Truly Blessed

Truly Blessed
Studio album by Teddy Pendergrass
Released	March 5, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Studios	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kajem/Victory Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Aire Los Angeles (Glendale, California) Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California) High Hill Studios (Baltimore, Maryland)
Genres	R&B, new jack swing
Length	59:02
Label	Elektra
Producers	Teddy Pendergrass, Terry Price, Derek Nakamoto, Craig Burbidge,
Teddy Pendergrass chronology
Joy (1988) Truly Blessed (1991) A Little More Magic (1993)

Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr, Annette Guest Hardeman Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass, with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price, and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.

Truly Blessed peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the R&B chart. It spawned Pendergrass' third and last R&B chart-topping single in "It Should've Been You", and also contained two further top 40 R&B singles.

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"She Knocks Me Off My Feet"	Teddy Pendergrass Terry Price	Pendergrass Price Craig Burbidge[a] Derek Nakamoto[a]	4:31
2.	"It Should've Been You"	Pendergrass Price	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	5:24
3.	"Don't You Ever Stop"	Pendergrass Price Alfonso Wright	Pendergrass Price	4:09
4.	"It's Over"	Sue Shifrin Ken Gold	Burbidge Nakamoto	5:43
5.	"Glad to Be Alive" (duet with Lisa Fischer)	LeRoy Bell Casey James	Burbidge Nakamoto Narada Michael Walden[b]	5:04
6.	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	5:47
7.	"I Find Everything in You"	James Rashid Carter	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	5:06
8.	"Spend the Night"	Pendergrass Price Bryan Williams	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	5:47
9.	"With You" (duet with Minnie Curry)	Carole Bayer Sager Kenneth Ascher	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	5:53
10.	"We Can't Keep Going On (Like This)"	Carter	Carter Kevin Ashkins Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	4:27
11.	"Truly Blessed"	Pendergrass Gabriel Hardeman	Pendergrass Price Burbidge[a] Nakamoto[a]	7:11

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes an additional producer
• ^{^[b]} denotes a co-producer

Personnel

• Teddy Pendergrass – lead vocals
• Phyllis Yvonne – backing vocals
• Marva King – backing vocals
• Mark Philosit – backing vocals
• Michelle Kornegay – backing vocals
• Annette Hardeman – backing vocals
• Jacqueline Gregory – backing vocals
• Paula Holloway – backing vocals
• Charlene Holloway – backing vocals
• Minnie Curry – backing vocals
• Terry Price – backing vocals
• Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
• Dorian Holley – backing vocals
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
• Julia Waters – backing vocals
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals
• Oren Waters – backing vocals
• Wendy Fraser – backing vocals
• Rosalind Keel – backing vocals
• Fred White – backing vocals
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals
• Joey Diggs – backing vocals
• Solomon Henderson Jr. – backing vocals
• Keith Jones – backing vocals
• Sheila Lakin – backing vocals
• Bridgent Potts – backing vocals
• Ron Monroe – backing vocals
• John Kee – backing vocals
• Andrea Deese – backing vocals
• Clarissa Rhodes – backing vocals
• Jeanette Taylor – backing vocals
• Randy Bowland – guitar
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Darien Daughtry – guitar
• David Gardner – guitar

• Tim Pierce – guitar
• Andre Storey – guitar
• Richard Tucker – guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums, percussion
• Luis Conte – drums, percussion
• Steve Hopkins – drums, percussion
• Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion
• Jim Carter – drums, percussion
• Freddy Washington – bass guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Chuckii Booker – bass guitar
• Patrick Moten – piano
• Derek Nakamoto – keyboards
• Curt Dowd – keyboards
• Bryan Williams – keyboards
• Kevin Ashkins – keyboards
• Pamela Williams – saxophone
• Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone
• Clay Jenkins – horns
• Charlie Davis – horns
• Steve Holyman – horns
• Henry McMillan Jr. – horns
• Andrew Lamb – horns
• Darnell Robinson – horns
• Louis Taylor – horns
• Marc Johnson – horns
• June Kuramoto – koto
• Basil Fung – electric stick
• Jim Salamone – drum programming
• Chilli "E" – drum programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	33