Looking at You, Looking at Me

Looking at You, Looking at Me is the seventh full-length studio recording from singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Narada Michael Walden. It was Walden's last album to be released by Atlantic Records and peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart.[2]

Looking at You, Looking at Me
Studio album by
Narada Michael Walden
Released1983
GenreSoul, R&B, dance
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNarada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden chronology
Confidence
(1982)		 Looking at You, Looking at Me
(1983)		 The Nature of Things
(1985)
Singles from Looking at You, Looking at Me
  1. "Black Boy"
  2. "Reach Out I'll Be There"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album's lead single "Black Boy" failed to chart. However, the cover of "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached No. 40 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reach Out I'll Be There"Holland–Dozier–Holland5:56
2."Looking at You, Looking at Me"Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, Theo Martin4:36
3."Burning Up" 4:19
4."Never Wanna Be Without Your Love" (duet with Angela Bofill)Phillip Saisse, Jim DiPrima4:18
5."Shake It Off" 5:12
6."Dream Maker" 4:43
7."Tina" 4:15
8."Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You" 4:44
9."Black Boy" 4:29
Total length:42:32

Personnel

As listed on the back cover of the Looking at You, Looking at Me vinyl album:[4]

  • Narada Michael Walden - lead vocals (all tracks), drums (all tracks), percussion (1, 4), acoustic piano (1 or 2)^, Prophet synthesizer (3, 5 - 9), timbales (8), horn arrangement (3, 5)
  • Joaquin "Garfield" Lievano - guitar (1, 2; solo on 2)
  • Preston "Smoke" Glass - acoustic guitars (1, 2)
  • Corrado "Rod" Rustici - guitar (3 - 6, 8), 50s guitar and solo (7), acoustic and electric guitars (9), finger snaps (2)
  • Randy "The King" Jackson - bass (1 - 6, 8, 9; solo on 5), finger snaps (2)
  • David "Slam Dunk" Sancious - Synthesizers (1, 2), O.B.X. kalimba (1), O.B.X. (3, 4, 6, 7, 9), keyboards (3), acoustic piano (4, 5), harmonica licks (6), blues licks (7), synthesizer harmonica (9)
  • Mitchell "Broom" Froom - Moog bells (1), gun shot (2)
  • Frank "Killer Bee" Martin - synthesizers (3 - 5), Rhodes (4), string synthesizer (6, 8), organ (7)
  • Frankie Beverly and Maze - "Reach!" backing vocals (1)
  • Kelly Kool - backing vocals (1 - 4, 6, 7, 8), role of "Tina" (7), handclaps (5)
  • Carla "Vae Vae" Vaughn - backing vocals (1 - 4, 6, 7, 8), handclaps (5)
  • Jim Gilstrap, Myrna Matthews, John Lehman - backing vocals (1 - 4, 6, 8), handclaps (5)
  • Jerry Hey - trumpet and fluegelhorn (2 - 5), horn arrangement (2, 4, 5)
  • Chuck Findley - trumpet and fluegelhorn (2 - 5)
  • Marc Russo - alto saxophone (2 - 5, 7; solos on 4 and 7)
  • Herman "Sabian" Jackson - finger snaps (2)
  • Michael "Buffy" Gibbs - string arrangements (2, 4, 6)
  • Jeff Cohen - "Chief of the S.F. Fire Department" (3)
  • Angela Bofill - guest vocals (4)
  • Sheila Escovedo - percussion (4, 8)
  • Lisa Walden, Dwayne Simmons - handclaps (5)
  • Andy Narell - steel drums and solo (8)
  • The Jamaican Family - backing vocals (8)
  • Mark Robertson - Mellotron (9)

^Walden is listed as having played acoustic piano on Track 1; however, no acoustic piano is evident on this track. Conversely, whoever plays the (clearly-audible) acoustic piano on Track 2 is uncredited; it is thus possible that Walden is miscredited with performing the piano on Track 1, when he in fact played it on Track 2.

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[2] 51

References
  1. Looking at You, Looking at Me at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. May 27, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  3. "Narada Michael Walden Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. May 6, 1983. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  4. Narada Michael Walden - Looking at You, Looking at Me (vinyl album) back cover.


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