Album
Rapture
1986 · Jazz, Funk / Soul
38 collectors on Gatefold own this
Rapture is a Soul & Funk album by Anita Baker, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 125 pressings tracked, owned by 38 collectors.
About
How does a quietly released album win two GRAMMY® Awards and shift more than eight million copies? By being faultless. Anita Baker’s 1986 offering, <i>Rapture</i>, is a classic soul masterpiece, shot through with jazzy instrumentation and perfectly restrained vocals. “Sweet Love” was her first pop hit, rich with funky piano stabs, a tightly coiled bass groove, and Baker’s deep, powerful vocal. “Caught Up in the Rapture” is even more seductive, as the simplicity of the production provides a sumptuous undercurrent for her so-smooth styling.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Sweet Love4:26
- A2You Bring Me Joy4:24
- A3Caught Up In The Rapture5:07
- A4Been So Long5:07
Side B
- B1Mystery4:56
- B2No One In The World4:10
- B3Same Ole Love4:05
- B4Watch Your Step4:54
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Contemporary R&B
- lush
- tender
- nocturnal
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Specialty Pressing (opens in a new tab), denoted in label matrix suffix (SP) and Stamped EAST around Side B spindle hole
Custom inner sleeve contains lyrics/credits/photo
1st cat#: sleeve; 2nd: labels
All songs except B2 Recorded at Yamaha R&D Studio, Glendale, CA.
Additional recording: United Sound Systems, Inc. Detroit, Mich.
B2 Recorded & mixed at Music Grinder Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA.;
Re-mixed at Yamaha R&D Studio.
Runouts are etched, except for [SRC logo], which is stamped.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anita BakerBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS , LINER NOTES VOCALS
- Alex BrownBACKING VOCALS
- Arthur MarburyDRUMS
- Bunny HullBACKING VOCALS
- Darryl PhinnesseeBACKING VOCALS
- David B. WashingtonBASS
- Dean GantKEYBOARDS
- Dean ParksGUITAR
- Don MyrickSAXOPHONE
- Donald AlbrightSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Donald GriffinGUITAR
- Freddie WashingtonBASS
- Greg MooreGUITAR
- Greg PhillinganesSYNTHESIZER
- Jim GilstrapBACKING VOCALS
- Jimmy HaslipBASS
- John RobinsonDRUMS
- Larry FratangeloPERCUSSION
38 collectors on Gatefold own this · 125 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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