''Paradise'' is the fifth album by soul vocalist
Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...
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Reception
Released in Spring 1980, this album would chart on the R&B album charts at number thirteen.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Peabo Bryson; except where indicated.
#"Love Has No Shame" - 5:57
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Minute By Minute
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" (Lester Abrams,
Michael McDonald) - 3:20
#"I Love The Way You Love" - 5:10
#"Paradise" - 5:35
#"Love in Every Season" - 6:25
#"When Will I Learn" - 4:14
#"I Believe in You" - 6:30
#"Life Is a Child" - 5:30
Personnel
* Peabo Bryson – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, percussion; horn, rhythm and string arrangements
* Vance Taylor –
Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, backing vocals
* James Boling, Jr. – synthesizers, trumpet
* Terry Dukes – synthesizers, backing vocals
* Richard Horton – guitars
* Dwight Watkins – bass, backing vocals
* Andre Robinson – drums,
timpani
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* Chuck Bryson – percussion, backing vocals
* Cissy Alexander – handclaps
* Sheri Byers – handclaps
* Louise Foster – handclaps
* Larry McIntosh – handclaps
* Linda Patz – handclaps
* Ron Dover – tenor saxophone, sax solo (3, 5)
* Dan Dillard – trombone, trumpet solo (2)
* Thad Johnson – trumpet, trumpet solo (7)
* Gayle Levant – harp
* Johnny Pate – horn and string arrangements, conductor
* Gerard Vinci – concertmaster
Production
* Producers – Peabo Bryson and Johnny Pate
* Executive Producer – Cecil Hale
* Recorded and Mixed by Rik Pekkonen at Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
* Mastered by
Bernie Grundman
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He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...
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A&M Studios
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(Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction and Photography – Daniela Morera
* Design – Aerographics
Charts
Singles
External links
Peabo Bryson-Paradise at Discogs
References
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1980 albums
Capitol Records albums
Peabo Bryson albums
Albums arranged by Johnny Pate
Albums produced by Johnny Pate