''Sex and the Single Man'' is an album by the American musician

Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...

, released in 1985 on

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. It includes the singles "Girls Are More Fun" and "One Sided Love Affair". It peaked at No. 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "side one finds pop-funk's most blatant copycat in his Prince mode." The ''

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'' dismissed the album as "the same schtick he's been using since his Raydio days... Not only is it old, but it's been done with a lot more humor and style by Morris Day."

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labeled the album "both the smoothest and the slimiest soul-rock on the shelves today."

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 8) *

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– keyboards * Joe Curiale – keyboards * Steve Halquist – synthesizers * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (''Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and Wilton ...

– drums * Charles Green – saxophones * Earl Dumler –

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Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...

– arrangements (5) * Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals * Arnell Carmichael – backing vocals * Gwyn Foxsworth – backing vocals *

Randy Hall Randy Hall is an American singer, guitarist, and record producer who collaborated with Miles Davis during the 1980s. Hall helped Davis arrange '' The Man with the Horn'', and its title track featured lead vocals by Hall, who also played guitar, ...

– backing vocals *

Michael Henderson Michael Earl Henderson (July 7, 1951 – July 19, 2022) was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s and on early fusion albums such as '' Jack Johnson'', '' Live-Evil'', and '' Agh ...

– backing vocals * J.D. Nicholas – backing vocals * Lylian (Tynes) Perry – backing vocals, vocal solo (6) * Anita Sherman – backing vocals * The Valley People – additional backing vocals Production * Ray Parker Jr. – producer, engineer, mixing * Reggie Dozier – additional engineer * Steve Halquist – additional engineer *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

– mastering at

Bernie Grundman Mastering Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. 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 ...

(Hollywood, California) * Ria Lewerke – art direction * Sue Reilly – design * Andrew Sackheim – photography * Mary Stern – title lettering

References

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Ray Parker Jr 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com
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