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Personal Inspirations
Studio album by Stephanie Mills
Released	September 6, 1994
Genre	Urban gospel R&B
Length	51:57
Label	Sony GospoCentric
Producer	Donald Lawrence Stanley Brown Kevin Bond Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills chronology
Something Real (1992) Personal Inspirations (1994) Born for This! (2004)

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AllMusic

Personal Inspirations is an album by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills released in 1994 on the independent label GospoCentric Records, it is her first gospel album release. It was produced by Mills, and gospel artist Donald Lawrence. Featured, are songs written by gospel/R&B singers' Marvin Winans, Angela Winbush, James Cleveland, and a cover version of "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Gospel chart, and No. 20 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian chart.

Track listing

1. "I Had a Talk with God" (James Cleveland) - 6:25
2. "Sweepin' Through the City" (James Herndon) - 4:10
3. "He Cares" (John P. Kee) - 5:15
4. "In the Morning Time" (Robert Wright) - 4:42
5. "Everything You Touch" (Marvin Winans) - 6:13
6. "Everybody Ought to Know" - 6:02
7. "Power of God" (Angela Winbush) - 7:36
8. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 4:12
9. "He Cares" - 3:25
10. "I'm Gonna Make You Proud" (Donald Lawrence) - 3:58

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Personnel

• Stephanie Mills - Lead and backing vocals
• Backing vocals – Tricity Singers (tracks: 1, 5)
• Bass – Mel Gray
• Drums – James Robinson (tracks: 2), Jeremy Hays
• Percussion – Jim Brock
• Guitar – Eric Brice
• Keyboards – Kevin Bond, Stanley Brown (tracks: 4, 8)
• Mixed by Donald Lawrence, Mark Williams, Stephanie Mills
• Engineer by Dave Harris, Donald Lawrence, Mark Williams (tracks: 2), Mike Lawler (tracks: 2)
• Executive producer – Donald Lawrence, Stephanie Mills
• Producer – Donald Lawrence, Kevin Bond (tracks: 5, 6), Stanley Brown (tracks: 4, 8), Stephanie Mills (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10)

Charts

References

1. Personal Inspirations review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
2. Stephanie Mills - Album Discography|Allmusic
3. Allmusic.Stephanie Mills-Albums chart history
4. Stephanie Mills - Personal Inspirations (CD, Album).Discogs
5. "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
6. "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

External links

• Personal Inspirations - amazon.com

• 1994 albums
• Stephanie Mills albums
• GospoCentric Records albums
• Urban contemporary gospel albums