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" and " Making Love in the Rain" (both featuring lead and background vocals by

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). These Billboard Top 40 hits, along with the title track and "Pillow" (featuring co-lead vocals by Alpert and singer/wife Lani Hall) were written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The remainder of the album consists of tracks produced by Herb Alpert and various producers. The record was constructed with Side 1 (Tracks 1-5) featuring uptempo songs, while Side 2 (Tracks 6-10) featured down tempo songs and ballads. All trumpet solos were played by Herb Alpert. The album was released on CD by A&M Records in 1987, along with extended CD singles of the title track and "Diamonds". It was re-released on September 12, 2013 in a download-only version available exclusively through Alpert's official website, HerbAlpertPresents.com.

Track listing

# "Keep Your Eye on Me" (Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis)- 5:13 # "Hot Shot" ( Albert Hammond) - 3:56 # "

" (Jam, Lewis) - 4:53 # "Traffic Jam" (Les Pierce) - 3:16 # "Cat Man Do" (

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, Herb Alpert) - 5:26 # "Pillow" (Jam, Lewis) - 4:32 # "Our Song" (Alpert, Sal Macaluso) - 3:55 # " Making Love in the Rain" (Jam, Lewis) - 5:56 # "Rocket to the Moon" (John Barnes, Alpert) - 3:52 # "

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Personnel

* Herb Alpert – all trumpets (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 3, 8), arrangements (2, 4, 5, 9, 10), trumpet (4, 8, 10),

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(4), lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6),

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– keyboard and drum programming (1, 3, 6, 8), percussion (1, 3, 6, 8); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8) *

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– keyboard programming (1), sampling (1) * Laythan Armor – keyboards (2), bass programming (2), drums (2), arrangements (2), synth voices and bass programming (7),

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(7) * John Barnes –

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sound (2), DX7 tuba (5), keyboards (7, 9), drum programming (9), arrangements (9, 10), Fairlight voices (10), DX7

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(10) * Les Pierce – keyboard programming (4), drums (4), arrangements (4) *

– keyboards (5), arrangements (5) * Salvatore Macaluso – synth voices (7), synth bass (7) *

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– guitars (2, 4, 5, 10), guitar solo (9), arrangements (10) *

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– rhythm guitar (9) * Terry Lewis – vocals (1); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8), bass (3), percussion (3, 6), backing vocals (3, 6, 8) *

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– bass (5, 9) * Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass (7) *

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– drums (5, 9) *

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– drums (10), percussion (10) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 9) * Albert Hammond – arrangements (2) * Michael Stokes – arrangements (2) *

– vocals (1), vocal arrangements (1, 3, 8), lead vocals (3, 8), backing vocals (3, 6, 8) *

– lead and backing vocals (3, 8) * James "Popeye" Greer – party vocals (3) * Jellybean Johnson – party vocals (3) * Lani Hall – lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6)

Production

* John McClain – executive producer (1, 3, 6, 8) * Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – producers (1, 3, 6, 8), assistant engineers (1, 3, 6, 8) * Herb Alpert – producer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) * Les Pierce – associate producer (4) * Roy Bittan – producer (5) * Shelly Yakus – remixing (4, 9, 10), producer (10) * Steve Hodge – engineer (1, 3, 6, 8) *

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– engineer (2) * Robert de la Garza – engineer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) * James "Popeye" Greer – assistant engineer (1, 3, 6, 8), studio manager * Michael Bowman – assistant engineer (2) * Ron Jacobs – assistant engineer (2), remix assistant (5, 7) * John Pace – remixing (2, 5, 7), engineer (7) * Paul McKenna – remixing (4) * Mark McKenna – remix assistant (4, 9) * Brian Gardner – mastering at

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(Hollywood, California) * Susan Owens – production coordinator (1, 3, 6, 8) * Chuck Beeson – art direction * Melanie Nissen – art direction, design * Chris Callis – photography

References

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