Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart album) explained

Say It Again
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jermaine Stewart
Cover:	Say It Again album.jpg
Released:	1988^[1] ^[2]
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
Prev Title:	Frantic Romantic
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	What Becomes a Legend Most
Next Year:	1989

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."^[3]

Track listing

Outtakes:

1. "You Promise", B-side on the "Say It Again" single
2. "Imagine", B-side on the "Get Lucky" single and later included on the compilation album Attention
3. "Places", B-side on the "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" single and later included on Attention
4. "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"
5. "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^[4]	32
US Billboard 200^[5]	98
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart^[6]	45

External links

• Jermaine Stewart's page on Artists With AIDS
• Say It Again at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Jermaine's Jumpin' . . January 9, 1988 . Billboard Publications, Inc. . 100 . 2 . 24 . 0006-2510 . World Radio History . September 20, 2022.
2. February 27, 1988 . Index: Say What? . . 6 . 0144-5804.
3. 27 February 1988. Index: Say What?. Record Mirror. 6.
4. Web site: jermaine-stewart | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company . Officialcharts.com . 2017-07-20.
5. Jermaine Stewart - Chart history . Billboard . 2017-07-20.
6. Jermaine Stewart - Chart history . Billboard . 2017-07-20.