Bill LaBounty
by Bill LaBounty
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 January 1982
- Label: Curb
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:16
- Community rating: 3.53/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Featuring a murderers' row of top-tier Los Angeles session musicians鈥攊ncluding Steve Gadd and Jeff Porcaro鈥攖his exquisitely crafted album is the pinnacle of the West Coast studio aesthetic. Anchored by the heartbreakingly smooth hit 'Livin' It Up', the record seamlessly blends jazzy blue-eyed soul with immaculate soft rock production. It has rightfully attained legendary status among aficionados of refined yacht rock.
Genres
Descriptors: breakup, melodic, polished, radio, breezy
Tracklist
- Livin' It Up (4:21)
- Didn't Want To Say Goodbye (3:48)
- Dream On (4:22)
- Slow Fade (4:16)
- Comin' Back (3:45)
- Look Who's Lonely Now (3:56)
- Never Gonna Look Back (3:18)
- It Used To Be Me (4:13)
- Nobody's Fool (3:29)
- Secrets (3:43)
Credits
- Bill LaBounty - primary artist, electric piano [fender rhodes], harmony vocals [vocal harmonies], written-by, Piano
- Jerry Hey - arranged by [horn arrangements], horns [horn section]
- Chuck Findley - horns [horn section]
- Kim Hutchcroft - horns [horn section]
- Willie Weeks - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Dean Parks - guitar, soloist [guitar solo], soloist [guitar solo], guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gwen Dickey - harmony vocals [vocal harmonies]
- Patti Austin - Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmonies]
- Lenny Castro - Percussion, Tambourine
- Clarence McDonald - Piano
- Ian Underwood - Synthesizer
- Mann And Weil - Written-By
- Chuck Rainey - Bass
- Andy Newmark - Drums
- James Taylor - Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmonies]
- Al Perkins - Pedal Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel]
- Roy Freeland - Written-By
- Johnny Mandel - Arranged By [String Arrangement]
- Russ Titelman - Claves, Tambourine
- Jeff Porcaro - Drums
- Greg Phillinganes - Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Piano, Keyboards
- Steve Lukather - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
- Leslie Smith - Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmonies]
- Stephen Geyer - Written-By
- David Sanborn - Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Horns [Horn Section]
- Nick DeCaro - Arranged By [String Arrangements]
- Nyle Steiner - Synthesizer
- Jennifer Warnes - Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmonies]
- Cynthia Weil - Written-By
- Kathy Wakefield - Written-By
- Stephen Bishop - Harmony Vocals [Vocal Harmonies]
- Mike Salisbury - art direction
- Bobby Hata - mastering
- Norman Seeff - photography