Anita Baker "Rapture" (1986) -Westcoast Soul-

  

 Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Sweet Love (Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson & Gary Bias)
02 - You Bring Me Joy (David Lasley)
03 - Caught Up In The Rapture (Garry Glenn & Dianne Quander)
04 - Been So Long (Anita Baker)

Side Two

01 - Mystery (Rod Temperton)
02 - No One In The World (Ken Hirsch & Marti Sharron)
03 - Same Ole Love (Marilyn McLeod & Darryl K. Roberts)
04 - Watch Your Step (Anita Baker)


All Songs except "No One In The World"
Recorded at Yamaha R&D Studio, Glendale, CA
Produced by Michael J. Powell
Engineer : Barney Perkins
Assistant Engineers : Fred Law, Keith Seppanen, Keith Cohen
Additional Recording : United Sound Systems, Inc., Detroit, Mich.
Engineer : Barney Perkins
Assistant Engineer : Tony Ray
Mixed at Yamaha R&D Studio by Barney Perkins & Michael J. Powell

"No One In The World"
Recorded & Mixed at Music Grinder Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Re-Mixed at Yamaha R&D Studio by Barney Perkins & Michael J. Powell
Produced by Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina
Engineers : Gary Skardina & Robert Feist
Mastering by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Studios

Executive Producer : Anita Baker


Side One

01 - Sweet Love

Keyboards : Sir Gant
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Gregg Moore
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Bunny Hull, Jim Gilstrap, Darryl Phinnessee, Anita Baker

02 - You Bring Me Joy

Keyboards : Sir Gant
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Gregg Moore
Saxophone : Don Myrick
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Bunny Hull, Vesta Williams, Alex Brown, Jim Gilstrap, Darryl Phinnessee, Anita Baker 

03 - Caught Up In The Rapture

Keyboards : Vernon Fails
Bass : David B. Washington
Guitar : Michael J. Powell
Drums : Arthur Marbury III
Percussion : Lorenzo Brown, Lawrence Fratangelo
Background vocals : Anita Baker 

04 - Been So Long

Keyboards : Sir Gant
Bass : Jimmy Haslip
Guitar : Donald Griffin
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Background vocals : Bunny Hull, Jim Gilstrap, Daryl Phinnessee, Anita Baker

Side Two

01 - Mystery

Keyboards : Vernon Fails
Bass : David B. Washington
Guitar : Michael J. Powell
Drums : Arthur Marbury III
Finger Pops : Holli L. Perkins, Alpha L. Perkins, Michael J. Powell, Warren Woods
Background vocals : Natalie D. Jackson, Anita Baker 

02 - No One In The World

Keyboards : Randy Kerber
Synthesizer Overdubs : Greg Phillinganes, Paul Chiten
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Guitar : Dean Parks
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Rhythm Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Phillip Ingram, Darry Phinnessee, Lynn Davis 

03 - Same Ole Love

Keyboards : Sir Gant
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Gregg Moore
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Bunny Hull, Jim Gilstrap, Darryl Phinnessee 

04 - Watch Your Step

Keyboards : Sir Gant, Anita Baker
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Donald Griffin
Saxophone : Gerald Albright
Drums : Ricky Lawson