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''This Is Niecy'' is the debut album of American R&B singer
Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two ''Bil ...
released on August 13, 1976 by
Columbia Records.
The album reached No. 3 on the ''
Billboard''
Top Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
The album has been certified Gold in the US by the
RIAA and Silver in the UK by the
BPI.
Overview
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by
Big Break Records.
Critical reception
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noted that "what really shines from the album is Williams' distinctive soprano voice, range and acrobatic vocal ability which confirms her as one of the greatest R&B and soul singers of her time."
Sheila Prophet of
Record Mirror
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gave the album a four out of five star rating. Calling This Is Niecy "a great first album", Prophet added "Niecy's voice combines the silkiness of
Diana Ross with the exuberance of
Linda Lewis
Linda Ann Fredericks (born 27 September 1950), better known as Linda Lewis, is an English vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. She is the eldest of six children, three of whom also had singing careers. She is best known for the singles "Rock-a- ...
".
Singles
Singles from the album were "
Free" which reached No. 1 on the
UK Singles Chart
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, No. 2 on the US ''
Billboard''
Hot Soul Songs chart and No. 25 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two ''Bil ...
– lead and backing vocals
*
Maurice White – drums, backing vocals
* Freddie White – drums, percussion
*
Verdine White
Verdine Adams White (born July 25, 1951) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. White was placed at No. 19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time.
Early l ...
– bass
*
Al McKay
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– guitar
*
Jerry Peters
Jerry Peters is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for writing the hit songs "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" and "Going In Circles" by The Friends of Distinction.
Career
Peters w ...
– acoustic piano, electric piano
*
George Bohanon
George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan.
In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, Paula Greer, David Hamilton, Lefty ...
, Randy Aldcroft – trombone
* Gale Robinson, Sidney Muldrow – French Horn
*
Oscar Brashear, Steve Madaio – trumpet
*
Ernie Watts,
Plas Johnson
Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sa ...
, Ray Pizzi, Terry Harrington – woodwinds
* Sidney Barnes – backing vocals
Production
* Producers – Charles Stepney and Maurice White
* Engineer –
George Massenburg
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* Assistant Engineers – Steve Hodge and Dean Rod
* Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
* Design – Ron Coro and Norm Ung
* Photography –
Ethan Russell
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and Jimmy Shea
* Management – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
External links
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1976 debut albums
Deniece Williams albums
Albums produced by Maurice White
Albums produced by Charles Stepney
Columbia Records albums