I'm the One (Roberta Flack album)

1982 studio album by Roberta Flack

I'm the One

Studio album by Roberta Flack

Released

May 1, 1982

Studio

A & R Recording and Rosebud Recording Studio (New York, NY); Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, CA).

R&B, soul

William Eaton, Roberta Flack, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
except "Making Love":
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager

Roberta Flack chronology

Bustin' Loose
(1981)

I'm the One
(1982)

Born to Love
(1983)

Singles from I'm the One

"Making Love / Jesse"
Released: February 8, 1982
"I'm the One / 'Til the Morning Comes"
Released: May 4, 1982
"In the Name of Love / Happiness"
Released: October 4, 1982

Professional ratings
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I'm the One is an album by Roberta Flack released in May 1982 which reached #59 on the album chart in Billboard whose R&B album chart afforded the album a #16 peak.

The Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager-produced "Making Love", which appeared in the film of the same name and in the spring of 1982 had afforded Flack her final solo Top 40 hit (#13 on the Billboard Hot 100), was included on the I'm the One album along with eight new tracks co-produced by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Flack herself.

The track "I'm the One," given parallel single release with the album, peaked at #42 on the Hot 100 where it marked Flack's final solo appearance, although she'd return to the Hot 100 in 1983 with the duets "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (#16) and "You're Looking Like Love to Me" (#58) (both with Peabo Bryson) and again in 1991 with "Set the Night to Music" (with Maxi Priest/ #6).

A third single from the I'm the One album: "In the Name of Love", reached #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

"I'm the One" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:05
Single 2 A-side
"'Till the Morning Comes" (Casey Daniels, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 3:54
Single 2 B-side
"Love and Let Love" (William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:34
"Never Loved Before" (Bobby Caldwell, Henry Grumpo Marx) - 3:58
"In the Name of Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers) - 4:00
Single 3 A-side
"Ordinary Man" (Peabo Bryson) - 4:26
"Making Love" (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) - 3:43
Single 1 A-side
"Happiness" (Harriet Schock, William D. Smith) - 3:22
Single 3 B-side
"My Love for You" (Brenda Russell, William D. Smith) - 3:22

Personnel

Roberta Flack – lead vocals
Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes (1-6, 7, 8, 9), acoustic piano (7)
Paul Griffin – Oberheim OB-X (1-6, 8, 9)
Burt Bacharach – synthesizers (7)
Craig Hundley – synthesizers (7)
Eric Gale – guitars (1-6, 8, 9)
Lee Ritenour – guitars (7)
Marcus Miller – bass (1-6, 8, 9)
Neil Stubenhaus – bass (7)
Steve Gadd – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Buddy Williams – drums (4)
Jim Keltner – drums (7)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1-6, 8, 9)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7)
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano sax solo (5, 9)
Vivian Cherry – backing vocals
Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals
William Eaton – backing vocals, all arrangements
Frank Floyd – backing vocals
Diva Gray – backing vocals
Zachary Sanders – backing vocals

Production

William Eaton – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
Roberta Flack – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
Ralph MacDonald – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
William Salter – producer (1-6, 8, 9)
Burt Bacharach – producer (7)
Carole Bayer Sager – producer (7)
Renee Bell – production coordinator
Janaire Boger – production coordinator
Jacklyn Brown – production coordinator
Kirk D. Fancher – production coordinator
Richard Alderson – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Carla Bandini – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Mike Bradley – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Ollie Cotton – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Ed Rak – engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Elliot Scheiner – engineer (1-6, 8, 9), remixing
Bruce Swedien – engineer (7)
Kendall Brown – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Eddie Heath – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Anthony McDonald – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Lamont Moreno – assistant engineer (1-6, 8, 9)
Bob Defrin – art direction, design
Kinko Y. Craft – illustration

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	59
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	47

References

I'm the One at AllMusic
"Roberta Flack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
"Roberta Flack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

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Studio albums	First Take (1969) Chapter Two (1970) Quiet Fire (1971) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972) Killing Me Softly (1973) Feel Like Makin' Love (1975) Blue Lights in the Basement (1977) Roberta Flack (1978) Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980) I'm the One (1982) Born to Love (1983) Oasis (1988) Set the Night to Music (1991) Roberta (1994) The Christmas Album (1997) Let It Be Roberta (2012)
Live albums	Live & More (1980) At Her Best – Live (2008)
Soundtrack albums	Soul to Soul (1971) Bustin' Loose (1981)
Compilation albums	The Best of Roberta Flack (1981) Greatest Hits (1984) Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack (1993) The Very Best of Roberta Flack (2006)
Singles	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "You've Got a Friend" "Where Is the Love" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" "Jesse" (1973) "Feel Like Makin' Love" "The Closer I Get to You" "If Ever I See You Again" "Making Love" "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" "Oasis" "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)"
Filmography	Soul to Soul (1971)
Related articles	Discography Donny Hathaway

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