confess" | Diane Warren | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Never Say Never" | Deniece Williams, Michael Boyd, Michael Jeffries | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Water Under the Bridge" | Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron | 4:31 |
| 4. | "Love Finds You" | Deniece Williams, George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Not By Chance" | Brad Westering, Deniece Williams, George Duke | 4:38 |
| 6. | "One Less Lonely Heart" | David Paul Bryant, Diane Warren | 4:14 |
| 7. | "I Believe In You" | Dave Raynor, Kenny Lamar | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Someone For Someone" | Seth Swirsky, Stephen Broughton Lunt | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Baby This Is Love" | Mark Williamson | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Don't Blame It On My Heart" | Deniece Williams, Jay Gruska | 4:48 |
Personnel
[edit]- Deniece Williams – vocals, backing vocals
- Julian Stewart Lindsay – keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencer programming
- George Duke – Synclavier
- Steve Levine – Fairlight programming
- Roy Hay – electric guitars, backing vocals
- Danny McIntosh – electric guitars, SynthAxe
- Morris Michael – electric guitars [& stepp]
- Felix Kirsh – bass guitar, Moog Bass
- Graham Broad – drums, percussion
- Steve Grainger – saxophones
- Terry Bailey – trumpets
- Stuart Gordon – cello, viola, violin
- Colin Campsie – backing vocals
- Lance Ellington – backing vocals
- Derek Green – backing vocals
- Jermaine Stewart – backing vocals
- June Westering – backing vocals
- Mark Williamson – backing vocals
Production
[edit]- Steve Levine – producer
- Greg Laney – engineer
- Robert Hill – assistant engineer
- Tim Young – digital mastering
- Tony Lane – art direction
- Nancy Donald – art direction
- Dominick – photography
- Westwind Management – management
Studios
- Recorded and mixed at Do Not Erase Recording Studios (Fulham, London, England).
- Digital mastering at CBS Studios (London, UK).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Deniece Williams: Water Under the Bridge. Columbia Records. 1987.
- ^ "Deniece Williams - Water Under the Bridge (Top Soul Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Andrew. "Deniece Williams: Water Under the Bridge". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
- ^ Bart, Frann (May 8, 1987). "VINYL REACTIONS - Lisa Lisa, Wilde, Williams, Gurus". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2025 – via newsbank.com.
- ^ "Deniece Williams: (Hot Soul Songs Chart)". Billboard.
- ^ "Deniece Williams: (Dance Club Songs Chart)". Billboard.