Dangerous (Natalie Cole album)

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Dangerous
Natalie Cole Dangerous album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Natalie Cole
ReleasedMay 15, 1985
Recorded1984–85
Genre
LabelModern/Atco
Producer
  • Gary Skardina
  • Marti Sharron
  • Harold Beatty
  • Eddie Cole
  • Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole chronology
I'm Ready
(1983) 		Dangerous
(1985) 		Everlasting
(1987)

Dangerous is a 1985 album by American singer Natalie Cole released on May 15, 1985 through the Atco Records-distributed Modern Records label. The album reached peak positions of number 140 on the Billboard 200 and number 48 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "Dangerous" (Marti Sharron, Stephen Mitchell, Gary Skardina) - 3:47
  2. "Billy the Kid Next Door" (Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty) - 4:39
  3. "Secrets" (Dianne Steinberg, Marti Sharron) - 4:11
  4. "Nobody's Soldier" (David Lasley, Willie Wilcox) - 4:06
  5. "Opposites Attract" (Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty, R. David, R. Holland) - 3:43
  6. "A Little Bit of Heaven" (Graham Lyle, Richard Kerr) - 4:01
  7. "Your Car (My Garage)" (Eddie Holland, Harold Beatty) - 4:04
  8. "Love is On the Way" (Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole) - 4:51
  9. "The Gift" (Mark Davis, Marti Sharron) - 3:11

Personnel[]

  • Natalie Cole – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (2, 5, 7)
  • Paul Fox – synthesizer (1)
  • Charles Judge – synthesizer (1, 3), programming (3), bass guitar (3), arrangements (3)
  • Rory Kaplan – synthesizer (1)
  • Jamie Sheriff – synthesizer (1, 4)
  • Stephen Mitchell – synthesizer (1), programming (1), drum machine (1), arrangements (1)
  • Greg Wright – synthesizer (2, 5, 7), arrangements (2, 5, 7)
  • Michael Rochelle – synthesizer, programming (2)
  • Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (3)
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards (4, 6, 9), piano (4)
  • Robbie Buchanan – additional synthesizer (4, 6, 9)
  • David Joyce – keyboards (8), backing vocals (8)
  • Michael Boyd – guitar (1)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (1), guitar (8)
  • Josh Sklair – rhythm guitar (2), guitar (5, 7)
  • Sheldon Sondheim – additional rhythm guitar (2)
  • Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar (3), synth guitar (3)
  • Dean Parks – guitar (4, 6), rhythm guitar (9)
  • Nathan East – bass guitar (1, 4, 6)
  • Keith Nelson – bass guitar (5)
  • Freddie Washington – bass guitar (8, 9)
  • Craig Burbidge – programming (2)
  • Larry Talbert – programming (2)
  • John Robinson – drums (4, 6, 9)
  • Robert Jacobs – electronic drums (7)
  • Robert Shipley – drums (8)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
  • Steve Forman – additional percussion (3)
  • Gary Skardina – tambourine (1), arrangements (1, 4, 9)
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn solo (4)
  • Ron Brown – saxophone (5)
  • David Majal Li – saxophone (5)
  • Fred Wesley – trombone (5)
  • Ray Brown – trumpet (5)
  • Nolan Smith – trumpet (5)
  • Marti Sharron – arrangements (1, 4, 9), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Gene Page – arrangements (4, 6, 8), string arrangements (4, 9), rhythm arrangements (9)
  • Alex Brown – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Portia Griffin – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Van Ross Redding – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Eddie Cole – backing vocals (4, 5, 8), saxophone solo (7), arrangements (8)
  • Katrina Perkins – backing vocals (8)
  • Sissy Peoples – backing vocals (8)

In popular culture[]

Though the song "A Little Bit of Heaven" only reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] it was used as a recurring love theme for Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo on the television soap opera Santa Barbara.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ http://allmusic.com/album/dangerous-r4310/charts-awards
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/dangerous-mw0000193330/awards
  4. ^ http://www.cybercom.net/~jima/misc/songs.html
  5. ^ Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 13 Dec. 2016.
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