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Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 5 Nov 2023 13:55:17

"Rapture" is the 2nd album by the American vocalist Anita Baker. It was released in 1986, and became her breakout album, selling over 8 million copies worldwide (of which 5 million in the US) and earning her two Grammy Awards. The album's first track, "Sweet Love", was a Top 10 Billboard hit in addition to winning a Grammy Award. The music video for the track "Same Ole Love" was filmed and recorded at Baker's Keyboard Lounge. In 1989, "Rapture" was ranked #36 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest albums of the 1980s.

~Wikipedia

Though Anita Baker got some airplay out of The Songstress, that promising solo debut didn't bring her financial security. In fact, Baker was earning her living as a legal secretary in her native Detroit when she signed with Elektra in the mid-'80s. Elektra gave her a strong promotional push, and the equally superb Rapture became the megahit that The Songstress should have been. To its credit, Elektra made her a major star by focusing on Baker's strong point romantic but gospel-influenced R&B/pop ballads and "slow jams," sometimes with jazz overtones and letting her be true to herself. Rapture gave Baker one moving hit after another, including "Sweet Love," "Caught up in the Rapture," "Same Ole Love," and "No One in This World." Praising Baker in a 1986 interview, veteran R&B critic Steve Ivory asserted, "To me, singers like Anita Baker and Frankie Beverly define what R&B or soul music is all about." Indeed, Rapture's tremendous success made it clear that there was still a sizeable market for adult-oriented, more traditional R&B singing.

~Review by Alex Henderson

Release of this album: 1986 [LP Elektra, Cat.# 9 60444-1, USA]
Release of this CD: 1986, March, 20 [CD Elektra / Asylum Records (USA), Cat.# 9 60444-2 / UPC: 075596044424]
Elektra/Asylum Records, a Division of Warner Communications Inc.
℗&© 1986 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International Inc.
for the world outside of the United States.
Printed/Made in U.S.A

Notes: On the back cover of the booklet and on the actual disc the catalogue number appears as 60444-2. On the spine catalogue number appears as 9 60444-2.

"This album is dedicated to Mrs. Lois Landry, you're truly a blessing in my life." (Anita Baker)

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Alex Brown (tracks: 2, 8), Bunny Hull (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), Darryl Phinnessee (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 8), Jim Gilstrap (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), Lynn Davis (tracks: 6), Natalie Jackson (tracks: 5), Phillip Ingram (tracks: 6), Vesta Williams (tracks: 2, 8)
Bass – David B. Washington (tracks: 3, 5, 8), Freddie Washington (tracks: 1, 2, 7), Jimmy Haslip (tracks: 4), Neil Stubenhaus (tracks: 6)
Drums – Arthur Marbury (tracks: 3, 5), Ricky Lawson (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
Engineer – Barney Perkins (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8), Robert Feist (tracks: 6)
Executive-Producer – Anita Baker
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: 6), Donald Griffin (tracks: 4, 8), Greg Moore (tracks: 1, 2, 7), Michael J. Powell (tracks: 3, 5)
Keyboards – Anita Baker (tracks: 8), Sir Gant (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), Randy Kerber (tracks: 6), Vernon Fails (tracks: 3, 5)
Percussion – Larry Fratangelo (tracks: 3, 5), Lorenzo Brown (tracks: 3), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: 1, 2, 6 to 8)
Producer – Marti Sharron (tracks: 6), Michael J. Powell (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8)
Producer, Engineer – Gary Skardina (tracks: 6)
Rhythm Guitar – Paul Jackson (tracks: 6)
Saxophone – Donald Albright (tracks: 8)
Synthesizer [Overdubs] – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: 6), Paul Chiten (tracks: 6)
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Anita Baker

Tracklist:

01. "Sweet Love" (04:26)
(Anita Baker, Gary Bias, Louis A. Johnson)
02. "You Bring Me Joy" (04:26)
(David Lasley)
03. "Caught Up In The Rapture" (05:18)
(Dianne Quander, Garry Glenn)
04. "Been So Long" (05:13)
(Anita Baker)
05. "Mystery" (04:57)
(Rod Temperton)
06. "No One In The World" (04:08)
(Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron)
07. "Same Ole Love" (04:05)
(Darryl K. Roberts, Marilyn McLeod)
08. "Watch Your Step" (04:59)
(Anita Baker)

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