Elektra publishes the second Anita Baker’s album ‘Rapture’ (1986)

Anita Baker‘s ‘Rapture’ is her second (and breakout) album released on March 20, 1986 by Elektra.

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1 . Sweet Love

2 . Sweet Love (Live)

3 . You Bring Me Joy (Live)

4 . You Bring Me Joy

5 . Caught Up In The Rapture (Live)

6 . Been So Long

7 . No One In The World

8 . Same Ole Love (Official Video)

9 . Same Ole Love (Live)

10 . Same Ole Love

11 . Watch Your Step

Anita Baker – Rapture


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Track Listing : 1.Sweet Love (Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, Gary Bias) – 04:26 . 2.You Bring Me Joy (David Lasley) – 04:24 . 3.Caught Up In The Rapture (Garry Glenn, Dianne Quander) – 05:07 . 4.Been So Long (Anita Baker) – 05:07 . 5.Mystery (Rod Temperton) – 04:56 . 6.No One In The World (Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron) – 04:10 * . 7.Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year) (Marilyn Mcleod, Darryl K. Roberts) – 04:05 . 8.Watch Your Step (Anita Baker) – 04:54


Carol Friedman

Musicians : Anita Baker – Vocals, Piano On (8) . Lorenzo Brown – Drums, Percussion . Ricky Lawson – Drums, Percussion . Arthur Marbury – Drums, Percussion . John Robinson – Drums, Percussion . Lawrence Fratangelo – Drums, Percussion . Jimmy Haslip – Bass . Neil Stubenhaus – Bass . David B. Washington – Bass . Freddie Washington – Bass . ((Mr. Easy))Donald Griffin – Guitar . Paul Jackson Jr. – Guitar . Greg Moore – Guitar . Dean Parks – Guitar . Michael J. Powell – Guitar . Paul Chiten – Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano . Vernon D. Fails – Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano . Sir Gant – Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano . Greg Phillinganes – Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano . Don Myrick – Saxophone . Donald Albright – Saxophone

Production : Produced By Michael J. Powell, Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina . Robert Feist – Engineer . Barney Perkins – Engineer . Gary Skardina – Engineer . Keith “Kc” Cohen – Assistant Engineer . Fred Law – Assistant Engineer . Tony Ray – Assistant Engineerkeith Seppanen . Michael J. Powell – Mixing . Barry Diament – Mastering . Bernie Grundman – Mastering

Recorded 1985-1986.

Released On March 20, 1986 By Elektra.

Package : Carol Friedman asterisques RVM – Art Direction, Photography

(Source Anita Baker – Rapture | Official Site)

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Robert Christgau
God knows it’s more soulfuland sexier, too, but that’s all it is–a reification of the human voice as vehicle of an expression purer than expression ever ought to be. […]

BBC
Rapture survived being hijacked by the dinner party crowd and over-familiarity. Had it been recorded in the 60s, it would be as revered as Aretha Franklin’s Muscle Shoals recordings or Dusty in Memphis. […]

allmusic
Praising Baker in a 1986 interview, veteran R&B critic Steve Ivory asserted, “To me, singers like Anita Baker and Frankie Beverly define what R&B or soul music is all about.” Indeed,… […]

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