Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) and George Duke produced four more. The production of the album was completed in early May 1984 before the album was released a few weeks later. Carl Matthews of the "Baltimore Afro-American" newspaper called the album "more tempo than her previous releases." Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the "Billboard" pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums. It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively
Let It Be (The Replacements album) rated it at #15 on its list of 100 best albums of the '80s. In the 1999 miniseries "VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll," VH1 ranked "Let It Be" #79. "Pitchfork" rated the album at #29 on their 100 Best Albums of the 1980s. "Spin" ranked it #12 on their list of the 25 Greatest albums of all time. "Slant Magazine" listed the album at #39 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". The opening track of the album, "I Will Dare" has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that