Burning The Ground Exclusive 1991
“Men” was the first single taken from the third solo LP “Good Women” by American R&B singer Gladys Knight. The single peaked at #2 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Chart on August 17, 1991, after spending seventeen weeks on the survey.
SIDE A:
Men (Extended Club Version) 7:15
SIDE B:
Men (Instrumental) 5:27
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Men | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | #2 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records – MCA12-54130
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: New Jack Swing, Soul, Contemporary R&B
CREDITS:
- Co-producer – Gladys Knight
- Engineer [Remix] – Steve Hallquist*
- Executive-Producer – Barry Hankerson, Gladys Knight, Jimmy Newman (2)
- Management – Jimmy Newman (2)
- Management [Consultant] – Barry Hankerson
- Producer – Attala Zane Giles
- Producer [Additional Production] – Damon Thomas
- Remix – Damon Thomas
- Written-By – Attala Zane Giles, Cornelius Mims, Gladys Knight
NOTES:
Original version appears on the Gladys Knight album, “Good Woman”.
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Thank you! This is the only Gladys Knight recording that I ever bought, and I’m so glad to have a proper transfer of it.
I didn’t realize this was such a big hit on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart! So nice to see Gladys Knight scoring a big hit and staying relevant into the early 90s! It paid off for her working with the hottest producers of the day since her last album with the Pips and the No. 1 Love Overboard. Thank you Paul for going outside the box!!
I lived in Long Beach, Dallas, and Atlanta in the ’90s and was known to frequent establishments that served adult beverages to dancers, and somehow I never heard this great song! The bars really missed a great track and greater video
Gladys doing some new Jack swing? Who knew? Thanks!😊
You’re welcome 🙂
glad I’m not the only one who didn’t know! 😊 Thank you for broadening our horizons, Paul!
You’re welcome, Martika 🙂
This is a hot one, Paul!! Man, these R&B/Hip Hop tracks from the early 1990’s really hit hard! I miss music like this. Sad, but thankfully we have you, DjPaulT, for reminding us of great dance music! Ms. Knight really is preaching on what I’ve heard concerning the male species. Now, not every guy is like this, but I do hear this common complaint a lot from women (and men too!). The video just jams, with quotes from Mae West and terrific adjectives describing…. MEN!!! Paul, you’ve brought out a cool anthem from retirement to heat up our Spring and… Read more »
P.S. I thought it was interesting that the remix was provided by, Damon Thomas, who was once married to Kim Kardashian!!
Thank you, Jeff
Thanks!
You’re welcome 🙂