Blue Obsession
Blue Obsession is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on March 28, 2000, by Ramp Records.Track listing
Personnel
- Michael McDonald – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer, vocal arrangements, organ, acoustic piano, clavinet, backing vocals
- Tommy Sims – rhythm arrangements, keyboards, bass, vocal arrangements, horn arrangements, duet vocals, clavinet, rhythm guitar, drum programming, guitar, synthesizer, percussion, acoustic piano
- Marc Harris – organ, clavinet
- Billy Livsey – organ
- Johnny Neel – Hammond B3 organ
- David Pack – additional keyboards, guitar
- Joe Houge – programming, organ, sampling
- Chris Rodriguez – guitar, acoustic guitar
- Bernie Chiaravalle – rhythm guitar, guitar solo, guitar, cymbal
- George Cocchini – acoustic guitar, guitar
- Will Owsley – electric guitar
- Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Chris Pelonis – guitar
- Chris Kent – electric bass
- Todd Smith – bass
- Dan Needham – drums, percussion
- Yvette Preyer – drums, tambourine
- Chester Thompson – wave drum
- Brian Zsupnik – drums
- George Perilli – drums
- Tom Roady – percussion
- Terry McMillan – percussion, congas
- Danny Duncan – sound effects, percussion
- Tim Akers – horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor, organ
- Mark Douthit – saxophone
- Doug Moffet – saxophone
- Denis Solee – saxophone
- Barry Green – trombone
- Mike Haynes – trumpet
- Sam Levine – flute
- Bobby Taylor – oboe
- Viktor Krauss – bass fiddle
- Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor
- Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster, violin
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Anthony LaMarchina – cello
- Bob Mason – cello
- Carol McClure – harp
- Alan Umstead – viola
- Gary Vanosdale – viola
- Kris Wilkinson – viola
- David Davidson – violin
- Conni Ellisor – violin
- Lee Larrison – violin
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
- Tabitha Fair – backing vocals
- Angelo Petrucci – backing vocals
- Veronica Petrucci – backing vocals
- Nicol Smith – backing vocals
- Chris Willis – backing vocals
- Wendy Moten – duet and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Amy Holland – harmony vocals, backing vocals
- Rodney Covington – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Stacy Covington – backing vocals
- Delores Cox – backing vocals
- Ladre Fayne – backing vocals
- Pamela Holman – backing vocals
- Alfreda McCrary – backing vocals
- Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
- Demitria Slaydon – backing vocals
- Duane Starling – backing vocals
- Timothy Terry – backing vocals
- Karla Bonoff – backing vocals
- Christopher Cross – backing vocals
- Claude McKnight – backing vocals
- Joey Kibble – backing vocals
- Mark Kibble – backing vocals
- Kevin Max – backing vocals
- Toby McKeehan – duet and backing vocals
- Michael Tait – backing vocals
Production
- Producers – Tommy Sims ; Bernie Chiaravalle ; Michael McDonald ; David Pack.
- Production Coordination – Gail Chiaravalle, Bridgett Evans O'Lannerghty and Susan Henson.
- Engineers – Mark Casselman, Ben Fowler, Andy Gerome, Jon Lechner, Russ Martin, Chris Pelonis, Greg Rubin, Grady Walker and Martin Woodlee.
- Assistant Engineers – Joe Costa, Tim Coyle, Dave Dillbeck, Mark Frigo, Tony Green, Graham Lewis, Shawn McLean, Hank Nirider and F. Reid Shippen.
- Mixing – Greg Rubin ; Rick Will ; Chris Pelonis.
- Hard Disk Editing on Tracks 4 & 5 – Shyene Guy
- Editing on Track 11 – Joe Houge
- Art Direction – Bruce Steinberg
- Design – Simon Design
- Photography – Gary Braasch, Dennis Keeley, Bruce Steinberg and Tony Stone Images.
