1993 studio album by Fourplay
Between the Sheets is the second studio album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released in August 1993 on Warner Bros. Records . The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[1] [2] [3] Between the Sheets has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA .[4]
Critical reception [ ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [5]
Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) [6]
Track listing [ ]
[5]
Personnel [ ]
Fourplay
Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano , Yamaha Disklavier piano , synthesizers, string orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7)
Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, guitar synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9)
Nathan East – 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless basses, lead chant (1), chorus chant (1), lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3, 5)
Harvey Mason – drums, percussion, marimba , vibraphone , chimes , glockenspiel , arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11)
Additional Musicians
Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer programming, computer sequencing , drum programming (3)
Marcel East – arrangements (5)
Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1)
Chaka Khan – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
Phillip Bailey – backing vocals (3)
Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3)
Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)
Production [ ]
Bob James – producer, executive producer
Nathan East – producer
Lee Ritenour – producer
Harvey Mason, Sr. – producer
Don Murray – recording, mixing
Neal Avron – assistant engineer
Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
Marcel East – vocal recording
Harvey Mason, Jr. – technician
Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering
Wally Traugott – mastering
Debra Johnson – production coordinator
Kim Champagne – art direction, design
Stuart Watson – photography
Studios
Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York).
Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California).
Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California).
Charts [ ]
Album – Billboard
Year
Chart[2] [3]
Position
1993
The Billboard 200
70
1993
Top Contemporary Jazz Albums
1
1993
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
15
Singles – Billboard
Title
Year
Chart
Position
Between the Sheets
1993
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
72
Chant
1994
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
98
References [ ]
show Studio albums Compilations
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