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1986 studio album by Randy Crawford
Abstract Emotions is the eighth studio album by American
jazz and
R&B singer
Randy Crawford . The album reached No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver in the UK by the
BPI .
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Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
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Ron Wynn of AllMusic noted "Randy Crawford continued her run of good '80s albums..with this 1986 release".
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Track listing
Side one
"Can't Stand the Pain" (Dean Gant, Mark Winkler) – 6:02
"Actual Emotional Love" (
Billie Hughes ,
Roxanne Seeman ) – 5:05
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"World of Fools" (Rolf Graf, Alix Zandrs) – 5:00
"Betcha" (
Reggie Lucas , Leslie L. Smith) - 4:31
"Higher Than Anyone Can Count" (Mary Unobsky, Daniel Ironstone) - 4:14
Side two
"Desire" (Reggie Lucas) – 5:25
"Getting' Away With Murder" (Sue Shifrin,
Terry Britten ) – 4:02
"Overnight" (Reggie Lucas) – 5:14
"
Almaz " (Randy Crawford) – 4:04
"Don't Wanna be Normal" (
Patrick Leonard ,
Hawk Wolinski ,
James Newton Howard ,
David Pack ,
Michael McDonald ) – 5:20
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Personnel
Randy Crawford – vocals
"Sir" Dean Gant – keyboards (1-9), synthesizers (1-9), synthesizer programming (1-9)
Ed Walsh – keyboards (1-9), synthesizers (1-9), synthesizer programming (1-9)
Harry Whitaker – keyboards (1-9), synthesizers (1-9)
Fred Zarr – keyboards (1-9), synthesizers (1-9)
Reggie Lucas –
Synclavier II programming (1-9),
Octave-Plateau
sequencer programming (1-9), guitars (1-9)
James Newton Howard – keyboards (10), keyboard programming (10)
Hawk Wolinski – keyboards (10), keyboard programming (10)
Patrick Leonard – additional synthesizers (10)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (10)
Anthony Jackson – electric bass guitar (1-9)
Bashiri Johnson – percussion ( 1-9)
Leslie Ming – percussion (1-9)
Lisa Fischer – backing vocals (1-9)
Curtis King – backing vocals (1-9)
Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (1-9)
Brenda Wright King – backing vocals (1-9)
Norma Jean Wright – backing vocals (1-9)
Production
Reggie Lucas – producer (1-9), arrangements (1-9)
James Newton Howard – producer (10)
Hawk Wolinski – producer (10)
Joe Ferla – engineer (1-9)
Ray Blair – engineer (10)
Peter Doell – mixing (10)
Jim Dougherty – additional engineer (1-9)
Jay Mark – additional engineer (1-9)
Alan Silverman – additional engineer (1-9)
Jeff Cox – assistant engineer (1-9)
Craig Johnson – assistant engineer (1-9)
Glenn Rosenstein – assistant engineer (1-9)
Jimmy Santis – assistant engineer (1-9)
Pietro Alifani – art direction, design
Aaron Rapoport – photography
Wendy Osmonden – make-up
Studios
Recorded and mixed at Quantum Sound Studios (Jersey City, New Jersey).
Additional recording at Giant Sound Studios and
Sigma Sound Studios , (New York City, New York).
Mastered at Direct Digital Mastering.
References
Studio albums Compilation albums Singles Related articles