Album Compositions

The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in 1990, making it Baker's third platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards. Two of its tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Talk to Me" peaking at number 44 for three consecutive weeks on July 28 and August 4 and 11 and "Soul Inspiration" at number 72 on October 13, 1990. Compositions would be the last album and collaboration between Baker and producer Michael J. Powell.

Compositions
Studio album by Anita Baker
Released	July 3, 1990
Recorded	1990 at Encore Studios (Burbank, CA); Ocean Way Recording and Studio Ultimo (Los Angeles, CA); Sound Lab 1 (Detroit, MI); Ambience Recorders (Farmington Hills, MI). Unique Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	R&B soul jazz smooth jazz
Length	50:27
Label	Elektra
Producer	Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker chronology
Giving You the Best That I Got (1988) Compositions (1990) Rhythm of Love (1994)
Singles from Compositions
"Talk to Me" Released: June 1990 "Soul Inspiration" Released: September 1990 "Fairy Tales" Released: December 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Calgary Herald	A
Chicago Tribune
Robert Christgau
Entertainment Weekly	B
Rolling Stone
Select	4/5

1. "Talk to Me" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 5:03
2. "Perfect Love Affair" (Baker, Joel Davis) - 5:19
3. "Whatever It Takes" (Baker, Marc Gordon, Gerald LeVert) - 5:35
4. "Soul Inspiration" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) - 5:17
5. "Lonely" (Baker) - 4:29
6. "No One to Blame" (Baker, Fails) - 4:41
7. "More Than You Know" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 4:48
8. "Love You to The Letter" (James McBride) - 7:20
9. "Fairy Tales" (Baker, Fails, Powell) - 7:55

• Anita Baker – lead and backing vocals
• Vernon Fails – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, backing vocals (7)
• Ben Keys – programming
• David Ward – programming
• Michael J. Powell – guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 9), backing vocals (7)
• Earl Klugh – guitar (7)
• Nathan East – bass, backing vocals (7)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (1, 4, 5, 7)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (2, 3, 6, 8, 9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 4-9)
• Perri (Carol, Darlene, Lori and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals (2, 4, 7), BGV arrangement (4)

• Producer – Michael J. Powell
• Executive Producer – Anita Baker
• Engineer – Barney Perkins
• Second Engineers – Tom Beiner, Steve Gallagher and Bart Stevens.
• Assistant Engineer – Milton Chan
• Additional Engineers – Darroll Gustamachio, Elliott Peters and Gerard Smerek.
• Mixing – Barney Perkins (Tracks 1, 3 & 5-9); Gerard Smerek (Tracks 2 & 4).
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Anita Baker and Carol Bobolts
• Photography – Adrian Buckmaster
• Management – Randy Bash, Sherwin Bash and Ricki Sellner for BNB Associates, Ltd.

Grammy Awards