Miracles (Change album)

Miracles
Studio album by Change
Released	1981
Recorded	Fonoprint Studios, Bologna, Italy Media Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	R&B, Soul, Post-disco
Length	34:16
Label	Atlantic, WEA
Producer	Jacques Fred Petrus, Mauro Malavasi
Change chronology
The Glow of Love (1980) Miracles (1981) Sharing Your Love (1982)
Singles from Miracles
"Paradise" b/w "Your Move" Released: June 1981 "Your Move" Released: August 1981 "Heaven of My Life" "Stop for Love" b/w "Heaven of My Life" "Miracles"

Miracles is the second studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1981 and reached number forty-six on the US Billboard Album Chart^[1] and nine on the US Billboard Black Albums chart^[1]. Miracles includes the singles "Paradise", "Your Move", "Heaven of My Life", "Stop for Love" (in the UK only) and "Miracles".

The band recorded the songs for album at Fontoprint Studios, Bolognia, Italy. The songs were then taken to Media Sound Studios, New York City for the recording of the vocals. The sessions were then mastered at Sterling Sound Studios. Receiving positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP in 1981. The artwork was designed by Greg Porto.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	(B+)[3]

Miracles received positive reviews by the majority of critics.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Paradise"	David Romani, Mauro Malavasi, Tanyayette Willoughby	5:14
2.	"Hold Tight"	David Romani, Mauro Malavasi, Paul Slade	4:23
3.	"Your Move"	Mauro Malavasi, David Romani, Paul Slade	4:23
4.	"Stop for Love"	Mauro Malavasi, Paul Slade, Tanyayette Willoughby	4:12

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"On Top"	Paolo Gianolio, Mauro Malavasi, Tanyayette Willoughby	5:13
6.	"Heaven of My Life"	Paolo Gianolio, David Romani, Mauro Malavasi, Tanyayette Willoughby	5:34
7.	"Miracles"	Mauro Malavasi, Tanyayette Willoughby	5:17

Personnel

• Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi - Producer, Executive Producer (for Little Macho Music Co., Inc., New York)

• David Romani, Mauro Malavasi and Paolo Gianolio - Composing, Arrangements, Conducting
• Tanyayette Willoughby - Vocal Conducting
• Jocelyn Shaw - Vocal Conducting, Lyrics
• Paul Slade - Lyrics

Recorded at Fontoprint Studios, Bolognia, Italy. All vocals recorded and mixed at Media Sound Studios, New York City. Mastered at Sterling Sound, Inc., New York City.

• Maurizio Biancani - Engineering (Fontoprint Studios)
• Michael H. Brauer - Engineering (Fontoprint and Media Sound Studios)
• Andy Hoffman - Assistant Engineer (Media Sound Studios)
• Greg Calbi - Engineer (Sterling Sound)
• Greg Porto - Art and Design

Players

• Mauro Malavasi - Piano, Synthesizer
• David Romani - Bass
• Paolo Gianolio - Guitar
• Rudy Trevisi - Saxophone
• Doc Powell - Guitar
• Terry Silverlight - Drums
• Onage Allan Grumbs - Keyboards
• Maurizio Biancani - Assisant Synthesizer

• Victor Paz - Trumpet
• Earl Gardiner - Trumpet
• Denny Trimboli - Saxophone
• Bob Alexander - Trombone

• The Goody Music String Ensemble - Strings

• James Crabs Robinson - Lead Vocals
• Diva Gray - Lead Vocals, Solo Vocals, Background Vocals
• Gordon Grody - Solo Vocals
• Jocelyn Shaw, Crystal Davis, Ullanda McCullough, Luther Vandross, Benny Diggs, Dennis Collins, Fonzi Thornton - Background Vocals

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[1]	46
U.S. Billboard Black Albums[1]	9

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Change US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3870. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Christgau, Robert Review: Miracles. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.