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girls" target="_blank">Girls Will Be girls" target="_blank">Girls is the second album by R&B group Klymaxx. Released in 1982, Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Lakeside members Otis Stokes and Stephen Shockley with Dynasty member William Shelby. This would be one of the first acts Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis would begin their writing and production career outside of The Time.
Track listing
"girls" target="_blank">Girls Will Be girls" target="_blank">Girls" (Otis Stokes) - 6:09
"Wild girls" target="_blank">Girls" (Terry Lewis, James Harris) - 6:01
"Convince Me" (Lynn Malsby, Stephen Shockley, Lorena Stewart) - 5:15
"The Man in My Life" (Dana Meyers, Dwight T. Smith, Joyce Irby) - 5:27
"Heartbreaker (I'm Such a Mess)" (Bernadette Cooper, Cheryl Cooley) - 4:27
"All Turned Out" (Bernadette Cooper, Ernest "Pepper" Reed, Joyce Irby, Judy Takeuchi, Lynn Malsby) - 4:54
"Offer I Can't Refuse" (Stephen Shockley) - 4:51
"If You Love Me" (Otis Stokes) - 5:11
"Don't Hide Your Love" (William Shelby, Lorena Stewart) - 4:11
Personnel
Lorena Porter Hardimon – lead and backing vocals
Lynn Malsby – keyboards, backing vocals
Robbin Grider – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Cheryl Cooley – guitar, backing vocals
M. Ann Williams – guitar
Joyce "Fenderella" Irby – bass, backing vocals
Bernadette Cooper – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Judy Takeuchi – percussion, backing vocals
Arrangement Credits
Klymaxx – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Jimmy Jam – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Terry Lewis – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Dana Meyers – vocal arrangements
Earnest Reed – rhythm arrangements
William Shelby – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Stephen Shockley – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Otis Stokes – rhythm and vocal arrangements
Benjamin Wright – string arrangements
Janice Gower – string contractor
Production
Otis Stokes – producer (1, 8)
Jimmy Jam – producer (2, 4, 5, 6)
Terry Lewis – producer (2, 4, 5, 6)
Stephen Shockley – producer (3, 7)
Joyce "Fenderella" Irby – co-producer (4)
Bernadette Cooper – co-producer (5)
William Shelby – producer (10)
Dick Gafferty – executive producer
Robert Brown – engineer
Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing
Taavi Mote – engineer, mixing
Jim Shifflett – engineer
Steve Williams – engineer
Judy Clapp – assistant engineer
David Egerton – assistant engineer
Mishel Persley – assistant engineer
Wally Traugott – mastering
Dina Andrews – production direction
Ron Coro – art direction
Kristen Kassell Nikosey – art direction, design
Randee St. Nicholas – photography
Studios
Recorded at Studio Masters (Los Angeles, California).
Mixed at Larrabee Sound Studios (Hollywood, California).
Mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).
References
External links
girls" target="_blank">Girls Will Be girls" target="_blank">Girls at Discogs