The Essential Selection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Give Me the Night
  3:43
• 2
  Never Give Up on a Good Thing
  4:06
• 3
  Feel Like Makin' Love
  4:25
• 4
  Lady Love Me (One More Time)
  4:01
• 5
  Turn Your Love Around
  3:51
• 6
  On Broadway
  5:18
• 7
  Breezin'
  5:39
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Gonna Love You More
  4:36
• 9
  Valdez in the Country
  4:28
• 10
  The World Is a Ghetto
  9:43
• 11
  Soulful Strut
  5:37
• 12
  Inside Love (So Personal)
  5:16
• 13
  20/20 (extended remix)
  6:35
• 14
  Teaser
  4:40
• 15
  Living Inside Your Love
  6:39
• CD 2
• 1
  Love Ballad
  4:19
• 2
  Affirmation
  6:54
  4.0 ★
• 3
  In Your Eyes
  3:22
• 4
  Love X Love
  3:50
• 5
  Shiver (extended remix)
  7:33
• 6
  The Greatest Love of All
  3:35
• 7
  Kisses in the Moonlight
  4:26
• 8
  Nothing's Going to Change My Love for You
  4:02
• 9
  Nature Boy
  5:56
• 10
  This Masquerade
  3:19
• 11
  Everything Must Change
  3:50
• 12
  Six to Four
  5:08
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Lady Blue
  3:28
• 14
  What's on Your Mind
  4:05
• 15
  Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
  4:12
• 16
  Unchained Melody
  3:56
• 17
  You Are the Love of My Life
  2:52

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Original Album Series, Vol. 2

Original Album Series, Vol. 2 2013

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Inspiration (A Tribute to Nat King Cole) 2013

Guitar Man

Guitar Man 2011

Original Album Series

Original Album Series 2010

Songs and Stories

Songs and Stories 2009

Release credits

• Al Schmitt
  mix [1.7-10, 2.2, 2.9, 2.12], recording [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.7-10]
• Bill Champlin
  background vocals [5]
• Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  trombone [5]
• Bill Schnee
  mix [8]
• Carlos Vega
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Carmen Twillie
  background vocals [5]
• Chuck Findley
  trumpet [5]
• Claus Ogerman
  conductor [1.7-10, 2.2, 2.9, 2.12], orchestrator [1.7-10, 2.2, 2.9, 2.12]
• Dann Huff
  guitar [8]
• David Foster
  synthesizer [5]
• David Paich
  bass synthesizer [5]
• Deborah Thomas
  background vocals [8]
• Don Henderson
  assistant [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.7-10]
• Gary Herbig
  flute [5], saxophone [5]
• George Benson
  guitar [2.2, 2.8-9, 2.12, 1.6-10], lead vocals [8], solo [8], vocal [1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.9]
• Harvey Mason
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.6-10]
• Jai Winding
  Rhodes piano [5], piano [5]
• Jay Graydon
  arranger [5], guitar [5], producer [5], synthesizer [5]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Jerry Hey
  horn [5], trumpet [5]
• Jorge Dalto
  clavinet [1.7, 1.10, 2.9], keyboard [6], piano [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.6-10]
• Michael Masser
  producer [8]
• Mike Baird
  cymbal [5]
• Nathan East
  bass guitar [8]
• Noel Newbolt
  assistant [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.7-10]
• Paul Jackson
  guitar [8]
• Phil Upchurch
  bass guitar [7, 9], guitar [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.6-10]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.6-10]
• Richard Marx
  background vocals [8]
• Robbie Buchanan
  arranger [8], keyboard [8]
• Ronnie Foster
  Minimoog [1.7-10, 2.9], electric piano [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.7-10], keyboard [6]
• Stanley Banks
  bass [6], bass guitar [2.9, 1.8, 1.10]
• Tommy LiPuma
  producer [2.2, 2.9, 2.12, 1.6-10]
• Vennette Gloud
  background vocals [5]
• Show all credits (34)

Issues

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  The Essential Selection

  2x CD
  2011