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The Night I Fell in Love (album)

The Night I Fell in Love is the fourth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on March 8, 1985, by Epic Records. In 1986, Vandross garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and two American Music Awards, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The first single "'Til My Baby Comes Home" is notable for featuring Billy Preston on organ.

The Night I Fell in Love reached number nineteen on the US Billboard 200 album chart and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, it was ranked #93 on Rolling Stone Magazines list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s. The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

Personnel

  • Luther Vandross – lead vocals, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (3, 4, 6–8)
  • John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • Marcus Miller – synthesizers, backing vocals, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5), bass (2–8)
  • Ed Walsh – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • Billy Preston – organ (1)
  • Doc Powell – guitars
  • Georg Wadenius – guitars
  • Eluriel Barfield – bass (1)
  • Yogi Horton – drums
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
  • Steve Kroon – congas, bongos
  • Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
  • Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
  • Michelle Cobbs – alto vocals
  • Darlene Love – alto vocals
  • Paulette McWilliams – alto vocals
  • Brenda White King – alto vocals
  • Alfa Anderson – soprano vocals
  • Lisa Fischer – soprano vocals
  • Cissy Houston – soprano vocals
  • Yvonne Lewis – soprano vocals

Production

  • Larkin Arnold – executive producer
  • Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 5)
  • Luther Vandross – producer
  • Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Butler – assistant engineer
  • Ric Butz – assistant engineer
  • Iris Cohen – assistant engineer
  • Dave Greenberg – assistant engineer
  • Alex Haas – assistant engineer
  • Garry Rindfuss – assistant engineer
  • Tom Roberts – assistant engineer
  • Bruce Wildstein – assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Dominick Celani – production assistant
  • Barri Kaye – production manager
  • Gordon Elliott – production coordinator
  • Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor
  • George Corsillo – art direction, design
  • Brian Hagiwara – photography
  • Ret Turner – clothing
  • Cornell Hill – hair stylist
  • Jeff Jones – make-up
  • Shep Gordon – management
  • Daniel S. Markus – management
  • Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company

Studio management

  • Diane Alleyne (Power Station)
  • Thomas Cimillo (Minot Sound)
  • Yvonne Kelly (AIR Studios)
  • Paula Marshall (Westlake Studios)
  • Susan Planer (Mediasound)
  • Bob Walters (Power Station)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References