Every Home Should Have One (album)

Every Home Should Have One
Studio album by Patti Austin
Released	September 28, 1981
Recorded	March 16, 1981 - May 31, 1981 Westlake Audio Los Angeles, California Mediasound Studios New York City, New York
Genre	R&B
Length	37:25
Label	Qwest
Producer	Quincy Jones
Patti Austin chronology
Body Language (1980) Every Home Should Have One (1981) Patti Austin (1984)

Every Home Should Have One is a studio album by R&B/jazz singer Patti Austin. Released on Qwest Records in 1981, it includes the number-one hit duet with James Ingram, "Baby Come to Me", and the title track, which peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also scored a hit with "Do You Love Me?"

The vinyl/cassette mix of the album differs from the CD mix. With the CD version some tracks are remixed, e.g. track 4 gains overdubs, and/or edited, e.g. track 5 loses the fade-in intro.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rod Temperton; except where indicated

1. "Do You Love Me" - 3:24
2. "Love Me to Death" - 4:08
3. "The Way I Feel" (Eric Kaz, Wendy Waldman) - 4:19
4. "Every Home Should Have One" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) - 3:24
5. "Baby, Come to Me" (with James Ingram) - 3:31
6. "The Genie" - 3:57
7. "Stop, Look, Listen" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell) - 3:06
8. "Symphony of Love" (Rod Bowkett) - 3:39
9. "Oh No Margarita" (Austin, Michael Boddicker) - 3:52
10. "The Island" (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) - 3:46

Personnel

• Drums: John Robinson, Chris Parker
• Bass: Anthony Jackson, Eddie Watkins, Jr.
• Guitar: Steve Lukather, Eric Gale
• Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee
• Fender Rhodes: Richard Tee
• Synthesizers: Greg Phillinganes, David Foster, Michael Boddicker, Rod Temperton, Bob James
• Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph MacDonald
• Saxophone: Ernie Watts
• Recording engineer: Bruce Swedien
• Mixing: Bruce Swedien
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman

Singles

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