One to One is the third studio album by the English synth-pop musician Howard Jones, released on 13 October 1986 by Elektra Records. The album contains the singles "You Know I Love You... Don't You?" (US top twenty), "All I Want" (top 40 in many European countries) and "Little Bit of Snow" (top 75 in the UK). The CD release also contains the single version of "No One Is to Blame", a song included in its original form on Jones's previous studio album, Dream into Action (1985), which had been re-recorded and released as a single earlier in 1986. This version features Genesis' Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. One to One reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Critical reception
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Jones's songs take on a reflective cast, which neither helps their melodies nor enhances his singing." Trouser Press wrote that "the once-colorful elf has become part of a mainstream adult pop enterprise."
Personnel
Howard Jones – vocals, keyboards, drum and percussion programming, sequencing
Mike Roarty – Fairlight CMI
Reb Beach – guitars
Nick Moroch – guitars
Phil Palmer – guitars
Nile Rodgers – guitars
Mo Foster – bass guitar
Martin Jones (Howard's brother) – bass guitar
Steve Ferrone – drums
Trevor Morais – drums
Phil Collins – drums (11), backing vocals (11)
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Bob Gay – brass section, alto saxophone
Scott Gilman – brass section
Kendall Crane – brass section
Matthew Cornish – brass section
Matt Molloy – flute, penny whistle
Max Eastley – whirling instruments and the Arc
Louise Lowry – tap dancing
Arif Mardin – string arrangements (10)
Gene Orloff – string concertmaster (10)
Afrodiziak (Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, Naomi Thompson) – backing vocals
Daramis Carbaugh – backing vocals
Doris Eugenio – backing vocals
Deborah Forman – backing vocals
Marcus Miller – backing vocals
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Mike Murphy – backing vocals
Mark Stevens – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Boys choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin – backing vocals
John Dexter – choir director and conductor
Production
Tracks 1−10
Arif Mardin – producer
Kevin Killen – engineer, Quality Control technician
Eddie Garcia – assistant engineer (New York, NY)
John Grimes – assistant engineer (Dublin, Ireland)
Mike Roarty – Quality Control technician
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland).
Mixed at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
Track 11
Phil Collins – producer
Hugh Padgham – producer, engineer
Steve Chase – assistant engineer
Paul Gomersall – assistant engineer
Recorded at The Farm (Surrey, England).
Additional credits
Chris Garnham – cover photography
Simon Fowler – inside photography