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Revision as of 17:51, 21 September 2023

A Moment
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 31, 1994
Length56:48
LabelVirgin
Producer
Lalah Hathaway chronology
Lalah Hathaway
(1990)
A Moment
(1994)
The Song Lives On
(1999)
Singles from A Moment
  1. "Let Me Love You"
    Released: April 27, 1994
  2. "Separate Ways"/"Family Affair"
    Released: November 1, 1994

A Moment is the second studio album by American singer Lalah Hathaway. It was released by Virgin Records on May 31, 1994 in the United States.

Promotion

The album's first single was "Let Me Love You," produced by Brian Alexander Morgan. A video was also shot for the single. The follow-up single was "Separate Ways," released as a double-A side single with "Family Affair." The Martyn Ware-produced "Family Affair" was actually released in 1991 and billed as "BEF featuring Lalah Hathaway".[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic editor Alex Henderson rated the album four out of five stars. He found that like Hathaway's debut album, A Moment "is a mixed bag ranging from the strong to the decent to the routine (depending on who's producing and/or writing a particular song) [...] Overall, this is a slightly weaker effort than Hathaway's debut. One hoped that eventually, she would live up to her promise and deliver a truly outstanding album, one that would become a huge name in R&B."[2]

Track listing

A Moment track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Let Me Love You"Brian Alexander MorganMorgan5:32
2."Rise"Keith CrouchCrouch4:43
3."Family Affair"Sylvester StewartMartyn Ware4:06
4."These Are the Things (You Do to Me)"CrouchCrouch4:23
5."Do You Suppose"
  • Lori Perry
  • Raymond Jones
  • Sami McKinney
  • Jones
  • McKinney
5:34
6."Better as a Memory"
  • Porter
  • McKinney
4:23
7."Bad by Myself"Chuckii BookerBooker4:23
8."Lean On Me"Crouch4:52
9."Separate Ways"CrouchCrouch4:28
10."Long After U Have Gone"
  • Hathaway
  • David Delhomme
  • Hathaway
  • Delhomme
4:33
11."I'm Not Over You"
  • Hathaway
  • Delhomme
  • McKinney
  • Hathaway
  • Delhomme
4:21
12."A Moment"
  • Hathaway
  • Delhomme
  • Andrew Sherman
  • Craig Glanville
  • Bread and Butter
  • Delhomme[a]
2:07
13."So They Say" (Hathaway) Hathaway3:27
Total length:56:48

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies additional producers

Personnel

  • Lalah Hathaway – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10), vocal arrangements (1-3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12), vocoder (10), tambourine (10)
  • Brian Alexander Morgan – keyboards (1), drums (1), drum programming (1), backing vocals (1)
  • Keith Crouch – instruments (2, 4, 8), backing vocals (4), keyboards (9), drums (9), percussion (9), keyboard arrangements (9)
  • British Electric Foundation – instruments (3)
  • David Delhomme – electric piano (5), additional keyboards (6, 12), acoustic piano (9-11, 13), keyboards (10, 11), programming (10, 11), electric guitar (10), cymbals (10)
  • Raymond Jones – acoustic piano (5)
  • KC Porter – programming (6)
  • Chuckii Booker – instruments (7)
  • Rex Salas – acoustic piano (9), keyboard arrangements (9)
  • Andrew Sherman – keyboards (12), keyboard solo (12)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (5)
  • Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (5)
  • Tim Pierce – guitars (6)
  • John "Jubu" Smith – guitars (9)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (5)
  • John Patitucci – bass (6)
  • Cornelius Mims – bass (9)
  • Jeff "Tain" Watts – drums (5)
  • Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 11)
  • Luis Conte – percussion (6)
  • Phil Cassens – percussion (10), cymbals (10)
  • Craig Glanville – percussion (12), vocal percussion (12)
  • George Graham – trumpet (6)
  • Kipper Jones – backing vocals (2)
  • Sharon Young – backing vocals (2, 4, 8)
  • El DeBarge – backing vocals (4)
  • Eulaulah Hathaway – backing vocals (10)
  • Kenya Hathaway – backing vocals (10)

Strings (Track 9)

  • Tommy Oliver – arrangements, leader
  • Keith Andes – contractor, leader
  • Jimmy Getzoff – concertmaster
  • Agnes Overall – music copyist
  • Armand Kaproff – cello, soloist
  • James Ross and Ray Tisher – viola
  • Bonnie Douglas, Edith Markman, Horia Moroaica, Paul Shure, Dorothy Wade, John Wittenberg and Tibor Zelig – violin

Strings (Track 11)

  • Clare Fischer – orchestration, leader
  • Brent Fischer – contractor, music copyist
  • Assa Drori – concertmaster
  • Roger Neumann – music copyist
  • Thelma Beach-Hanau, Myer Bello, Arni Eglisson, Henry Ferber, Marlow Fischer, Pamela Gates, Irving Geller, Ed Green, William Henderson, Ray Kelley, Armen Ksajikian, Laura Kuennen-Poper, Archie Levin, Milton Laite, Earl Madison, Vicki Miskolczy, Francine Nadeau-Walsh, Don Palmer, Rachel Robinson, Bob Sanov, Frederick Seykora, Robert Sushel, David Stockhammer, David Stone, Miwako Watanabe and Harold Wolf – string players

Charts

Chart performance for A Moment
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 40

References

  1. ^ "British Electric Foundation – Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume 2". Discogs. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "(A Moment > Overview)". AllMusic. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "Lalah Hathaway Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2023.