I Kinda Like Me

I Kinda Like Me
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1981
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreDisco, R&B
LabelPolydor
ProducerGene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Stories
(1980)
I Kinda Like Me
(1981)
Gloria Gaynor
(1982)
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

I Kinda Like Me is the ninth album by Gloria Gaynor. It failed to make an impact because of the then current, now defunct Disco backlash.[citation needed] Includes the single, "Let's Mend What's Been Broken." "I Love You Cause" was dedicated to her then husband and manager, Linwood M. Simon.

This album was reissued on CD in Japan by Polydor (POCP-2182).

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Kinda Like Me"Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra6:12
2."Fingers in the Fire"Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra3:20
3."Let's Mend What's Been Broken"Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen4:27
4."Yesterday We Were Like Buddies"Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen5:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."I Can Stand the Pain"Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra4:26
6."I Love You Cause"Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra5:02
7."When You Get Around to It"Gloria Gaynor, Pam Tillis, Dana Thomas3:58
8."Chasin' Me into Somebody Else's Arms"Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams5:16
9."The Story of the Joneses"Alfie Davison, Meri Merriwether, Ted Lehrman3:26

Personnel

  • Gloria Gaynor - lead vocals
  • Dennis Harris, Eddie Sierra, Roland Chambers - guitar
  • Jimmy Williams - bass guitar
  • Jerry Cohen - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Keith Benson - drums
  • Daryl Burgee - bongos
  • Sam Peake - saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Don Renaldo - string arrangements
  • Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton - backing vocals
Technical
  • Dirk Devlin - engineer
  • Robert L. Heimall - art direction
  • Anthony Barboza - photography

References

  1. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.