Tracklist
| 1 | Woman You're Driving Me Mad | 6:10 |
| 2 | The Gifted | 4:47 |
| 3 | Friends And Lovers | 5:42 |
| 4 | Ego Mania Mambo | 6:54 |
| 5 | Gentle Men | 4:25 |
| 6 | Fortune Hunter | 6:24 |
| 7 | Ships Of Fools | 5:59 |
| 8 | Passionist | 7:35 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – Baby'O Recorders
- Mixed At – Soundcastle
- Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Credits
- Bass – Abraham Laboriel
- Coordinator [Production] – Ceferino "Sonny" Abelardo*, Pamela Hope Lobue
- Drums – Edward Emory
- Engineer – F. Byron Clark
- Engineer [Assistant] – Glenn D. Kurtz*
- Guitar – Dean Parks, Rick Zunigar
- Keyboards – Joe Sample
- Mixed By – F. Byron Clark
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Liz Cluse
- Percussion – Lenny Castro
- Producer – Wilton Felder
- Trumpet – Sal Marquez
- Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson
- Written-By – Joe Sample
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 022925473929
- Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
- Other (Spars): AAD
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 739-1 | Joe Sample | Roles (LP, Album) | MCA Records | 254 739-1 | Germany | 1987 |
| MCFC 3371 | Joe Sample | Roles (Cass, Album) | MCA Records | MCFC 3371 | UK | 1987 |
| MCF 3371 | Joe Sample | Roles (LP, Album) | MCA Records | MCF 3371 | UK | 1987 |
| MCA-3539 | Joe Sample | Roles (LP, Album) | MCA Records | MCA-3539 | Venezuela | 1987 |
| P-13494 | Joe Sample | Roles (LP, Album, Promo) | MCA Records | P-13494 | Japan | 1987 |
