Light Up the Night

by The Brothers Johnson

Light Up the Night cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 February 1980
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:24
  • Community rating: 3.09/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Gary Grant, Paulinho da Costa, Larry Williams, Richard Heath, Susaye Greene, George Johnson, Kim Hutchcroft, Bill Reichenbach, Valerie Johnson, Scherrie Payne, Quincy Jones, Alex Weir, Michael Jackson, Jim Gilstrap, Jerry Hey, Josie James, Augie Johnson, Merry Clayton, Louis Johnson, Greg Phillinganes, John Robinson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by the legendary Quincy Jones, 'Light Up the Night' is a spectacular showcase of refined R&B, heavy funk, and sophisticated disco. The album contains the monumental dancefloor anthem 'Stomp!', highlighting Louis Johnson's revolutionary slap-bass technique. It proved to be a massive commercial triumph, cementing the duo's status as leading architects of the early 1980s funk-pop sound.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, party

Tracklist

  1. Stomp! (6:20)
  2. Light Up The Night (3:45)
  3. You Make Me Wanna Wiggle (3:38)
  4. Treasure (4:11)
  5. This Had To Be (5:08)
  6. All About The Heaven (3:59)
  7. Smilin' On Ya (3:42)
  8. Closer To The One That You Love (3:11)
  9. Celebrations (4:26)

Credits

  • The Brothers Johnson - primary artist, arranged by [rhythm]
  • Rod Temperton - arranged by [backing vocals, rhythm, synthesizer], written-by, electric piano
  • Jerry Hey - arranged by [horns, strings], flugelhorn, french horn, trumpet, written-by, trumpet
  • Johnny Mandel - arranged by [synthesizer]
  • Alex Weir - backing vocals, lead vocals
  • Augie Johnson - backing vocals
  • Jim Gilstrap - backing vocals
  • Josie James - backing vocals

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