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Overview

Though Anita Baker got some airplay out of The Songstress, that promising solo debut didn't bring her financial security. In fact, Baker was earning her living as a legal secretary in her native Detroit when she signed with Elektra in the mid-'80s. Elektra gave her a strong promotional push, and the equally superb Rapture became the megahit that The Songstress should have been. To its credit, Elektra made her a major star by focusing on Baker's strong point -- romantic but gospel-influenced R&B/pop ballads and "slow jams," sometimes with jazz overtones -- and letting her be true to herself. Rapture gave Baker one moving hit after another, including "Sweet Love," "Caught up in the Rapture," "Same Ole Love," and "No One in This World." Praising Baker in a 1986 interview, veteran R&B critic Steve Ivory asserted, "To me, singers like Anita Baker and Frankie Beverly define what R&B or soul music is all about." Indeed, Rapture's tremendous success made it clear that there was still a sizeable market for adult-oriented, more traditional R&B singing. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date: 10/25/1990
Label: Elektra
UPC: 0075596044424
Rank: 22507

Tracks

  1. Sweet Love
  2. You Bring Me Joy
  3. Caught up in the Rapture
  4. Been So Long
  5. Mystery
  6. No One in the World
  7. Same Ole Love
  8. Watch Your Step

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anita Baker   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Lead Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Greg Phillinganes   Guest Artist,Synthesizer
Paulinho Da Costa   Guest Artist,Percussion
Don Myrick   Saxophone
Arthur Marbury   Drums,Drums
Gregg Moore   Guitar
Lawrence Fratangelo   Percussion
Lorenzo Brown   Percussion
Phillip Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Haslip   Guitar (Bass)
Ricky Lawson   Drums
Neil Stubenhaus   Guitar (Bass)
Michael J. Powell   Guitar
Bunny Hull   Vocals (Background)
Paul Chiten   Synthesizer
Randy Kerber   Keyboards
Greg Moore   Guitar
Vesta Williams   Vocals (Background)
Lynn Davis   Vocals (Background)
Dean Parks   Guitar
David B. Washington   Guitar (Bass)
Natalie Jackson   Vocals (Background)
Freddie Washington   Guitar (Bass)
Donald Griffin   Guitar
Philip Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Larry Fratangelo   Percussion
John Robinson   Drums
Paul Jackson   Guitar
Vernon Fails   Keyboards
Donald Albright   Saxophone
Dean Gant   Keyboards
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals (Background)
Alex Brown   Vocals (Background)
Darryl Phinnessee   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Anita Baker   Producer,Composer,Lyricist,Executive,Executive Producer
Gary Bias   Composer
Leon Carr   Composer
Louis Johnson   Composer
Robert Feist   Engineer
Rod Temperton   Composer,Lyricist
Marti Sharron   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Michael J. Powell   Producer
Ken Hirsch   Composer
Barney Perkins   Engineer
Gary Skardina   Engineer,Producer
Darryl K. Roberts   Composer,Lyricist
Garry Glenn   Composer
David Lasley   Composer,Lyricist
Dianne Quander   Composer,Lyricist
Earl S. Shuman   Composer
Gary Skardins   Producer
Marilyn McLeod   Composer,Lyricist
Louis A. Johnson   Composer
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