Personal Inspirations

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.[2] 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.[3]

Personal Inspirations
Studio album by
Stephanie Mills
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1994
Genre
Length51:57
Label
Producer
  • Donald Lawrence
  • Stanley Brown
  • Kevin Bond
  • Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills chronology
Something Real
(1992)		 Personal Inspirations
(1994)		 Born for This!
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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" [reprise] - 3:25
  10. "I'm Gonna Make You Proud" (Donald Lawrence) - 3:58

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
Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[5] 20
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[6] 8

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.
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