Now We May Begin

1980 studio album by Randy Crawford

Now We May Begin

Studio album by

Randy Crawford

Released

1980

Studio

Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Wizard Recording Studios

Genre

R&B, soul

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer

Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample

Randy Crawford chronology

Raw Silk
(1979)

Now We May Begin
(1980)

Secret Combination
(1981)

Singles from Now We May Begin

"One Day I'll Fly Away"
Released: 1980

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Now We May Begin is an album by the American R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The album got to No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 30 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Now We May Begin has also been certified Silver in the UK by the BPI.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Overview

The track "One Day I'll Fly Away" was certified silver in the UK by the BPI.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Sample and Will Jennings; except where noted.

"Last Night at Danceland" - 4:53
"Tender Falls the Rain" (Randy Crawford) - 4:13
"My Heart is Not as Young as it Used to Be" - 3:51
"Now We May Begin" (Joe Sample) - 4:52
"Blue Flame" - 6:25
"One Day I'll Fly Away" - 5:00
"Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" - 4:05
"When Your Life Was Low" - 3:20

Personnel

Mike Baird - drums
Roland Bautista - guitar
Oscar Brashear - trumpet
Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
Randy Crawford - vocals
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Wilton Felder - bass guitar, producer, tenor saxophone
Melvin Franklin - background vocals
Bernie Grundman - mastering
Stix Hooper - drums, producer
Tom Hooper - executive assistant
Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar
Pamela Hope Lobue - production coordination
Robert Margouleff - mixing
Timothy May - guitar
Gwen Owens - background vocals
Dean Parks - guitar
Rick Ruggieri - mixing
Joe Sample - keyboards, producer, string arrangements
Norman Seeff - photography
Richard Seireenim - art direction
Howard Siegel - mixing
Jeremy Smith - engineer
Hill Swimmer - assistant engineer
Julia Tillman - background vocals
David T. Walker - guitar
Maxine Willard Waters: background vocals^[2]

Sales and certifications

Certifications for *Now We May Begin*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)^[7]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[8]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
^ ^a ^b Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin. Warner Bros. Records. 1980.
^ "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
^ "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ "Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin". officialcharts.com. Official Charts.
^ "Randy Crawford: One Day I'll Fly Away". bpi.co.uk. BPI.
^ "Dutch album certifications – Randy Crawford – Now We May Begin" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Now We May Begin in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1980 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
^ "British album certifications – Randy Crawford – Now We May Begin". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 12, 2023.