Nightline (album) explained

Nightline
Type:	studio
Artist:	Randy Crawford
Cover:	Randy_Crawford_Nightline_album_cover.jpg
Released:	1983
Studio:	Bill Schnee Studios Lion Share Ocean Way The Village Recorder Room 335 Sunset Sound (all in Los Angeles)
Genre:	Soul, pop rock
Length:	40:00
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:	Windsong
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Abstract Emotions
Next Year:	1986

Nightline is an album by the American soul singer Randy Crawford.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1983 via Warner Bros. Records.^[3]

The album peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200.^[4] It peaked at No. 37 on the UK Albums Chart.^[5] The title track peaked at No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart.^[6] Crawford supported the album by setting up a toll-free telephone number that hosted a recording of the title track.^[7]

Production

The album was produced by Tommy LiPuma; among Crawford's backing musicians were members of Toto.^[8]

Critical reception

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Nightline has a smooth, creamy sound that never turns mushy. For the first time, Crawford's authoritative vocals sustain a whole album, giving shape and power to pretty material. A real surprise." The Arizona Republic noted that "Crawford's voice sometimes gets a little thin in the softer passages with crescendos occasionally coming too quickly or spottily."^[9]

AllMusic called the album "a nice combination of jazzy, sophisticated ballads, a few harder-hitting numbers, and some heartache material."

Personnel

• Randy Crawford - vocals
• James Newton Howard - keyboards, string arrangement, rhythm arrangements (3, 4), synthesizer (3, 6), synthesizer arrangements (6)
• Robbie Buchanan - keyboards (1, 2, 5), synthesizer, synth arrangements (1, 2)
• Denzil "Broadway" Miller - keyboards (6–10)
• Cecil Womack - guitar, rhythm arrangements (1–6), background vocals (6, 7, 9, 10)
• David Williams - guitar (2, 5)
• Steve Lukather - rhythm guitar (1)
• Dann Huff - guitar solo (2)
• Larry Carlton - guitar solo (4)
• Nathan East - bass guitar (1–5)
• Abe Laboriel - bass guitar (6–10)
• Bill Cuomo - bass synthesizer (6)
• John Robinson drums (1, 2, 5)
• Jeff Porcaro - drums (3, 4)
• James Gadson - drums (6–10)
• Reek Havoc - Simmons drums (6)
• Arnold McCuller (1, 2, 4), *Linda Womack Friendly Womack (6,7, 9, 10) Brenda Russell (1, 2), David Lasley (1, 2), Carmen Twilley (4, 5), Clydene Jackson - background vocals (4), Julia Waters Till Woman (5), Maxine Waters Willard (5) - background vocals
• Lenny Castro - percussion (all tracks)
• Dale Oehler - string arrangements (7–10)
• Nick De Caro - contractor, string arrangements (7–10)
• Ivy Scoff, Jan Abbazia, contractor
• Al Schmitt - engineering, mixing
• Tommy LiPuma - production

Notes and References

1. News: Garcia . Chris . And a Whole Lot More Randy Crawford's Soulful Sounds Highlight Festival . The Press Democrat . 1 Sep 1996 . Q15.
2. Book: Gregory . Hugh . Soul Music A–Z . 1995 . Da Capo Press . 76.
3. Book: The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock . 1992 . Harmony Books . 36 . 7th.
4. Randy Crawford. Billboard.
5. Web site: Randy Crawford Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
6. Book: Rock Movers & Shakers . 1991 . ABC-CLIO . 127.
7. News: Kilcommons . Denis . Scene on Saturday . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 10 Sep 1983 . 8.
8. Book: The Encyclopedia of Record Producers . 1999 . Billboard Books . 476.
9. News: Samson . Larry . Recordings . The Arizona Republic . 2 Nov 1983 . City Life . 22.