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Annotation

Original pressings feature track B1, "I'm Good At Being Bad" at 5:39; Donna Summer requested the "Love to Love You Baby" re-interpolation be removed, and all subsequent pressings have the track length at 4:36

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl
2▼12" Vinyl
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C1Unpretty
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
bass and background vocals:
Debra Killings
drums (drum set):
Tom Knight
guitar:
Tomi Martin
lead vocals:
Chilli and T‐Boz
arranger:
Dallas Austin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
LaFace Records LLC (in 1999)
recorded at:
Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
music videos:
Unpretty by TLC
recording of:
Unpretty (in 1998)
writer:
Dallas Austin and Tionne “T‐Boz” Watkins
4:38
C2My Life
recording engineer:
Brian Frye
miscellaneous support:
Diane Makowski (task: production coordinator)
co-producer:
Carl So-Lowe
producer:
Jermaine Dupri
assistant mixer:
Kevin Lively
mixer:
Jermaine Dupri and Phil Tan
bass:
LaMarquis Jefferson
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and T‐Boz
recorded at:
KrossWire Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
My Life
writer:
Jermaine Dupri, Lisa Lopes, Marshall Lorenzo Martin and Tamara Savage
4:00
C3Shout
assistant recording engineer:
Jeff Griffin and Sejoon Kahng
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals:
Chilli, Debra Killings and T‐Boz
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and T‐Boz
other vocals [gang]:
Dallas Austin, Leslie Brathwaite, Marde Johnson and Ty Hudson
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Riversound Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Enterprise in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Shout
writer:
Dallas Austin, Lisa Lopes, Marshall Lorenzo Martin and Tionne “T‐Boz” Watkins
3:57
C4Come On Down
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Aman Junaid, Ricciano Lumpkins and Carlton Lynn
producer:
Dallas Austin and Debra Killings
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
bass and background vocals:
Debra Killings
guitar:
Tomi Martin
lead vocals:
Chilli
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Come On Down
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren
4:18
D1Dear Lie
assistant recording engineer:
Vernon J. Mungo
recording engineer:
Paul Boutin
miscellaneous support:
Ivy Skoff (task: production coordinator)
drum machine programming:
Babyface
producer:
Babyface
assistant mixer:
E'lyk
mixer:
Jon Gass
acoustic guitar and keyboard:
Babyface
bass:
Nathan East
electric guitar:
Babyface and Michael Thompson
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa
Wurlitzer electric piano:
Greg Phillinganes
background vocals:
Debra Killings and T‐Boz
lead vocals:
T‐Boz
recorded at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States and DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
The TracKen Place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Dear Lie
writer:
Babyface and Tionne “T‐Boz” Watkins
5:10
D2Communicate - Interlude
assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer and mixer:
Carlton Lynn
producer:
Dallas Austin
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, T‐Boz and Vic‐E
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Communicate (interlude)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
0:52
D3Lovesick
assistant recording engineer:
Jeff Griffin, Sejoon Kahng and Claudine Pontier
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
bass:
Colin Wolfe
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli and T‐Boz
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Riversound Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Enterprise in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Lovesick
writer:
Dallas Austin and Rozonda Thomas
3:51
D4Automatic
assistant recording engineer:
Carlton Lynn
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Ricciano Lumpkins
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals:
Chilli, Debra Killings and T‐Boz
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, T‐Boz and Vic‐E
spoken vocals [moon landing speech]:
Neil Armstrong
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Automatic
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
4:38
D5Don't Pull Out On Me Yet
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite, Aman Junaid, Carlton Lynn, Vernon Mungo and Ty Hudson
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
additional producer:
Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
Ty Hudson and Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
editor:
John Horesco IV
bass and background vocals:
Debra Killings
guitar:
Tomi Martin
trumpet:
Melvin M. Jones
lead vocals:
Chilli and T‐Boz
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Don’t Pull Out on Me Yet
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
4:33