Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)

Be Yourself is the ninth solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on June 26, 1989 in the United States. Her second album with the company following her 1986 platinum album Winner in You, it features the single, "If You Asked Me To" which was also featured on the soundtrack to the James Bond movie, Licence to Kill (1989), and the R&B top ten Prince-written hit "Yo Mister." The album marked LaBelle's foray into new jack swing music with the tracks "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force, and "Love 89", another Prince contribution.

Be Yourself
Studio album by
Patti LaBelle
ReleasedJune 26, 1989
Recorded1986–1989
StudioWestlake Audio and Elumba Studios (Los Angeles, California); Conway Studios, Sunset Sound, Ocean Way Recording and Trax Recording Studio (Hollywood, California); Alchemy Recording Studios (Woodland Hills, California); Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Kajeem/Victory Studios, RPM Studios and Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Soundworks (New York City, New York); Paisley Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Genre
  • R&B
  • soul
  • pop
  • new jack swing
Length53:38
LabelMCA
Producer
Patti LaBelle chronology
Winner in You
(1986)
Be Yourself
(1989)
This Christmas
(1990)
Singles from Be Yourself
  1. "If You Asked Me To"
    Released: June 12, 1989
  2. "Yo Mister"
    Released: July 1989
  3. "I Can't Complain"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Rolling Stone
Spin(favorable)
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