Goddess of Love (album) explained

Goddess of Love
Type:	Album
Artist:	Phyllis Hyman
Cover:	Hyman goddess.jpg
Released:	May 9, 1983
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Automatt, San Francisco, California
Recorded:	1982–1983
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Thom Bell Narada Michael Walden (For Perfection Light Productions)
Prev Title:	Can't We Fall in Love Again?
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Living All Alone
Next Year:	1986

Goddess of Love is the sixth album by American soul singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Arista Records in 1983.

In 2010, the album was released on compact disc for the first time. Reel Music, an imprint of the Sony Music Entertainment company, oversaw this remastered collection and included a bonus dance re-mix of "Riding the Tiger".

Personnel

• Phyllis Hyman – vocals
• David Sancious – keyboards (1-3), additional backing vocals (1)
• Narada Michael Walden – keyboards (1), drums (1-3), additional backing vocals (1)
• Thom Bell – keyboards (4-9), backing vocals (4-9), arrangements and conductor (4-9)
• George Merrill – synthesizers (4-9)
• Corrado Rustici – guitars (1-3)
• Bobby Eli – guitars (4-9)
• Bill Neale – guitars (4-9)
• Randy Jackson – bass guitar (1-3)
• Bob Babbitt – bass guitar (4-9)
• Charles Collins – drums (4-9)
• Sheila Escovedo – percussion (1-3)
• Ed Shea – percussion (4-9)
• Larry Washington – percussion (4-9)
• Vel Selvan – horns (3)
• Wayne Wallace – horns (3)
• Fred Berry – horns (3)
• Don Renaldo and his Horns and Strings – horns and strings (4-9)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1-3)
• Preston Glass – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Kelly Kool – backing vocals (1-3)
• Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (1-3)
• Carla Vaughn – backing vocals (1-3)
• Ronnie Lott – additional backing vocals (1)
• Renaldo Nehemiah – additional backing vocals (1)
• The San Francisco 49er Contingency – additional backing vocals (1)
• John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Debra Henry – backing vocals (4-9)
• Joseph Jefferson – backing vocals (4-9)

Production

• Narada Michael Walden – producer (1-3)
• Thom Bell – producer (4-9)
• David Frazer – engineer (1-3)
• Jay Mark – engineer (4-9)
• Jim Gallagher – overdub engineer (4-9)
• John Nowland – second engineer (1-3)
• John Convertino – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Barry Craig – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Scott MacMinn – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Linda Randazzo – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Jimmy Santis – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Michael Tarsia – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Melanie West – assistant engineer (4-9)
• Bill Neale – production coordinator (4-9)
• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Lisa Wolf – design
• Phyllis Cuington – photography
• Sid Mauer – direction, management