After Dark (Ray Parker Jr. album)
After Dark is the fourth album by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ray Parker Jr. released on August 25, 1987 by Geffen Records. The album rose to No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.Overview and singles
After Dark was produced by Ray Parker Jr., Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. As a single "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone" rose to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart. A duet with Natalie Cole called Over You also rose to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
- Ray Parker Jr. – all instruments, arrangements
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Cornelius Mims, Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro, Ollie E. Brown, Carlos Vega – drums
- J. Wayne Lindsey, Robbie Buchanan, Eric Daniels, Sylvester Rivers, Greg Phillinganes, Burt Bacharach – keyboards
- Larry Williams – synthesizer
- Kevin Toney – piano
- Gerald Albright – saxophone solo
- Dave Boroff – saxophone solo
- Burt Bacharach – arrangements
- Gene Page – arrangements
Background vocalists
Ray Parker Jr., Kamaya Koepke, Karyn White, Arnell Carmichael, Keith Harrison, Candice Ghant, Kashif, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Yogi Horton, Cornelius Mims, Monty Seward, Lynne Fiddmont, Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes, Anita ShermanProduction
