''Midnight Lounge'' is the eighth

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singer

Jody Watley Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist,USA Today (February 16, 1996), Best Bets: Albums Jody Watley Greatest Hits, "Few singers fired up the disco like Jody Watley who set trends ...

. Originally released only in Japan on her Avitone label (in conjunction with

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), critical acclaim prompted Watley to release the album Stateside by way of a distribution deal with Avitone and Shanachie. The U.S. release also included productions from King Britt and Eastwest Connection.

Track listings

All songs written by Rodney Lee and Jody Watley, except where noted.

Personnel

*Jody Watley – vocals, backing vocals *

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vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

*Michael Ciro – guitar *Dave Karasony –

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*Rodney Lee – multiple instruments * Mornington Lockett –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

* Barney McAll – keyboard *Josh Milan – keyboard,

hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

*John Scarpulla – saxophone *Martin Shaw –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Chris Standring – guitar *Dave Warrin – musician *John Warrin – guitar *John Wheeler –

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;Production *Producers – Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, King Britt, Rodney Lee, Ron Trent, Little Louie Vega, Dave Warrin, Jody Watley *Executive producers – Bill Coleman, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, Little Louie Vega *Engineer – Dave Darlington *Mixing – Steven Barkan, Jay-J, Ron Trent *Remixing – Dave Warrin *Mastering – Steve Hall *Editing – Albert Cabrera *Programming – Rodney Lee *Vocal arrangement – Jody Watley *Drum programming – Ron Trent *Instrumentation – Rodney Lee *Arrangers – Ron Trent, Dave Warrin *Art direction – Allen Hori, Jody Watley *Photography – Michael Walls

Charts

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Singles

References

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{{Authority control Jody Watley albums 2001 albums 2003 albums Concept albums Downtempo albums