I Wanna Love Somebody
Studio album by Angela Bofill
Released	1993
Genre	R&B, jazz, soul
Length	49:12
Label	Jive[1]
Producer	Eve Nelson, Preston Glass
Angela Bofill chronology
Intuition (1988) I Wanna Love Somebody (1993) Love in Slow Motion (1996)

I Wanna Love Somebody is an album by the American musician Angela Bofill, released in 1993.^[2][3] Bofill supported the album with a North American tour.^[4]

Production

The album was produced primarily by Eve Nelson.^[5] Bofill cowrote some of its songs.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[8]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "songs like 'Always a Part of Me', a breezy ballad, prove she’s still a sensual soul siren."^[8] USA Today determined that Bofill "still has a rich, multi-octave voice, and a knack for penning ballads that stick to the ribs."^[9] The Orlando Sentinel stated that "syrupy synths clog the production much of the time, but Bofill keeps her vocals tasteful even when the setting is tacky."^[10]

Track listing

1. "I Wanna Love Somebody" (Eve Nelson) – 4:06
2. "I Wonder" (Eve Nelson) – 5:33
3. "Never Too Much" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 4:30
4. "Heavenly Love" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 5:14
5. "Always a Part of Me" (Steven Birch, Preston Glass, Darrell Smith) – 5:12
6. "Te Amo" (Angela Bofill, Eve Nelson) – 4:49
7. "Essence of My Light" (Eve Nelson) – 5:12
8. "I Still Believe in Love" (Angela Bofill, Ann Curless, Eve Nelson) – 4:50
9. "We Almost Had It Right" (Eve Nelson) – 3:42
10. "Amor Celestial" – 5:10

Personnel

• Adam Kudzin – engineer, assistant engineer
• Amy Keyes – background vocals
• Andy Snitzer – saxophone
• Angela Bofill – vocals, background vocals
• Brenda White – background vocals
• Carl Burnett – guitar
• Chris Botti – trumpet
• Cindy Mizelle – background vocals
• Derek Jordan – background vocals
• Don Tittle – producer, engineer
• Duane Sexton – engineer, assistant engineer
• Earl Gardner – trumpet
• Eve Nelson – piano, arranger
• Francisco Centeno – bass guitar, background vocals
• Gerard Julien – engineer, assistant engineer
• Hugh Elliott – drums
• Jeff Mironov – guitar
• Joe Hornof – programming, drum sounds
• Joe Hornoff – synthesizer, programming, sound effects
• Kenny MacDougald – drums
• Kirk Whalum – saxophone
• Marc Shulman – guitar
• Michael Dumas – engineer, assistant engineer
• Neil Johnson – guitar
• Nigel Green – engineer, mixing
• Paulette McWilliams – background vocals
• Pete Christensen – background vocals, engineer, mixing
• Preston Glass – percussion, arranger, keyboards
• Rob Mullins – keyboards
• Scott Totten – guitar
• Steven Birch – programming
• Tao Gutierrez – percussion
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Werner Vana Gierig – piano
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar

References