Elixir (Fourplay album) explained
| Elixir |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Fourplay |
| Cover: | elixirfourplay.jpg |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Studio: | Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA)
Masong Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Starlight Studios (Malibu, CA)
DARP Studios (Atlanta, GA)
Remidi Studios (Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY) |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Fourplay |
| Prev Title: | Between the Sheets |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | The Best of Fourplay |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Elixir is the third studio album by Fourplay, released in 1995. Among the guest vocalists on this album are Phil Collins, Patti Austin, and Peabo Bryson.
Personnel
Fourplay
- Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, synthesizer orchestrations, arrangements (4, 8)
- Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, additional synthesizer and computer programming, arrangements (3)
- Nathan East – 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless bass, vocals (5, 9), vocal arrangements (8), arrangements (8), scat (9)
- Harvey Mason – drums, acoustic percussion, electronic percussion, bongos, marimba, Jew's harp, arrangements (8)
Additional Musicians
- Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer and computer programming, vocal arrangements (11)
- Ken Freeman – additional synthesizer and computer programming
- Phil Collins – vocals (4)
- Patti Austin – vocals (8)
- Peabo Bryson – vocals (8)
- Vern Arnold – backing vocals (11)
- Cisco – backing vocals (11)
- Heather Mason – backing vocals (11)
Production
- Bob James – executive producer
- Fourplay – producers
- Nathan East – vocal producer (8)
- Don Murray – recording, mixing
- Thom Kidd – additional recording
- Harvey Mason, Jr. – additional recording
- Lee Ritenour – additional recording
- Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
- Kevin Lively – assistant engineer
- Robert Vosgien – digital editing
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- Linda Cobb – art direction, design
- James Minchin – photography
Studios
- Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); Masong Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Starlight Studios (Malibu, CA); DARP Studios (Atlanta, GA); Remidi Studios (Ardsley-On-Hudson, NY).
- Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, CA).
- Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
