Giving You the Best That I Got

Who played on Giving You the Best That I Got

• Anita Baker producer, lead vocals, background vocals all tracks
• Michael J. Powell guitar, producer, instrument arranger all tracks
• Nathan East bass on 6 tracks
• Paulinho da Costa percussion on 5 tracks
• Robbie Buchanan keyboard, programming, instrument arranger on 5 tracks
• Omar Hakim drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
• Paul Jackson, Jr. guitar on 4 tracks
• Vernon Fails keyboard on 4 tracks
• Alex Brown background vocals on 3 tracks
• Carl Carwell background vocals on 3 tracks
• Angel Edwards background vocals on 2 tracks
• Dean Gant piano on 2 tracks
• Rev. Dave Boruff programming, saxophone on 2 tracks
• Valerie Pinkston background vocals on 2 tracks
• Bobby Lane piano on 1 track
• Chuck Findley trumpet on 1 track
• Fred White background vocals on 1 track
• George Duke piano on 1 track
• Gerald Albright saxophone on 1 track
• Joseph Vitarelli synclavier on 1 track
• Lori Perry background vocals on 1 track
• Lynne Fiddmont background vocals on 1 track
• Marva King background vocals on 1 track
• Nell Walker keyboard on 1 track
• Patrick Moten keyboard on 1 track
• Perri background vocals on 1 track
• Peter Schwartz keyboard on 1 track
• Reginald “Sonny” Burke keyboard on 1 track
• Roy Galloway background vocals on 1 track

Tracklist

1. A1 Priceless — Garry Glenn 4:47
2. A2 Lead Me Into Love — Steve Lane, Larry Prentiss 4:44
3. A3 Giving You the Best That I Got — Anita Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough 4:18
4. A4 Good Love — Gary Taylor 5:38
5. B1 Rules — Graham Lamb, Phil Nicholl, Maggie Ryder 3:50
6. B2 Good Enough — Anita Baker, James McBride 4:47
7. B3 Just Because — Alex Brown, Sami McKinney, Michael O’Hara 5:09
8. B4 You Belong to Me — Terry Britten, Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle 3:50

Production

• Barney Perkins engineer
• Bruce Nazarian engineer
• Fred Law engineer
• Les Cooper engineer
• Milton Chan engineer
• Tim Purvis engineer
• Paul Riser instrument arranger

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