Niecy

Niecy
Studio album by Deniece Williams
Released	March 19, 1982
Recorded	1981 at Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B, Soul
Label	Columbia
Producer	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams chronology
My Melody (1981)My Melody1981 Niecy (1982) I'm So Proud (1983)I'm So Proud1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B+)

Niecy is a 1982 album by American singer Deniece Williams which was released on the Columbia Records label. The album went to numbers 20 and 5 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums and Billboard R&B Albums charts. Featured on the album was a cover of The Royalettes' "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", which was released as a single and peaked at number 1, 6 and 10 on the U.S. Billboard R&B, Adult Contemporary Singles and Hot 100 charts respectively.

Track listing

Original Release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting By The Hotline"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	3:40
2.	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman, Bob Weinstein	4:10
3.	"Love Notes"	Skip Scarborough	4:22
4.	"I Believe in Miracles"	Kenny LaMar, Dave Raynor	2:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"How Does It Feel"		5:50
6.	"Waiting"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	4:32
7.	"Now is The Time for Love"	Thom Bell, Deniece Williams	4:09
8.	"A Part of Love"	Kevin Bassinson	3:39

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	U.S. Billboard R&B Albums	5
	U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums	20

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
		U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	1
		U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles	6
	"Waiting By The Hotline"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	103
		U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	29
	"Waiting"		72

Personnel

Musicians

• Bob Babbitt - Bass, Piccolo
• Thom Bell - Keyboards, Background Vocals
• Charles Collins - Drums
• Bobby Eli - Guitar
• Joseph B. Jefferson - Vocals
• George Merrill - Synthesizer, Background Vocals
• Bill Neale - Guitar
• Don Renaldo - Strings, Horn
• Ed Shea - Percussion
• Larry Washington - Percussion
• Deniece Williams - Vocals

Technical

• Thom Bell - Producer
• Joe Tarsia - Engineer
• Deniece Williams - Producer
• Nancy Donald - design
• Allan Luftig - photography