How Could It Be

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Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". How Could It Be is the debut musical studio album by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy, released in September 1985[1] on Columbia Records. It was produced by Aquil Fudge, with the exception of the hit top ten single "Party All the Time", which was produced by Rick James.

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The album was a moderate commercial success, making it to No. 26 on the Billboard 200 and No. 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Two singles were released: "Party All the Time", which made it to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the title track, which became a minor R&B hit. This studio album was recorded as part of fulfilling a $100,000 bet that Richard Pryor had made with Eddie Murphy that he could not sing.[2] In the album's liner notes, Eddie Murphy wrote the following "To Richard Pryor, my idol, with whom I have a $100,000 bet. No, motherfucker, I didn't forget."[3]

In an interview in 1987, Murphy said: "My album could have been much better but it came out okay".[4]

Background

For this album, Murphy enlisted other well-known musicians to help him create his first musical studio album. The record has two Stevie Wonder produced and written tracks, "Do I" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses". There are also two songs that Rick James produced and wrote—the title track (a minor R&B hit) and the successful hit, "Party All the Time".[5]

Murphy wrote three tracks on the album in which he also gets sole writing credit for: "C-O-N Confused", a disco track, "I, Me, Us, We", a Parliament homage, and "My God Is Color Blind", an anti-racism song. Murphy took an experimental approach to test himself in what he could do with music.[5]

Track listing

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Personnel

Musicians

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  • Eddie Murphy – lead vocals, background vocals (1, 3, 4, 7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., arrangements (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., vocal arrangements (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., piano and synthesizers (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Gordon Banks – guitar (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Roderick Bascom – background vocals (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Crystal Blake – lead vocals (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., background vocals (3, 8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Billy Durham – background vocals (8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Paul Freudenberg – background vocals (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Aquil Fudge – arrangements (2, 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., tambourine (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Bruce Hawes – background vocals (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • LaMorris Payne – background vocals (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Pam Vincent – background vocals (8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Billy Young – keyboards and synthesizer (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Technical and artistic personnel

  • Larkin Arnold – executive producer
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  • Nancy Greenberg – art direction
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  • Rick James – mixing (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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  • Annie Leibovitz – photography
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
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Charts

Chart (1985–86) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Current Albums[6] 26
U.S. Billboard 200[7] 26
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[8] 17
U.S. Cash Box Top 200 Pop Albums[9] 25
U.S. Cash Box Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums[10] 23

Certifications

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References

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