''Just Visiting This Planet'' is the second album by Jellybean, the nickname for American producer, remixer and songwriter John Benitez. The album was released in 1987 and contains the singles "Who Found Who", " The Real Thing", " Jingo" and "Just a Mirage". In 2012, the album was remastered and expanded by

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. It featured five remixes, including a remix of the song " Sidewalk Talk", which was originally released as a single in 1985 and is written by

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, who also provides backing vocals.

Critical reception

Reviewing the reissue, ''

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'' wrote that while "the synth stabs,

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gloops and crashing beats sometimes date the set, tracks such as 'Walking In My Sleep' requintessential exercises in 80s New York studio excess."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Just Visiting This Planet''

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Musicians

*Linden Aaron –

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Adele Bertei Adele Maria Bertei (born 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, writer, and director. Early life Bertei was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1955. She is the oldest of three children born to Katherine (née Murphy) and Umberto Bertei. Her father w ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals, rap, vocal arrangement *Dave "Rev" Boruff – saxophone *

Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950), sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and dance music, dance singer. She has a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart entry solely in her name. Brown sang ...

– backing vocals *David Bryant – synthesizers *Toni C. – drum programming, synthesizers, arranger, vocal arrangement *

Felicia Collins Felicia Michele Collins (born April 10, 1964 in Jackson, Tennessee) is an American vocalist, guitarist and occasional percussionist. She is best known for her work on the CBS television program ''Late Show with David Letterman'', as part of the C ...

– guitar *

Paulinho da Costa Paulinho da Costa (, born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Me ...

– percussion *

Steven Dante Steven Dante (stage name of Steven Barrington Dennis) is a British soul singer and songwriter, who had several singles released in the 1980s on the Cooltempo label. His only solo album, ''Find Out'', was released on Chrysalis in 1988. It peak ...

– lead vocals, rap * Carol Dennis – backing vocals *

Elisa Fiorillo Elisa Fiorillo (born February 28, 1969, Philadelphia) is an American singer, best known for appearing on the 1987 Jellybean song "Who Found Who", which reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Personal life Fiorillo was born into a musical ...

– lead vocals, vocal arrangement *Paul Fox – synthesizers *

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand ...

– backing vocals, vocal arrangement * Jellybean – drum programming, percussion, backing vocals, synthesizers, arranger, vocal arrangement *Connie Harvey – backing vocals *

Paul Jackson Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American Jazz fusion, fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. In addition to being a recording artist in his own right, Jackson is also a session player, with a career ...

– guitar *

Bashiri Johnson Bashiri Johnson (born May 12, 1955) is an American percussionist, whose work has appeared on many records, as well as in commercials, films, television, video games, and concert performances. He is known to be one of the most recorded percussio ...

– percussion *Mary Kessler – synthesizers, arranger *Edie Lehmann – backing vocals * Eddie Martinez – guitar, rhythm guitar * Jimmy Maelen – percussion *Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals *Wendell Morrison – backing vocals *

Paul Pesco Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and ...

– guitar solo *Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals *Bob Quaranta – piano *

Carmine Rojas Carmine Rojas (born February 14, 1953) is an American bass guitarist, musical director and composer. His musical styles include rock, R&B, funk, and jazz. Music career Early years, as sideman Born in Brooklyn, Rojas toured the world with David ...

– bass guitar *Frank Simms – backing vocals *

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– bass guitar *

Fonzi Thornton Alfonso "Fonzi" Thornton is an American vocalist, songwriter, producer and vocal contractor. In a career spanning 40 years, Thornton has sung backing vocals for top artists across many genres of music. His vocal credits can be found on the re ...

– backing vocals *Maxine Waters – backing vocals *Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals * David Williams – guitar *

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– electric guitar *

Fred Zarr Frederick I. Zarr (born September 26, 1955) is an American musician, record producer, composer and arranger based in Brooklyn, New York. The CEO of BiZarr Music, Inc., he works alongside numerous artists, singers, songwriters, musicians, & audio ...

– synthesizers, arranger

Production

*Produced by Jellybean for Jellybean Productions, Inc. *Mix engineer: Michael Hutchinson *Additional engineers:

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, Jay Mark, JC Convertino, Ed Thacker, Mark Roule, Gordon Fordyce *Assistant engineers: Don Feinberg, Nick Delre, Mark Roule, Craig Vogel, Jeff Lorezen, John Hedges, Mark McKenna *Production coordinator: Doreen Dorion *A&R coordinators: Jeff Aldrich & Susan Collins *Originally mastered by:

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...

Sterling Sound George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...

, New York City *Direction: Brendan Bourke for BB Management *Art direction & design: Norman Moore *Photography: Phillip Dixon

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

External links

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