Something About You

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:58:48
Personnel includes: Angela Bofill (vocals); Narada Michael Walden (vocals, arranger, piano); Frank Martin (arranger, conductor, whistle, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, sound effects); Earl Klugh (acoustic guitar); Corrado Rustici, Joaquin Lievano (guitar); Larry Schneider (flute); Tower Of Power Horns, The See America Horns (horns); Patrick Cowley (synthesizer, sound effects); Randy Jackson (bass); Andy Narell (steel drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); John Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Jim Gilstrap (background vocals). Producers: Narada Michael Walden, Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen. Reissue producer: Paul Williams. Principally recorded at Automatt Studios, San Francisco, California. Originally released on Arista (9576). Includes liner notes by David Nathan. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of Arista Records "Original Masteres" series. Personnel: Corrado Rustici, Joaquin Lievano (guitar); Earl Klugh (acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar); Larry Schneider (flute); Marc Russo (saxophone); Greg Adams , Mic Gillette (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Wallace (trombone); Tower of Power (horns); Narada Michael Walden (piano, drums); Patrick Cowley (synthesizer, sound effects); Greg Levias (synthesizer); Andy Narell (steel drum); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Scherrie Payne, Vicki Randle, Myrna Matthews (background vocals). Liner Note Author: David Nathan . Photographers: Waring Abbott; Tom Copi. Arranger: Narada Michael Walden. Angela Bofill enjoyed surprising commercial success with her first two albums, Angie and Angel of the Night, produced by contemporary jazz executives Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen for their GRP label, distributed by Arista. She then jumped to Arista proper (causing some bad blood with GRP) to try for a deliberate jazz-pop crossover on her third album, which was produced by Narada Michael Walden and shepherded by Arista president Clive Davis, who took an executive producer credit. Davis canvassed the publishing world for likely hit songs, then Walden put together a studio team to create a smooth, sophisticated sound that would, it was hoped, work for pop, R&B, and adult contemporary radio as well as setting feet moving in the discos. In practice, it didn't work out that way. The title track, with a lush disco arrangement, arrived as a single after disco had faded, though it, like second single "Holdin' Out for Love," a professional song by professional songwriters Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow, managed to peak in the R&B Top 40. With those calling cards, the album was able to register only a Top 20 R&B/Top 100 pop showing, not as high as Angel of the Night, as Bofill's contemporary jazz fans deserted her in droves for her commercial sellout. This is a shame, since, however compromised its goals, much of Something About You is effective early-'80s jazz-pop, and Bofill sings powerfully throughout. Particularly impressive are the ballads "Break It to Me Gently" and "Time to Say Goodbye." ~ William Ruhlmann
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)