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
Released	September, 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	45:17
Label	A&M
Producer	George Duke
Jeffrey Osborne chronology
Jeffrey Osborne (1982) Stay with Me Tonight (1983) Don't Stop (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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	—

External links

• Jeffrey Osborne-Stay With Me Tonight at Discogs

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.