Just as I Am (Yolanda Adams album)

1987 studio album by Yolanda Adams

Just as I Am

Studio album by

Yolanda Adams

Released| September 22, 1987
Genre| Gospel
Length| 33:55
Label|

* Nine
* Sound of Gospel

Producer|

* Thomas Whitfield
* Lamar Brantley

Yolanda Adams chronology
|  | Just as I Am
(1987)  | Through the Storm
(1991)

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Just as I Am is the debut studio album by American gospel singer Yolanda Adams. It was released by the Sound of Gospel on September 22, 1987 in the United States. Production was helmed by Thomas Whitfield, who also worked with singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong on early 1980s gospel releases. Though original pressings of the vinyl and cassette release are difficult to find, the album has since been re-released on CD along with another catalog album from Sound of Gospel by Wanda Nero Butler entitled New Born Soul.

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "I Am"| Michael McKay| 3:20
2.| "Restore Me"| Thomas Whitfield| 4:01
3.| "Signs of the Time"| Jonathan DuBose| 3:32
4.| "Just as I Am"| Whitfield| 3:43
5.| "Come and Go with Me"|

* Whitfield
* Gregory Troy

| 4:30
6.| "Wash Me"|

* Carl Preacher
* Whitfield

| 5:55
7.| "If You Can Take It You Can Make It"|

* Whitfield
* Yolanda Adams

| 4:16
8.| "Deliverance"|

* Adams
* Whitfield

| 4:11

## Personnel[edit]

* Produced by Thomas Whitfield and Lanar Brantley
* Executive Producer: Armen Boladian
* Thomas Whitfield — keyboards, Baldwin & Yamaha pianos; string and synthesizer arrangements and overdubs; all vocal and instrumental arrangements
* Earl J. Wright — synthesizer overdubs; string arrangements programming
* Lanar Brantley — bass guitar; instrumental arrangements; exclusive drum programming and arrangements
* Jonathan DuBose — lead & rhythm guitars; bass section on "Deliverance"
* Larry Fratangelo — percussions exclusively
* Raphael Merriweather Jr. — percussion overdubs
* Walter L. Stevenson Jr. — vocal overdubs and tambourine on "Deliverance" (see YouTube page for artist's artistic portfolio)
* Singers — Sandy Hudson, Michael Fletcher, Doretha Carter, Renee Thomas, Larry D. Edwards, Juliette Cooper, Gwen Morton, Ron Kelley, Valerie Hancox, Larry McMurtry, Thomas Whitfield

## Charts[edit]

Chart (1987)  | Peak
position

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US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[1] | 8

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Yolanda Adams Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Just As I Am at AllMusic

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Yolanda Adams

Studio albums|

* Just As I Am
* Through the Storm
* Save the World
* More Than a Melody
* Songs from the Heart
* The Best of Yolanda Adams
* Mountain High... Valley Low
* Christmas with Yolanda Adams
* Believe
* Day by Day
* What a Wonderful Time
* Becoming

Live albums|

* Yolanda... Live in Washington
* The Experience

Singles|

* "The Battle Is the Lord's"
* "Open My Heart"
* "I'm Gonna Be Ready"
* "Hold On"
* "Someone Watching Over You"
* "This Too Shall Pass"
* "Be Blessed"
* "Be Still"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Awards

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