Mr. Wright Explained

Mr. Wright
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bernard Wright
Cover:	Bernard Wright - Mr Wright album cover.jpg
Genre:	R&B
Label:	Manhattan
Producer:	Lenny White Marcus Miller
Prev Title:	Funky Beat
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Fresh Hymns
Next Year:	1990

Mr. Wright is the third studio album by American contemporary R&B singer Bernard Wright, released in 1985 via Manhattan Records. The album did not chart on the Billboard 200 but it peaked at #25 on the Billboard R&B chart.^[1] It was also Wright's last album to chart in the United States.

Three singles were released from the album: "Who Do You Love", "After You" and "Yo 'Nard". "Who Do You Love" was the most successful single from the album, peaking at #6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart in 1985.^[1]

Personnel

• Bernard Wright

Lead vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Solo Guitar on "Too Damn Hot," backing vocals on various tracks, all instruments on tracks 8

• Flare Funston: Drums, Percussion
• Lenny White

Tymbales

• Marcus Miller

Bass, Guitar on "Who Do You Love," Additional Synthesizers on "Just When I Thought You Were Mine"

• Nick Moroch: Guitar
• Yvonne Lewis: Backing vocals on "After You," "Love You So," "Too Damn Hot"
• Marla Adler: Backing vocals on "After You," "Who Do You Love"
• Lester Bell: Backing vocals on "After You"
• Sybil Thomas: Backing vocals on "Love You So," "Too Damn Hot"
• Dennis Collins: Backing vocals on "Love You So," "Too Damn Hot"
• Alec Head: Bridge rap on "Killin' Me"
• Old Man Mose: Vocalization on "Brown Shoes"
• Anita Wright, Kevin Osborne, Lenny White: Yo Nards on "Yo Nard"

^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bernard Wright Awards AllMusic. AllMusic. All Media Network. November 12, 2015.
2. Bernard Wright - Mr. Wright LP back cover and liner notes. Accessed 3-24-2017.