The Nature of Things

Tracklist

• 1
  That's the Way It Is
  5:40
• 2
  High Above the Clouds
  6:08
• 3
  Gimme Gimme Gimme (with Patti Austin)

  Narada Michael Walden & Patti Austin
  4:41
• 4
  Live It Up
  4:14
• 5
  The Nature of Things
  5:04
• 6
  Suspicion
  4:53
• 7
  Dancin' on Main St.
  5:12
• 8
  Wear Your Love
  5:54

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Release credits

• Carlos Gomez
  congas [4], percussion [8]
• Corrado Rustici
  flute [5], guitar
• David Frazer
  engineer
• Frank Martin
  keyboard
• Jeanie Tracy
  background vocals [1-3, 6-8]
• Jim Gilstrap
  background vocals [1-3, 6-8]
• Jo-Carol Block Davidson
  background vocals [2]
• John Lehman
  background vocals [1, 3, 7]
• Laundon Von Kendricks
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Lauren Carter
  background vocals [2]
• Marc Russo
  saxophone [3], solo [3]
• Martha Wash
  background vocals [4, 6, 8]
• Narada Michael Walden
  arranger, membranophone, producer, synthesizer
• Patrick Gleeson
  synthesizer [1]
• Patti Austin
  background vocals [2]
• Preston Glass
  background vocals [7], synthesizer [1, 3-4, 7]
• Randy Jackson
  background vocals [7], bass, synthesizer [2]
• Ray Gomez
  guitar [4], solo [4]
• Ray Pyle
  cymbal [2, 7]
• Shankar
  electric violin [2]
• Sudhahota Carl Lewis
  background vocals [6]
• Sylvester
  background vocals [4, 6, 8]
• The Jo-Lo Girls
  background vocals [2]
• Tom Draper
  spoken vocals [2, 6]
• Vicki Randle
  background vocals [1, 3-4, 6-8]
• Walter Afanasieff
  keyboard, synthesizer
• Zakir Hussain
  tabla [2]
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  The Nature of Things

  Vinyl
  1985
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  The Nature of Things

  CD
  2007
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  The Nature of Things

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