''Sands of Time'' is the sixth album by the R&B band

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, released on the

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label in April 1986. It was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. This would be the last album to feature original lead singer Mary Davis before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

History

The album peaked at No. 4 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 44 on the Pop albums chart. The lead single, " The Finest", reached the Billboard R&B Top Ten, peaking at No. 2. The single also peaked at No. 44 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 8 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Three follow-up singles, "Borrowed Love", "Even When You Sleep", and "No Lies" also reached the R&B chart, peaking at No. 14, No. 34, and No. 43, respectively. "No Lies" peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jason Bryant – keyboards, lead vocals *Mary Davis – lead and background vocals *Billy Ellis – saxophone *Sonny Killebrew – saxophone *Abdul Ra'oof – trumpet, lead vocals *John Simpson – bass *Bruno Speight – guitar *Jerome Thomas – drums, percussion ;Additional personnel *Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, Stewart Hanley, Kurt Mitchel – musicians *Mark Smith – background vocals * Cherrelle, Alexander O'Neal – special guest vocalists (on "The Finest") *Terry Lewis,

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, Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Jerome Benton, Fredi Grace, Lloyd Oby – vocalists

Production

* Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – producers, executive producers, recording engineers, assistant engineers *The S.O.S. Band – producers (on "Two Time Lover" and "Do You Still Want To?") *Tom Race – recording engineer *Steve Hodge – assistant engineer, mixing engineer * Brian Gardner – mastering engineer *Robin Tucker – A&R coordinator *Dale Wehlacz – art direction, design, illustration

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

External links

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