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Now We May Begin
Studio album by Randy Crawford
Released	1980
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Wizard Recording Studios
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample
Randy Crawford chronology
Raw Silk (1979) Now We May Begin (1980) Secret Combination (1981)
Singles from Now We May Begin
"One Day I'll Fly Away" Released: 1980

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AllMusic

Now We May Begin is an album by the American R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The album got to No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 30 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Now We May Begin has also been certified Silver in the UK by the BPI.

Overview

The track "One Day I'll Fly Away" was certified silver in the UK by the BPI.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Sample and Will Jennings; except where noted.

1. "Last Night at Danceland" - 4:53
2. "Tender Falls the Rain" (Randy Crawford) - 4:13
3. "My Heart is Not as Young as it Used to Be" - 3:51
4. "Now We May Begin" (Joe Sample) - 4:52
5. "Blue Flame" - 6:25
6. "One Day I'll Fly Away" - 5:00
7. "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" - 4:05
8. "When Your Life Was Low" - 3:20

Personnel

• Mike Baird - drums
• Roland Bautista - guitar
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
• Randy Crawford - vocals
• Paulinho da Costa - percussion
• Wilton Felder - bass guitar, producer, tenor saxophone
• Melvin Franklin - background vocals
• Bernie Grundman - mastering
• Stix Hooper - drums, producer
• Tom Hooper - executive assistant
• Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar
• Pamela Hope Lobue - production coordination
• Robert Margouleff - mixing
• Timothy May - guitar
• Gwen Owens - background vocals
• Dean Parks - guitar
• Rick Ruggieri - mixing
• Joe Sample - keyboards, producer, string arrangements
• Norman Seeff - photography
• Richard Seireenim - art direction
• Howard Siegel - mixing
• Jeremy Smith - engineer
• Hill Swimmer - assistant engineer
• Julia Tillman - background vocals
• David T. Walker - guitar
• Maxine Willard Waters: background vocals

Sales and certifications

References

1. "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. ^ Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin. Warner Bros. Records. 1980.
3. "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
4. "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
5. "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". officialcharts.com. Official Charts.
6. "Randy Crawford: One Day I'll Fly Away". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
7. "Dutch album certifications – Randy Crawford – Now We May Begin" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Now We May Begin in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1980 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
8. "British album certifications – Randy Crawford – Now We May Begin". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 12, 2023.

• 1980 albums
• Warner Records albums
• Randy Crawford albums