If This Bass Could Only Talk

If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.

Personnel

 * Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
 * Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (on 2)
 * George Howard – soprano saxophone (on 8)
 * Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (on 5)
 * Allan Holdsworth – guitar (on 4)
 * George Duke – piano (on 8)
 * Vance Taylor – piano (on 5)
 * Eddie Arkin – synthesizer (on 2)
 * Steve Hunt – synthesizer (on 6, 7)
 * Byron Lee Miller – synthesizer bass (on 5)
 * Gregory Hines – tap dancer (on 1, 9)
 * Jimmy Earl – bass (on 6, 7)
 * Gerry Brown – drums (on 2, 6, 7)
 * Stewart Copeland – drums (on 4)
 * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums (on 5)
 * John Robinson – drums (on 3, 8)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (on 5)

Production

 * Chris Cuffaro – Photography
 * Nancy Donald – Art Direction
 * Joe Gastwirt – Engineer
 * Mitch Gibson – Engineer
 * Bernie Grundman – Mastering
 * Mick Guzauski – Mixing
 * Dan Humann – Engineer
 * Tony Lane – Art Direction
 * Csaba Petocz – Engineer
 * Steve Sykes – Engineer