Chance (Candi Staton album)

Chance is the eighth album by American soul and gospel singer Candi Staton. Singles released from the album included "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (co-written by Patrick Adams and Wayne K. Garfield), and the title track, which became a top 20 R&B record. The album peaked at No. 23 on the US R&B Album chart and No. 129 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

 * Side 1
 * 1) "I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go" (Ronald Miller, Kenny Lewis, Howard Jennings) – 3:46
 * 2) "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield) – 6:41
 * 3) "Rock" (Candi Staton, Jimmy Smith) – 7:16


 * Side 2
 * 1) "Chance" (Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Smith) – 5:31
 * 2) "I Live" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 5:10
 * 3) "Me and My Music" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Margie Smith) – 5:50

Musicians

 * Candi Staton – vocals
 * Richard Taninbaum, Christopher Parker, Steve Jordan – drums
 * Norbert Sloley, Carol Coleman, Francisco Centeno – bass guitar
 * Eddie Colon, Michael Lewis, Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
 * Thom Bridwell – acoustic piano
 * Patrick Adams – Fender Rhodes
 * Philip Woo – synthesizer
 * Jimmy Smith – keyboards
 * Stan Lucas, Ken Mazur, Cornell Dupree, Ronald Miller, Emanuel "Rahiem" LeBlanc, Hiram Bullock, Jeff Mironov – guitar
 * Arrangers: Patrick Adams & Ken Morris (Rhythm), Ray Chew (Strings & Horns)
 * Background Singers (except “I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go”): Alfonso Thornton, Carole Sylvan & Michelle Cobbs
 * Sam Burtis, Harold Vick, George Opalisky, Howard Johnson, Mike Lawrence, Virgil Jones, Gerald Chamberlain, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Barry Rogers – horns

Production

 * Producers: Candi Staton & Jimmy Simpson
 * Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York City
 * Recording and Mixing Engineer: Andy Abrams
 * Additional Recording Engineers: Carmine Rubino & Steve Tose
 * Assistant Engineers: Craig Michaels, Matthew Weiner, Carla Bandini & John Potoker
 * Mastered at Columbia, New York by Stuart J. Romaine
 * Album Art Direction: Peter Whorf
 * Photography: Mario Casilli