# Patti Austin (album)

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Patti Austin is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Patti Austin, released on March 5, 1984, by Qwest Records.

## Track listing

Side one
* "It's Gonna Be Special" (Clif Magness, Glen Ballard) – 4:17
* "Rhythm of the Street" (Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:00
* "All Behind Us Now" (David Pack) – 4:59
* "Hot! In the Flames of Love" (Cohen, Glass, Walden) – 3:59
* "Change Your Attitude" (Magness, Ballard) – 3:41
Side two
* "Shoot The Moon" (Ballard, Magness) – 3:35
* "I've Got My Heart Set on You" (David Bryant, Diane Warren) – 4:12
* "Fine Fine Fella (Got to Have You)" (Ollie E. Brown, Attala Zane Giles, Phillip Ingram) – 4:34
* "Starstruck" (Glass, Dwayne Simmons, Walden) – 4:28
* "Any Way You Can" (Pack, Michael McDonald) – 4:31

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Patti Austin liner notes.
* Patti Austin – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 6)
* John Van Tongeren – keyboards (1, 6), synthesizers (1), additional keyboards (5), sequencing (6), bass (6)
* Preston Glass – acoustic piano (2, 4), backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
* David Sancious – keyboards (2, 4, 9), synthesizers (2, 4, 9)
* Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (3), keyboard arrangements (3)
* David Pack – synthesizers (3), guitar (3), keyboard arrangements (3), rhythm arrangements (3), synth solo (10)
* Tommy Faragher – keyboards (5), sequencing (5), bass guitar (5)
* John Barnes – keyboards (7), synthesizers (7)
* Rex Salas – acoustic piano (8), synthesizers (8)
* Victor Feldman – grand piano (10), Fender Rhodes (10), piano arrangements (10)
* Michael McDonald – Fender Rhodes (10)
* Clif Magness – guitar (1, 5, 6), rhythm arrangements (1), arrangements (5, 6), percussion (6)
* Corrado Rustici – guitar (2, 4, 9)
* Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (5)
* Tommy Organ – lead guitar solo (5)
* Zane Giles – backing vocals (7, 8), guitar (8), BGV arrangements (8)
* Josef Parson – guitar (8)
* Randy Jackson – bass guitar (2, 4, 9), Pro One bass (2), Simmons drums (2)
* Nathan East – bass guitar (3)
* Cornelius Mims – bass guitar (7, 8)
* Chuck Domanico – bass guitar (10)
* Narada Michael Walden – drums (2, 4, 9), percussion (4), OB-Xa bass (9), Simmons drums (9)
* John Robinson – drums (3, 10)
* Ollie E. Brown – drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), Simmons drums (7), rhythm arrangements (7, 8), BGV arrangements (7, 8), special effects (8), synthesizer arrangements (8)
* Frank Martin – DMX sequencing (9)
* Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3)
* Armando Peraza – cuica (2)
* Raul Rekow – congas (2)
* Orestes Vilato – cowbell (2), timbales (2)
* Steve Forman – percussion (6)
* Kim Hutchcroft – tenor saxophone (1)
* Larry Williams – alto saxophone (1), synthesizers (8)
* Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (3)
* Marc Russo – horns (4), sax solo (4)
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (7)
* Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 7)
* Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 7), horn arrangements (1, 3, 7), additional keyboard arrangements (5), synthesizer arrangements (8), flugelhorn (10)
* Glen Ballard – rhythm arrangements (1), arrangements (5, 6)
* Marty Paich – string arrangements and conductor (3, 10)
* Angela Bofill – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
* Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
* Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
* Sheree Brown – backing vocals (7, 8)
* Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (7, 8), BGV arrangements (7, 8)
* Josie James – backing vocals (7)
* Kevin T. Jones – backing vocals (7)
* Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (7, 8)
* Siedah Garrett – backing vocals (8)

## Production

* Executive Producers – Quincy Jones and Ed Eckstine
* Producers – Quincy Jones (Track 1); Narada Michael Walden (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); David Pack (Tracks 3 & 10); Clif Magness (Track 5); Glen Ballard (Tracks 5 & 6); Ollie E. Brown (Tracks 7 & 8).
* Engineers – Tommy Vicari (Track 1); David Frazer (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); Tom Perry (Track 3); Michael Verdick (Tracks 3 & 10); Ian Eales (Tracks 5 & 6); Steve Halquist (Tracks 7 & 8); Al Schmitt (Track 10).
* Assistant Engineers – Mitch Gibson (Tracks 1, 5 & 6); Barbara Rooney (Track 1); John Nowland (Tracks 2, 4 & 9); Paul Erickson (Tracks 5 & 6); Mike Ross (Tracks 5 & 6); David Marquette (Track 6).
* Mixing – Tommy Vicari (Track 1); Michael Verdick (Tracks 3 & 10); Ian Eales (Tracks 5 & 6); Ollie E. Brown and Steve Halquist (Tracks 7 & 8).
* Recorded and Mixed at Ameraycan Studios, Hollywood Sound Recorders, Soundcastle, Weddington Studios and Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); The Complex (Los Angeles, CA); The Automatt (San Francisco, CA); Channel Recording (Burbank, CA).
* Strings on Tracks 3 & 10 recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA).
* Editing – Ian Eales, Ed Eckstine and Clif Magness.
* Additional Technical Supervision – Ed Eckstine
* Originally mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (North Hollywood, CA).
* Remastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
* Design – Jeri McManus and Mark Larsen
* Hand Tinting – Dennis Keeley
* Photography – Gary Heery