''Motown Two'' is the seventh solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on October 26, 2004, by Universal Music International and

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Track listing

Personnel

* Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, arrangements * Toby Baker – keyboards, programming, arrangements * Tim Carmon – acoustic piano,

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to ...

, synthesizers, organ * Tony Swain –

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, synthesizers *

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richa ...

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Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

* Simon Climie – arrangements, programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals * Bernie Chiaravalle – nylon guitar * Michael Thompson – guitar *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the fathe ...

– bass, acoustic guitar *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts ...

– bass *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drumme ...

– drums * Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums * Nicky Shaw – drums, percussion, programming, beats, arrangements * Lenny Castro – percussion *

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...

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harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

(2) * Fred Vigdor – alto saxophone * Nick Ingman – string arrangements * Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader * Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor * The London Session Orchestra – strings *

Toni Braxton Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female artists in history. Braxton has won seven ...

– lead and backing vocals (4) * Tamar Braxton – backing vocals * Kendra Carr – backing vocals * Steve Crawford – backing vocals * Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals * Mitchell John – backing vocals * Lawrence Johnson – backing vocals * Sherie Kibble – backing vocals * Jay Malcomb – backing vocals * Audrey Martells – backing vocals * Kimberly Mont – backing vocals * Racheal Oteh – backing vocals * Shandra Penix – backing vocals * Yvette Preyer – backing vocals * Tiffany Ransom – backing vocals * Drea Rheneé – backing vocals * Kevin Whalum – backing vocals * Sharon White – backing vocals

Production

* Producer – Simon Climie * Executive producer – Tony Swain * Production coordinator – Lisa Patton and Debbie Johnson * Engineers – Simon Climie, Alan Douglas, Shannon Forrest, Don Murray, Allen Sides and Grady Walker. * Assistant engineers – Greg Burns, Tim Olmstead and Brian Vibbert. * ProTools engineering – Simon Climie, Joel Everden and Jonathan Shakovskoy. * Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Barking Doctor Recording (

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), assisted by Tom Bender. * Mastered by

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

at Gateway Mastering (

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). * Album coordinator – Dee Harrington

Charts

References

2004 albums Michael McDonald (musician) albums Motown cover albums {{2000s-R&B-album-stub