Truly Blessed

Truly Blessed
Truly Blessed
Studio album by Teddy Pendergrass
Released	March 5, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kajem/Victory Studios; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Aire Los Angeles; (Glendale, California); Tarpan Studios; (San Rafael, California); High Hill Studios; (Baltimore, Maryland)
Genre	R&B, new jack swing
Length	59:02
Label	Elektra
Producer	Teddy Pendergrass, Terry Price, Derek Nakamoto, Craig Burbidge,
Teddy Pendergrass chronology

Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr, Annette Guest Hardeman Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass, with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price, and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.

Truly Blessed peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the R&B chart. It spawned Pendergrass' third and last R&B chart-topping single in "It Should've Been You", and also contained two further top 40 R&B singles.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"She Knocks Me Off My Feet"	Teddy Pendergrass Terry Price	Pendergrass Price Craig Burbidge^[a] Derek Nakamoto^[a]	4:31
2.	"It Should've Been You"	Pendergrass Price	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:24
3.	"Don't You Ever Stop"	Pendergrass Price Alfonso Wright	Pendergrass Price	4:09
4.	"It's Over"	Sue Shifrin Ken Gold	Burbidge Nakamoto	5:43
5.	"Glad to Be Alive" (duet with Lisa Fischer)	LeRoy Bell Casey James	Burbidge Nakamoto Narada Michael Walden^[b]	5:04
6.	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:47
7.	"I Find Everything in You"	James Rashid Carter	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:06
8.	"Spend the Night"	Pendergrass Price Bryan Williams	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:47
9.	"With You" (duet with Minnie Curry)	Carole Bayer Sager Kenneth Ascher	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	5:53
10.	"We Can't Keep Going On (Like This)"	Carter	Carter Kevin Ashkins Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	4:27
11.	"Truly Blessed"	Pendergrass Gabriel Hardeman	Pendergrass Price Burbidge^[a] Nakamoto^[a]	7:11

Notes

^{^[a]} denotes an additional producer
^{^[b]} denotes a co-producer

Personnel

Teddy Pendergrass – lead vocals
Phyllis Yvonne – backing vocals
Marva King – backing vocals
Mark Philosit – backing vocals
Michelle Kornegay – backing vocals
Annette Hardeman – backing vocals
Jacqueline Gregory – backing vocals
Paula Holloway – backing vocals
Charlene Holloway – backing vocals
Minnie Curry – backing vocals
Terry Price – backing vocals
Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
Dorian Holley – backing vocals
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
Julia Waters – backing vocals
Maxine Waters – backing vocals
Oren Waters – backing vocals
Wendy Fraser – backing vocals
Rosalind Keel – backing vocals
Fred White – backing vocals
Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
Portia Griffin – backing vocals
Joey Diggs – backing vocals
Solomon Henderson Jr. – backing vocals
Keith Jones – backing vocals
Sheila Lakin – backing vocals
Bridgent Potts – backing vocals
Ron Monroe – backing vocals
John Kee – backing vocals
Andrea Deese – backing vocals
Clarissa Rhodes – backing vocals
Jeanette Taylor – backing vocals
Randy Bowland – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Darien Daughtry – guitar
David Gardner – guitar

Tim Pierce – guitar
Andre Storey – guitar
Richard Tucker – guitar
Carlos Vega – drums, percussion
Luis Conte – drums, percussion
Steve Hopkins – drums, percussion
Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion
Jim Carter – drums, percussion
Freddy Washington – bass guitar
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
Chuckii Booker – bass guitar
Patrick Moten – piano
Derek Nakamoto – keyboards
Curt Dowd – keyboards
Bryan Williams – keyboards
Kevin Ashkins – keyboards
Pamela Williams – saxophone
Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone
Clay Jenkins – horns
Charlie Davis – horns
Steve Holyman – horns
Henry McMillan Jr. – horns
Andrew Lamb – horns
Darnell Robinson – horns
Louis Taylor – horns
Marc Johnson – horns
June Kuramoto – koto
Basil Fung – electric stick
Jim Salamone – drum programming
Chilli "E" – drum programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200¹	49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)²	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)³	33

References

"Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
"Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[Billboard200-1] "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[BillboardRandBHipHop-2] "Teddy Pendergrass Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[3] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

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