I Kinda Like Me

I Kinda Like Me
I Kinda Like Me
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	June 15, 1981
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco, R&B
Label	Polydor
Producer	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]

I Kinda Like Me is the ninth album by Gloria Gaynor. It failed to make an impact because of the then current, now defunct Disco backlash.^{[citation needed]} Includes the single, "Let's Mend What's Been Broken." "I Love You Cause" was dedicated to her then husband and manager, Linwood M. Simon.

This album was reissued on CD in Japan by Polydor (POCP-2182).

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Kinda Like Me"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	6:12
2.	"Fingers in the Fire"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	3:20
3.	"Let's Mend What's Been Broken"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen	4:27
4.	"Yesterday We Were Like Buddies"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen	5:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I Can Stand the Pain"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	4:26
6.	"I Love You Cause"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	5:02
7.	"When You Get Around to It"	Gloria Gaynor, Pam Tillis, Dana Thomas	3:58
8.	"Chasin' Me into Somebody Else's Arms"	Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams	5:16
9.	"The Story of the Joneses"	Alfie Davison, Meri Merriwether, Ted Lehrman	3:26

Personnel

Gloria Gaynor - lead vocals
Dennis Harris, Eddie Sierra, Roland Chambers - guitar
Jimmy Williams - bass guitar
Jerry Cohen - keyboards, synthesizer
Keith Benson - drums
Daryl Burgee - bongos
Sam Peake - saxophone, horn arrangements
Don Renaldo - string arrangements
Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton - backing vocals

Technical

Dirk Devlin - engineer
Robert L. Heimall - art direction
Anthony Barboza - photography

References

^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

External links

I Kinda Like Me at Discogs (list of releases)

[larkin-1] Colin Larkin (2006). "Gaynor, Gloria". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 705. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

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v t e Gloria Gaynor
Studio albums	Never Can Say Goodbye Experience Gloria Gaynor I've Got You Glorious Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound Love Tracks I Have a Right Stories I Kinda Like Me Gloria Gaynor I Am Gloria Gaynor The Power of Gloria Gaynor The Answer I Wish You Love Testimony
Singles	"Never Can Say Goodbye" "All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin'" "How High the Moon" "Substitute" "I Will Survive" "Stop in the Name of Love" "I Am What I Am" "Mighty High"
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