Stay with Me Tonight (album)

Stay with Me Tonight is the second album from Jeffrey Osborne, released in 1983 on A&M Records.

Stay with Me Tonight
Studio album by
Jeffrey Osborne
ReleasedSeptember, 1983
Recorded1983
GenreR&B, funk
Length45:17
LabelA&M
ProducerGeorge Duke
Jeffrey Osborne chronology
Jeffrey Osborne
(1982)		 Stay with Me Tonight
(1983)		 Don't Stop
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Chart performance

The album reached #25 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #3 on the R&B album chart. The title track, "Stay with Me Tonight" charted at #4 on the R&B Singles Chart in 1983. The other three singles, "Don't You Get So Mad," "We're Going All the Way" and "Plane Love" also reached #3, #16, and #10 on the R&B chart respectively.

Track listing
  1. "Don't You Get So Mad" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne, Michael Sembello) - 3:48
  2. "We're Going All the Way" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 4:15
  3. "Stay with Me Tonight" (Raymond Jones) - 4:55
  4. "Greatest Love Affair" (Jeffrey Osborne, Sam Dees) - 5:01
  5. "Plane Love" (David "Hawk" Wolinski) - 4:00
  6. "Other Side of the Coin" (Carlos Vega, Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:38
  7. "I'll Make Believe" (Geoffrey Leib, Jeffrey Osborne) - 5:04
  8. "When Are You Comin' Back?" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne, Johnny McGhee) - 4:01
  9. "Forever Mine" (George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne, Leon Ware) - 5:14
  10. "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" (Geoffrey Leib, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:39

Personnel
  • Jeffrey Osborne – lead and backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements (1, 8), synthesizers (1), handclaps (3), electronic drums (9)
  • George Duke – rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements (1, 8), E-mu Emulator (1), Prophet-5 (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), acoustic piano (2, 4, 7), electric piano (2, 7, 9), clavinet (6), Moog bass (9), electronic drums (9)
  • Don Freeman – acoustic piano (1), electric piano (1), synthesizers (6, 8)
  • Raymond Jones – synthesizers (3)
  • David "Hawk" Wolinski – synthesizers (5), electronic drums (5)
  • Michael Sembello – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5), electric guitar (7)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (3, 6)
  • Brian May – guitar solo (3, 10)
  • Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (7, 9)
  • David Williams – rhythm guitar (10)
  • Henry Davis – bass (2)
  • Alphonso Johnson – bass (3)
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass (4, 7)
  • Nathan Watts – bass (6)
  • Louis Johnson – bass (10)
  • Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10), electronic drums (3)
  • John Gilston – drum programming (3)
  • Leon Ware – electronic drums (9)
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Emil Richards – timpani (2)
  • Larry Williams – tenor saxophone (1, 6), saxophone (8)
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 6)
  • Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 6)
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 6, 8), horn arrangements (2, 4-7, 9, 10)
  • George Del Barrio – conductor (1, 4, 7), string arrangements (2)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (1, 3)
  • Marcy Levy – backing vocals (2, 6, 10)
  • Portia Griffin – backing vocals (5, 7)
  • Josie James – backing vocals (9)

Production
  • Producer – George Duke
  • Production Assistance – Cheryl R. Brown
  • Engineer and Remix – Tommy Vicari
  • Additional Engineers – Peter Chaiken and Erik Zobler
  • Assistant Engineers – Barbara Rooney (Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 & 10); Matt Forger (Tracks 1, 6 & 10); Steve Schmidt (Tracks 2, 3 & 6); Nick Spigel (Tracks 5, 6 & 9).
  • Recorded at The Complex, Lion Share Recording, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Recording and Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Le Gonks West and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered by Brian Gardner at Allen Zentz Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction – Chuck Beeson and Lynn Robb
  • Design – Lynn Robb
  • Photography – Lisa Powers

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position[2]
Top Pop Albums 25
Top R&B Albums (Billboard) 3

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1983 "Don't You Get So Mad" 25 3 —
"Stay with Me Tonight" 30 4 31
1984 "We're Going All the Way" 48 16 —
"Plane Love" — 10 —
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References
  1. Stay with Me Tonight at AllMusic
  2. "Jeffrey Osborne US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  3. "Jeffrey Osborne US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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