Rapture (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rapture
Type = Album
Artist = Anita Baker


Released = March 1986
Genre = R&B
Length = 37:09
Label = Elektra Records
Producer = Michael J. Powell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifoxql5ldhe link]
*Rolling Stone (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/300992/review/5942448?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
Last album = "The Songstress"
(1983)
This album = "Rapture"
(1986)
Next album = "Giving You the Best That I Got"
(1988)

"Rapture" was the breakout 1986 album for Rhythm and blues singer Anita Baker earning her two Grammy Awards in 1987. The album's first track, "Sweet Love" was a Billboard hit in addition to winning the Grammy. The success of "Rapture" (her second album) and "Sweet Love" brought well-deserved widespread attention to Baker. The album has sold over five million copies.

Track #3, and the second single from "Rapture", "Caught up in the Rapture," has been covered by The Make-Up on their 1998 album "In Mass Mind" and Marlin's 2004 album, "Believe".

In 1989, "Rapture" was ranked #36 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

ingles

*Sweet Love
*You Bring Me Joy
*Caught Up In The Rapture
*No One In The World
*Same Ole Love
*Watch Your Step

Track listing

# "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, Gary Bias) – 4:26
# "You Bring Me Joy" (David Lasley) – 4:24
# "Caught up in the Rapture" (Gary Clenn, Dianne Quander) – 5:07
# "Been So Long" (Baker) – 5:07
# "Mystery" (Rod Temperton) – 4:56
# "No One in the World" (Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron) – 4:10 *
# "Same Ole Love" (Marilyn Mcleod, Darryl K. Roberts) – 4:05
# "Watch Your Step" (Baker) – 4:54*Produced by Marti Sharron and Gary Skardina

Credits

*Drums, Percussion: Lorenzo Brown, Ricky Lawson, Arthur Marbury, John Robinson, Lawrence Fratangelo
*Bass: Jimmy Haslip, Neil Steubenhaus, David B. Washington, Freddie Washington
*Guitars: Donald Griffin, Paul Jackson Jr., Greg Moore, Dean Parks, Michael J. Powell
*Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano: Paul Chiten, Vernon D. Fails, Sir Gant, Greg Phillinganes
*Saxophone: Don MyrickArrangements by Sir Gant
*Produced By Michael J. Powell, Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina
*Engineered & Mixed By Michael J. Powell, Fred Law, Barney Perkins, Tony Ray, Keith Seppanen & Gary Skardina

Awards

Grammy Awards

External links

* [http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=60290&show=50&start=0 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s list]