One Step Closer (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = One Step Closer
Type = Album
Artist = The Doobie Brothers


Released = October, 1980
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 37:41
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Ted Templeman
Reviews =
* Allmusic ({1|2}/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7qotk6dx9krw~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedoobiebrothers/albums/album/116536/review/5942096/one_step_closer link]
Last album = "Minute by Minute"
(1978)
This album = "One Step Closer"
(1980)
Next album = "Farewell Tour"
(1983)

"One Step Closer" is the ninth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1980. The album included the hit "Real Love", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

#"Dedicate This Heart" (McDonald, Paul Anka) – 4:07
#"Real Love" (McDonald, Henderson) – 4:18
#"No Stoppin' Us Now" (Simmons, McDonald, Chris Thompson) – 4:40
#"Thank You Love" (Cornelius Bumpus) – 6:22
#"One Step Closer" (Knudsen, Carlene Carter, McFee) – 4:10
#"Keep This Train A-Rollin" (McDonald) – 3:29
#"Just in Time" (Simmons) – 2:43
#"South Bay Strut" (McCracken, McFee) – 4:05
#"One By One" (Bobby LaKind, McDonald) – 3:47

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers
*Patrick Simmons - guitars, vocals
*John McFee - guitars, backing vocals
*Michael McDonald - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals
*Cornelius Bumpus - tenor saxophone, organ, vocals
*Tiran Porter - bass
*Keith Knudsen - drums, backing vocals
*Chester McCracken - drums, vibraphone, marimbas

Additional personnel
*Bobby LaKind - congas, bongos, background vocals
*Nicolette Larson - vocals on "Real Love", "Dedicate This Heart", and "Just In Time"
*Rev. Patrick Henderson - keyboards on "Real Love", "One By One", and "Keep This Train A-Rollin'"
*Lee Thornburg - trumpet on "South Bay Strut" and flugelhorn for "Dedicate This Heart"
*Christopher Thompson - background vocals on "No Stoppin' Us Now"
*Ted Templeman - tambourine, cowbell, maracas
*Jerome Jumonville - tenor saxophone
*Joel Peskin - baritone saxophone
*Bill Armstrong - trumpet
*Jimmie Haskell - string arrangements

Production

*Producer: Ted Templeman
*Production assistant: Joan Parker
*Engineers: James Isaacson, Gene Meros
*Mastering: Kent Duncan
*Photography: Norman Seeff
*Design: Jim Welch
*Art Direction: Jim Welch
*Conductor: Bobby LaKind
*Horn arrangements: Jerome Jumonville (for "Keep This Train A-Rollin'")
*String arrangements: Jimmy Haskell (for "Real Love" and "South Bay Strut")

Charts

Album

Singles

References