Keep Your Eye on Me explained
Keep Your Eye on Me is a pop/R&B/dance album by Herb Alpert, released in 1987. It contains two hit singles, "Diamonds" and "Making Love in the Rain" (both featuring lead and background vocals by Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith). These Billboard Top 40 hits, along with the title track and "Pillow" (featuring co-lead vocals by Alpert and singer/wife Lani Hall) were written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The remainder of the album consists of tracks produced by Herb Alpert and various producers. The record was constructed with Side 1 (Tracks 1-5) featuring uptempo songs, while Side 2 (Tracks 6-10) featured down tempo songs and ballads.
All trumpet solos were played by Herb Alpert.
The album was released on CD by A&M Records in 1987, along with extended CD singles of the title track and "Diamonds". It was re-released on September 12, 2013 in a download-only version available exclusively through Alpert's official website, HerbAlpertPresents.com.
Track listing
- "Keep Your Eye on Me" (Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis)- 5:13
- "Hot Shot" (Albert Hammond) - 3:56
- "Diamonds" (Jam, Lewis) - 4:53
- "Traffic Jam" (Les Pierce) - 3:16
- "Cat Man Do" (Roy Bittan, Herb Alpert) - 5:26
- "Pillow" (Jam, Lewis) - 4:32
- "Our Song" (Alpert, Sal Macaluso) - 3:55
- "Making Love in the Rain" (Jam, Lewis) - 5:56
- "Rocket to the Moon" (John Barnes, Alpert) - 3:52
- "Stranger on the Shore" (Mr. Acker Bilk, R. Mellin) - 2:54
Personnel
- Herb Alpert – all trumpets (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 3, 8), arrangements (2, 4, 5, 9, 10), trumpet (4, 8, 10), flugelhorn (4), lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6), muted trumpet (8), celeste (10)
- Jimmy Jam – keyboard and drum programming (1, 3, 6, 8), percussion (1, 3, 6, 8); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8)
- David Eiland – keyboard programming (1), sampling (1)
- Laythan Armor – keyboards (2), bass programming (2), drums (2), arrangements (2), synth voices and bass programming (7), electronic percussion (7)
- John Barnes – organ sound (2), DX7 tuba (5), keyboards (7, 9), drum programming (9), arrangements (9, 10), Fairlight voices (10), DX7 harmonica (10)
- Les Pierce – keyboard programming (4), drums (4), arrangements (4)
- Roy Bittan – keyboards (5), arrangements (5)
- Salvatore Macaluso – synth voices (7), synth bass (7)
- Michael Landau – guitars (2, 4, 5, 10), guitar solo (9), arrangements (10)
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm guitar (9)
- Terry Lewis – vocals (1); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8), bass (3), percussion (3, 6), backing vocals (3, 6, 8)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass (5, 9)
- Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass (7)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (5, 9)
- Steve Schaeffer – drums (10), percussion (10)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 9)
- Albert Hammond – arrangements (2)
- Michael Stokes – arrangements (2)
- Lisa Keith – vocals (1), vocal arrangements (1, 3, 8), lead vocals (3, 8), backing vocals (3, 6, 8)
- Janet Jackson – lead and backing vocals (3, 8)
- James "Popeye" Greer – party vocals (3)
- Jellybean Johnson – party vocals (3)
- Lani Hall – lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6)
Production
- John McClain – executive producer (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – producers (1, 3, 6, 8), assistant engineers (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Herb Alpert – producer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Les Pierce – associate producer (4)
- Roy Bittan – producer (5)
- Shelly Yakus – remixing (4, 9, 10), producer (10)
- Steve Hodge – engineer (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Bill Bottrell – engineer (2)
- Robert de la Garza – engineer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- James "Popeye" Greer – assistant engineer (1, 3, 6, 8), studio manager
- Michael Bowman – assistant engineer (2)
- Ron Jacobs – assistant engineer (2), remix assistant (5, 7)
- John Pace – remixing (2, 5, 7), engineer (7)
- Paul McKenna – remixing (4)
- Mark McKenna – remix assistant (4, 9)
- Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Susan Owens – production coordinator (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Chuck Beeson – art direction
- Melanie Nissen – art direction, design
- Chris Callis – photography
