''Chuckii'' is the debut album by the

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Chuckii Booker Eugene Allen Booker, Jr. (born December 19, 1962), known professionally as Chuckii Booker, is an American producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader from Los Angeles, California. Biography Booker emerged in the late 1980 ...

. Booker performed all of the vocals and instrumentation on the album, with the exception of the album's biggest hit, " Turned Away", which featured backing vocals from co-writer Donnell Spencer, Jr., and "Oh Lover", which features

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. The CD version of the album includes an additional track, "Keep Your Guard Up", which feature's Booker's mother, Selestine Booker, on the piano.

Reception

Released in May 1989, the album featured three successful singles, with the first, "Turned Away", topping the

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s and placing at number 42 on the Pop Charts. The follow-up singles "(Don't U Know) I Love You" and "Touch" peaked at number 4 and number 13, respectively, on the R&B chart.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except "Turned Away" and "Res Q Me" co-written by Booker and Donnell Spencer, Jr.Chuckii Booker- ''Chuckii'' LP liner notes. Accessed 12-30-2012. #"(Don't U Know) I Love You" (4:30) #" Turned Away" (4:36) ^ #"Res Q Me" (4:25) #"Hotel Happiness" (4:00) #"Heavenly Father" (5:14) #"Touch" (3:40) #"That's My Honey" (4:30) #"Let Me Love U" (4:12) #"Oh Lover" (6:24) #"Keep Your Guard Up" (4:34) + #Turned Away (Extended 12" Version) 7:18 + #Turned Away (Chuckii's Mix) 6:13 + ^ Although "Turned Away" is listed with a length of 4:36 on the ''Chuckii'' LP album sleeve, the actual length is approximately 9 to 10 seconds longer (4:45)."chuckii booker turned away" @YouTube.com
Retrieved 5-2-2020. The version of "Turned Away" appearing on some CD versions of the ''Chuckii'' album extends certain choruses and musical interludes, increasing the length of the song by nearly a full minute (5:44). (Several other tracks from ''Chuckii'' received similar extended treatment on these CD versions.) + The final three tracks only appear on the CD version of the album

Performers

*Chuckii Booker - all vocals and instruments, except as noted below * Donnell Spencer Jr. - backing vocals on "Turned Away" *

- saxophone on "Oh Lover" *Selestine Booker - piano on "Keep Your Guard Up"

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

Chuckii Booker-Chuckii at Discogs
{{Authority control 1989 debut albums Chuckii Booker albums Atlantic Records albums