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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