It's Real (James Ingram album)

Track listing

Side one - It's Real Hard

1. "It's Real" - 5:13
2. "I Wanna Come Back" - 4:51
3. "Call On Me" - 4:03
4. "So Fine" - 4:04
5. "Love Come Down" - 5:40
6. "Baby Be Mine" - 5:00

   Side two - It's Real Soft

7. " A Natural Man" - 5:04
8. "Love One Day At a Time" - 4:31
9. "I Don't Have the Heart" - 4:14
10. "Someday We'll All Be Free" - 4:10
11. "When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry" - 4:57

    Production

• Producers – Gene Griffin ; Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon ; James Ingram ; Bernard Taylor ; Michael J. Powell ; Monty Seward ; Thom Bell ; Dennis Matkosky.
• Executive Producers – James Ingram and Thom Bell
• Associate Producers – Barry Hankerson and Benny Medina
• Production Coordination – John Tominaga ; Yolandra Fletcher King.
• Engineers – Dave Way ; Mike Tarsia ; Barney Perkins ; Paul Ericksen ; Winston Johnson ; Steve Van Arden ; Robert Loftus ; Dennis Matkosky.
• Assistant Engineers – Tony Shimkin ; Tom Biener, Marty Hozenberg, Fred Kelly Jr., David Radin and Mitch Zelinsley.
• Additional Engineer on Track 6 – Milton Chan
• Mixing – Barney Perkins ; Mike Tarsia ; Sidney Burton ; Winston Johnson ; Paul Ericksen.
• Mastered By Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
• Management – Barry Hankerson at The Midwest Group.

  Personnel

• James Ingram – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements, keyboards, drums
• Winston Johnson – keyboard programming, Synclavier programming,
• Dwayne Russell – keyboard programming
• Brian Simpson – keyboard programming
• Frank Stangerup – keyboard programming
• Teddy Riley – all instruments, backing vocals, arrangements,
• Jim Salamone – keyboard sequencing
• Bernard Taylor – keyboards, drums, arrangements
• Aaron Zigman – keyboards
• Vernon Fails – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer programming
• Monty Seward – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, arrangements
• Jud Friedman – keyboards, programming, arrangements
• Dennis Matkosky – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Freddie Washington – bass
• Thom Bell – bass, arrangements, horn and string arrangements, conductor
• Nathan East – bass
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Dan Higgins – saxophone
• Larry Williams – saxophone
• Gerald Albright – saxophone solo
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica solo
• Marc Gordon – arrangements
• Michael J. Powell – rhythm arrangements
• Sephra Winters – horn and string contractor
• Bernard Belle – backing vocals
• Regina Belle – backing vocals
• Marsha McClurkin – backing vocals
• William Aquart, Jr. – backing vocals
• Gerald Levert – backing vocals, arrangements
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
• Phil Perry – backing vocals
• Bobbette Jamerson – backing vocals
• Tim Johnson – backing vocals
• Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
• Carl Calwell – backing vocals
• Josie James – backing vocals
• Marva King – backing vocals
• Kimaya Seward – backing vocals
• The Aquarian Singers – backing vocals

• Art Direction – Kim Champange and Jeri McManus
• Design – Andy Engel
• Photography – Aaron Rapoport
• Personal Assistant – Yolandra Fletcher King
• Stylist – Cecille Parker
• Hair and Make-up – Elbert Oliver