I Can't Be Myself

Recorded for Barbara Acklin's Brunswick Records album I Call It Trouble, I Can't Be Myself belongs to her early-1970s Chicago recording catalogue. Eugene Record, lead singer and songwriter of the Chi-Lites, is credited as the track's producer. Released in 1973 on I Call It Trouble, the recording reflects Acklin's continued association with Brunswick Records and the Chicago soul production circle. It appeared alongside compositions including I'll Bake Me a Man, Lady, Lady, Lady and the album's title track. I Can't Be Myself remains part of Barbara Acklin's Brunswick-era catalogue, preserved through reissues of I Call It Trouble. The recording documents her ongoing collaboration with Eugene Record during the period following her late-1960s commercial successes.