''Exposé'' is the third album by American vocal group Exposé, released in 1992. The album's music style is less Latin influenced than their previous albums, with more adult contemporary material. The album features more of

Ann Curless Ann Curless (born Ann Katherine Curless; October 7, 1963, in Albany, New York) is an American popular music singer, most notable as part of Exposé. Education Curless was raised in Miami Beach, Florida and attended school there. During her y ...

on lead vocals; she sings lead on "I Think I'm in Trouble," "As Long as I Can Dream," "In Walked Love," and "Angel." This album marks the debut of Kelly Moneymaker as a member of the group. For the track "I Specialize in Love,"

Jeanette Jurado Jeanette Livier Jurado (born November 14, 1965, East Los Angeles, California) is a member and a lead vocalist of the popular American girl group, Exposé, along with Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno and, in the group's later years, Kelly Moneymaker. S ...

(who provides the lead vocals for the majority of the album) sings co-lead with Curless, and then shares lead vocals with Curless and Moneymaker during the final bridge. "I Specialize in Love", "Angel", and "The Same Love" are covers of previously recorded songs; "Angel" was written and recorded by

Maria Vidal Maria Elena Vidal (born August 1, 1960) is an American singer songwriter. She is known for her hit single "Body Rock", which reached No. 8 on the US Dance Charts, No. 48 on the Hot 100, No. 5 on the Springbok Charts in South Africa, and No. 11 ...

in 1987, "I Specialize in Love" was a dance hit for Sharon Brown in 1982, while "The Same Love" was a minor hit for the Jets in 1989. The album was recorded at several studios in the United States—The Hit Factory, Home Boy Recording Studio, Right Track Studios, Sabella Recording Studios, River Sound, Sear Sound, Countdown Recording Studios, Criterion Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Music Grinder—as well as H'Appeny Bridge in the United Kingdom and Soundtrack Recording. The song "I Specialize in Love" was recorded at The Hit Factory, H'Appeny and Soundtrack Recording.

Track listing

Personnel

Exposé

– lead vocals (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), vocals (9), backing vocals *

– lead vocals (1, 4, 5, 7), vocals (9), backing vocals * Kelly Moneymaker – vocals (9, 10), backing vocals

Musicians

*Bobby Pruit – backing vocals (10) *Victor Bailey – bass (4, 5) *Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Mark Schuman – cello (4) *

Omar Hakim Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kat ...

– drums (4, 5) *Lewis A. Martineé – drums (2, 8, 10, 12) * Ben Stivers – drums (2, 8, 10, 12) *John Clark, Peter Gordon – French Horn (4) *

Al Pitrelli Al Pitrelli is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage. Career Early career (1982–1995) Pitrelli attended the Berklee College of Music ...

– guitar (4, 5) *Tim Mitchell – guitar (4, 11), guitar solo (6) * Michael Thompson – guitar (6, 11) *

Paul Pesco Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Kor ...

– guitar (7) *Gary King – guitar (8, 10) *

Fred McFarlane Frederick Craig McFarlane (November 14, 1959 – September 3, 2016) was an American R&B songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. McFarlane's career as a songwriter and producer spanned more than 30 years. He wrote or co-wrote a nu ...

– instruments (1), rhythm programming (1, 3, 7), additional keyboards (9) *Lewis A. Martineé – keyboards (2, 8, 10, 12), percussion (2, 8, 10, 12) *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– keyboards (4, 5) * Ben Stivers – keyboards (2, 8, 10, 12), percussion (2, 8, 10, 12) *Dave LeBolt – additional keyboards (7) *Robert Magnuson – oboe (4) *Kenny The Man – rap (3) *Tom Timko – saxophone (6) *Alfred Brown, Julien Barber, Olivia Koppell – viola (4) *Lamar Alsop, Elena Barere, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Carmel Malin, Anthony Posk, Elliot Rosoff, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack – violin (4)

Production

* Steve Thompson and

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- producer (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9) * Lewis A. Martineé - producer (2, 8, 10, 12) *

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- producer (6, 11) * DNA - producer (9) *Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero - Arrangements (1, 3, 4, 5, 7) *Lewis A. Martineé - Arrangements (2, 8, 10, 12) *Exposé - Backing Vocals Arrangements (3, 6, 11) *Eve Nelson - Backing Vocals Arrangements (4, 5) *Jesse Levy - String Arrangement (4) *Michael Barbiero - Engineer (1, 3, 4, 5, 7) *Lewis A. Martineé - Engineer (2, 8, 10, 12) *Mario Luccy, Arthur Payson, Brett Swain, Frank Wolf - Engineer (6, 11) *Gary Tole, Lolly Grodner, Rich Travali - Additional Engineering (1, 3, 4, 5, 7) *Lee Anthony, David Michael Dill, Nathaniel Foster, Kenny Giola, Andy Grassi, Lolly Grodner, Fred Kevorkian, Gary Tole - Assistant Engineer (1, 3, 4, 5, 7) *Lawrence Ethan, Mario Luccy, Brett Swain - Assistant Engineer (6, 11) *Rique Alonso, Femio "1" Hernandez, Jason "Stop-Phonie" Roberts - Assistant Engineer (2, 8, 10, 12) *Mike Couzzi - Vocal Engineering (2, 8, 12) *Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero - mixing (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9) * Chris Lord Alge, Lewis A. Martineé - mixing (2, 8, 10, 12) *Brian Malouf - mixing (6, 11) *Pat MacDougall - mixing assistant (6, 11) *Executive-Producer – Clive Davis *Maude Gilman - Art Direction *Calvin Lowery - Design *Daniel L. Miller - Photography *Pantera Group Enterprises, Inc. - Direction

Charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Expose (album) 1992 albums Exposé (group) albums Arista Records albums