Anita Baker's 'Rhythm of Love'

Anita Baker‘s ‘Rhythm of Love’ is her fifth album released on September 13, 1994 by Elektra.

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1 . Body And Soul (Official Video)

2 . Body And Soul

3 . I Apologize (Official Video)

4 . I Apologize (1994)

5 . You Belong To Me

6 . Wrong Man

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Track Listing : 1.Rhythm Of Love (Anita Baker, Patrick Moten) – 05:50 . 2.The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 04:47 . 3.Body And Soul (Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley) – 05:42 . 4.Baby (Anita Baker) – 04:25 . 5.I Apologize (Anita Baker, Barry J. Eastmond, Gordon Chambers) – 05:09 . 6.Plenty Of Room (Anita Baker) – 04:57 . 7.It’S Been You (Sami Mckinney, Michael O’Hara, Mary Unobsky) – 04:59 . 8.You Belong To Me (Carly Simon, Michael Mcdonald) – 04:41 . 9.Wrong Man (Anita Baker) – 05:51 . 10.Only For A While (Dawn Thomas) – 05:16 . 11.Sometimes I Wonder Why (Mike Reid, Mack David) – 04:37 . 12.My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 05:06

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Musicians : Anita Baker – Vocals, Piano Intro & Synthesized Percussion On(1) . Michael Thompson – Rhythm Guitar On (1) . Dean Parks – Guitars On (2 – 3 – 10) . Paul Peterson – Additional Guitars On (2), Rhythm Guitar On (10) . Ira Siegel – Guitars On (6 – 7), Guitar Solo On (7) . Georg Wadenius – Guitars On (7) . Bucky Pizzarelli – Guitars On (11) . John Mccurry – Guitars On (8) . Andy Snitzer – Saxophone On (8) . Barry J. Eastmond – Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizers, Synth Strings, Synth Bass, Rhodes Piano, Drum Programming . George Duke – Electric Drums, Percussion, Synth Strings, Synclavier Programming, Piano, Synthesized Rhodes . Joe Sample – Piano . Greg Phillinganes – Piano . Eddie Howard – Piano . Luis Resto – Acoustic & Rhodes Piano, Synth Bass, Synthesizer Pads . Michael Bradford – Intro Piano & Synth Programming On (1) . Nathan East – Bass . James Genus – Bass . Anthony Jackson – Bass . Charnett Moffett – Bass . Joe Mardin – Drums, Percussion, Strings & Woodwinds . Bernard Davies – Drums, Percussion . Steve Ferrone – Drums, Percussion

Production : Produced By Anita Baker, Tommy Lipuma, Gerard Smerek, Barry J. Eastmond, Arif Mardin . George Duke . Chris Albert – Assistant Engineer . Earl Cohen – Assistant Engineer . Ian Craigie – Assistant Engineer . Carl Glanville – Assistant Engineer . Andy Grassi – Assistant Engineer . John Hendrickson – Assistant Engineer . David Kutch – Assistant Engineer . Michael O’Reilly – Engineer . Doug Sax – Mastering . Gerard Smerek – Engineer

Arrangements : George Duke

Package : Harry Langdon – Photography . Kip Lott – Photography . Robin Lynch – Art Direction

Recorded 1993-1994.

Released On September 13, 1994 By Elektra.

(Source Anita Baker – Rhythm of Love | Official Site)

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Soulbounce
On the one hand, that playing it safe worked with familiar sounds coloring Rhythm of Love, but criticisms were levied against the set because Anita didn’t take any risks. Here again, much like Sade, when it came to her sound, it wasn’t broke, so there was no need to fix it. […]

That Grape Juice
At a time where gangsta rap, baby-making R&Band rumpshakers were ruling charts, Anita showed ’em how to be sexy while maintaining a level of class. Tapping into a sensuous side that her well-covered 80s-self would have never dared,… […]

Marek34 @ RateYourMusic
I think, it’s really great album, although in my opinion it’s too long. Few songs, like “Wrong Man” or “Baby” could have been left off. […]

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