Word Up!

Original Release Date:  1986

Track Listing

• 1. Word Up!
• 2. Candy
• 3. Back and Forth
• 4. Don't Be Lonely
• 5. She's Mine
• 6. Fast, Fierce & Funny
• 7. You Can Have the World

Credits

• Cameo: Vocal Arrangement, Horn Arrangements
• Michael Brecker: Saxophone
• Giovanni Hidalgo: Percussion
• Bernard Wright: Keyboards
• Wilbur Morris: Vocals (Background)
• Larry Alexander: Engineer
• Larry Blackmon: Percussion, Composer, Drums, Guitar (Bass), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Horn Arrangements
• Randy Brecker: Saxophone
• Patrick Buchanon: Guitar
• Michael Burnett: Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background)
• Matthew Casha: Engineer
• Crispin Cioe: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Duduka Da Fonseca: Percussion
• Robert Funk: Trombone
• Kenni Hairston: Keyboards
• Hollywood Paul Litteral: Trumpet
• Tomi Jenkins: Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Matthew Kasha: Engineer, Mixing
• Kevin Kendricks: Keyboards
• Nathan Leftenant: Vocals (Background)
• Louis Levin: Direction
• Sammy Merendino: Drums, Programming, Drum Programming
• Alan Meyerson: Mixing
• Aaron Mills: Guitar (Bass)
• Kurt Neumann: Composer
• Dave Ogrin: Engineer, Mixing
• Eric Rehl: Keyboards
• Michel Sauvage: Engineer
• Peter Scherer: Synthesizer, Programming, Synclavier Programming
• Charlie Singleton: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Steve Thornton: Percussion
• Melvin Wells: Saxophone, Vocals (Background)
• Merv DePyere: Keyboards
• Eric Calvi: Engineer, Mixing
• Henry Falco: Assistant Engineer
• William "Willy Gunz" Morris: Vocals (Background)
• Jerry Soloman: Engineer
• J. Rodriguez: Engineer
• Paula Scher: Design
• David Krebs: Direction
• Steve Leber: Direction
• Toyce Anderson: Stylist
• Merv De Peyer: Keyboards
• Bill Levy: Art Direction
• Arno Hecht: Sax (Tenor)
• Jose Rodriquez: Mastering
• Artie Matthews: Composer
• George Morris: Composer
• Sam Llanas: Composer