''Through the Eyes of Love'' is the tenth studio album by American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

and R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1992 on

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Critical reception

In a review for

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gave ''Through the Eyes of Love'' three out of five stars, describing it as a "Nice, highly stylized album", and that it was "expressively sung, if at times overproduced".

Track listing

Personnel

* Randy Crawford – lead vocals * Vernon Fails – keyboards (1-10), rhythm arrangements (1-10) * Eddie Howard – acoustic piano (1), keyboard solo (6) * Joe Sample – acoustic piano solo (1) * David Ward – keyboard programming (1, 3, 6-9), programming (2, 4, 5, 10), drum programming (6, 7), percussion programming (6, 8, 9) * Earl J. Wright –

Hammond B3 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, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(10) * Soichi Noriki – keyboards (11), arrangements (11) * Michael J. Powell – guitars (1, 3-8, 10), percussion (1-10), rhythm arrangements (1-10), acoustic guitar solo (2), BGV arrangements (3) * Donnie Lyles – guitars (3) *

Paul Jackson Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

– guitars (11) * Al Turner – bass (1-10) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

– bass (11) * Buster Marbury – drums (1, 2, 4, 8, 10) * Peter Erskine – drums (11) * Paul D. Allen – percussion programming (1, 3, 9), drums (3), drum programming (3, 9), programming (5), keyboard programming (6) * Marlon Crawford – percussion (5) * Alex Acuña – percussion (11) * Courtlen Hale – saxophone (1),

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(4) * Lenny Price – saxophone (2) *

Dave McMurray Dave McMurray is an American jazz musician. His primary instrument is saxophone. Early life and career McMurray grew up on the eastside of Detroit. The son of a working-class family, he received a scholarship through Horizons Upward Bound to a ...

– saxophone (4), sax solo (10) * Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone (11) * Niko Marks –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

(9) * Corrado Rustici – arrangements (12) * Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals (1-10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals (1-10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals (1-10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 9, 10), BGV arrangements (3) * Gerald Lyles – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10) * Mark Morris – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10) * Donald Ray Mitchell – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10) *

Zucchero Fornaciari Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...

– lead vocals (12)

Production

* Leonard Richardson – executive producer (1-10) * Hiroshi Makishima – A&R (11) * Toshi Tanaka – A&R (11) * Yasushi Tomita – A&R (11) * Michele Torpedine – executive producer (12) *

Michael J. Powell Michael J. Powell is an American R&B musician, record producer and arranger who is best known for his work as producer for eight time Grammy Award-winning soul / R&B vocalist Anita Baker. Powell was born in Chicago and lived there until his fam ...

– producer (1-10), mixing (1-10) * Sadao Watanabe – producer (11) *

Corrado Rustici Corrado Rustici (born 1957) is an Italian musician, songwriter and producer. Recording career Rustici was a founder member of the Naples-based progressive rock group Cervello. The band recorded the album '' Melos'' in 1973, with Rustici on guitar ...

– producer (12) * Paul D. Allen – recording (1-10), assistant mix engineer (2, 4-7, 9, 10) * David Ward – recording (1-10), assistant mix engineer (1, 3, 8) * Milton Chan – recording (1) * Eric Scheda – recording (1-3, 5-10) * Elliot Peters – mix engineer (1, 3, 6-8), mixing (1, 3, 6-8) * Randy Poole – recording (2, 4, 5, 7) * Gerald Smerek – mix engineer (2, 4, 5, 8, 9), mixing (2, 4, 5, 8, 9) * Mike Iacopelli – recording (10) * Gordon Lyon – engineer (12) * Chris Potter – mixing (12) * Tom Baker – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California) * Tiarzha M. Taylor – album coordinator * Johnny Lee – art direction, design * Victoria Pearson – photography * Barry Gross – management, direction

Charts

References

External links

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