One Down is a 1982 album by the New York based no wave music group Material, produced by Material, recorded by indie producer/engineer Martin Bisi in Brooklyn and musician/engineer Robert Musso in Manhattan. The album sees the band reduced to a duo of keyboardist Michael Beinhorn and bassist Bill Laswell, collaborating with different musicians and singers on each track. Whitney Houston made her recording debut as a lead vocalist on this album, for a version of the song "Memories". Song background "Let Me Have It All" is a cover from Sly and the Family Stone's 1973 album Fresh. "Memories" featured vocals by Whitney Houston accompanied by Archie Shepp on tenor saxophone. The track marks Houston's first appearance on record as a lead vocalist on an album, prior to her own albums and she would perform it at select dates during her first major tour in 1986, The Greatest Love World Tour. The song was written by Hugh Hopper and originally recorded by The Wilde Flowers with vocals by Robert Wyatt. A dance mix by John Luongo of "I'm the One"/"Don't Lose Control" was released as a 12" single in 1982 (Celluloid/Elektra, 0-67970). Mixes of "Time Out" was released as a 12" single in 1983 (Elektra, 0-67916). Track listing "Take a Chance" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 4:31 "I'm the One" (Laswell, Beinhorn, R. Bernard Fowler) – 5:25 "Time Out" (Laswell, Thi-Linh Le, Beinhorn) – 4:52 "Let Me Have It All" (Sly Stewart) – 5:23 "Come Down" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fowler) – 4:43 "Holding On" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Brian Eno) – 4:40 "Memories" (Hugh Hopper) – 3:58 "Don't Lose Control" (Laswell, Beinhorn) – 4:18 CD bonus track "Bustin' Out" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 8:03 Personnel Material Michael Beinhorn – Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-Xa, Oberheim DMX sequencer, Roland TR-808 drum machine, Roland VP330 vocoder, tapes, percussion Bill Laswell – Music Man Sting Ray bass, Fender Precision bass, effects vocalists Nona Hendryx – vocals ("Take a Chance", "Let Me Have It All", "Bustin' Out") B.J. Nelson – vocals ("Take a Chance", "Let Me Have It All", "Holding On") R. Bernard Fowler – vocals ("I'm the One", "Come Down") Thi-Linh Le – voice ("Time Out") Noris Night – voice ("Let Me Have It All") Whitney Houston – vocals ("Memories") Jean Karakos – voice ("Don't Lose Control") musicians Nile Rodgers – guitar ("I'm the One", "Come Down") Fred Frith – guitar ("Time Out") Nicky Skopelitis – guitar