Truly Blessed

Truly Blessed
Studio album by Teddy Pendergrass
Released	March 5, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kajem/Victory Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Aire Los Angeles (Glendale, California) Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California) High Hill Studios (Baltimore, Maryland)
Genre	R&B, new jack swing
Length	59:02
Label	Elektra
Producer	Teddy Pendergrass, Terry Price, Derek Nakamoto, Craig Burbidge,
Teddy Pendergrass chronology
Joy (1988) Truly Blessed (1991) A Little More Magic (1993)

Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr, Annette Guest Hardeman Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass, with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price, and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.

Truly Blessed peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200 and #4 on the R&B chart. It spawned Pendergrass' third and last R&B chart-topping single in "It Should've Been You", and also contained two further top 40 R&B singles.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"She Knocks Me Off My Feet"	Teddy Pendergrass Terry Price	Pendergrass Price Craig Burbidge^[a] Derek Nakamoto^[a]	4:31
2.	"It Should've Been You"	Pendergrass Price	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:24
3.	"Don't You Ever Stop"	Pendergrass Price Alfonso Wright	Pendergrass Price	4:09
4.	"It's Over"	Sue Shifrin Ken Gold	Burbidge Nakamoto	5:43
5.	"Glad to Be Alive" (duet with Lisa Fischer)	LeRoy Bell Casey James	Burbidge Nakamoto Narada Michael Walden^[b]	5:04
6.	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:47
7.	"I Find Everything in You"	James Rashid Carter	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:06
8.	"Spend the Night"	Pendergrass Price Bryan Williams	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:47
9.	"With You" (duet with Minnie Curry)	Carole Bayer Sager Kenneth Ascher	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:53
10.	"We Can't Keep Going On (Like This)"	Carter	Carter Kevin Ashkins Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	4:27
11.	"Truly Blessed"	Pendergrass Gabriel Hardeman	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	7:11

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes an additional producer
• ^{^[b]} denotes a co-producer

Personnel

• Teddy Pendergrass - lead vocals
• Phyllis Yvonne, Marva King, Mark Philosit, Michelle Kornegay, Annette Hardeman, Jacqueline Gregory, Paula Holloway, Charlene Holloway, Minnie Curry, Terry Price, Darryl Phinnessee, Dorian Holley, Jim Gilstrap, Julia Tiltman Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Wendy Fraser, Rosalind Keel, Fred White, Phyllis St James, Portia Griffin, Joey Diggs, Solomon Henderson Jr., Keith Jones, Sheila Lakin, Bridgent Potts, Ron Monroe, John Kee, Andrea Deese, Clarissa Rhodes, Jeanette Taylor - backing vocals
• Randy Bowland, Paul Jackson Jr., Darien Daughtry, David Gardner, Tim Pierce, Andre Storey, Richard Tucker - guitar
• Carlos Vega, Luis Conte, Steve Hopkins, Denny Fongheiser, Jim Carter - drums, percussion
• Freddy Washington, Abraham Laboriel, Chuckii Booker - bass guitar
• Patrick Moten - acoustic piano
• Derek Nakamoto, Curt Dowd, Bryan Williams, Kevin Ashkins - keyboards
• Pamela Williams - saxophone
• Gerald Albright - tenor saxophone
• Clay Jenkins, Charlie Davis, Steve Holyman, Henry McMillan Jr., Andrew Lamb, Darnell Robinson, Louis Taylor, Marc Johnson - horns
• June Kuramoto - koto
• Basil Fung - electric stick
• Jim Salamone, Chilli "E" - drum programming

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position US Billboard 200[1] 49 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 33

References

1. "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
2. "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
3. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.