Between the Sheets (Fourplay album)

1993 studio album by Fourplay

Between the Sheets is the second studio album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released in August 1993 on Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.^[1][2][3] Between the Sheets has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA.^[4]

Critical reception

Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)^[6]

Track listing

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Personnel

Fourplay

• Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, Yamaha Disklavier piano, synthesizers, string orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7)
• Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, guitar synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Nathan East – 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless basses, lead chant (1), chorus chant (1), lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3, 5)
• Harvey Mason – drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, glockenspiel, arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11)

Additional Musicians

• Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer programming, computer sequencing, drum programming (3)
• Marcel East – arrangements (5)
• Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1)
• Chaka Khan – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
• Phillip Bailey – backing vocals (3)
• Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)

Production

• Bob James – executive producer
• Fourplay – producers
• Don Murray – recording, mixing
• Neal Avron – assistant engineer
• Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
• Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
• Marcel East – vocal recording
• Harvey Mason, Jr. – technician
• Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• Debra Johnson – production coordinator
• Kim Champagne – art direction, design
• Stuart Watson – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York).
• Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California).
• Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

1. Fourplay: Between The Sheets. Warner Bros. Records. August 1993.
2. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Jazz Albums)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
3. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
4. "Fourplay: Between the Sheets". riaa.com. RIAA.
5. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
6. "Fourplay". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.