The Night I Fell in Love is the fourth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on March 8, 1985, by Epic Records. In 1986, Vandross garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and two American Music Awards, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The first single "'Til My Baby Comes Home" is notable for featuring Billy Preston on organ.
The Night I Fell in Love reached number nineteen on the US Billboard 200 album chart and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, it was ranked #93 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s. The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Track listing
Personnel
- Luther Vandross – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
- John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
- Marcus Miller – synthesizers, backing vocals, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5), bass (2-8)
- Ed Walsh – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
- Billy Preston – organ (1)
- Doc Powell – guitar
- Georg Wadenius – guitar
- Eluriel Barfield – bass (1)
- Yogi Horton – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
- Steve Kroon – congas, bongos
- Alfa Anderson – backing vocals
- Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
- Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
- Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals
- Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals
- Darlene Love – backing vocals
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
- Brenda White King – backing vocals
Production
- Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 5)
- Luther Vandross – producer
- Larkin Arnold – executive producer
- Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Dominick Celani – production assistant
- Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor
- George Corsillo – art direction, design
- Brian Hagiwara – photography
- Shep Gordon – management
- Daniel S. Markus – management
Charts
Certifications
References
