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This album marked a turning point for the group as they approached AOR.Released in 1979, it reached number 3 on the Billboard pop chart and number 1 on the R&B chart. Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro and other members of Toto were also employed in the sessions. The album includes the smash-hit disco song "Boogie Wonderland" and the classic ballad "After the Love Is Gone" (#2 in the US singles, Grammy Award winner). |
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Credit
- Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa
- Saxophone - Jerome Richardson
- Keyboards - David Foster
- Harp - Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
- Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim, Moog] - Larry Dunn
- Bass - Verdine White
- Vocals, Congas, Percussion - Philip Bailey
- Vocals, Drums, Kalimba - Maurice White
- Keyboards - Billy Myers
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone - Don Myrick
- Trombone - Garnett Brown
- Trumpet - Jerry Hey
- Trumpet - Michael Harris
- Trumpet - Rahmlee Michael Davis
- Engineer, Mixed By - George Massenburg
- Cello - Larry Corbett
- Viola - James Ross
- Guitar - Steven Lukather
- Trumpet - Oscar Brashear
- French Horn - Marilyn Robinson
- Trombone - George Bohanon
- Viola - Rollice Dale
- Programmed By [Synthesizer] - Steven Porcaro
- Drums - Fred White
- Guitar - Al McKay
- Trombone - Benjamin Powell
- Trumpet - Steve Madaio
- Trumpet - Bobby Bryant
- Engineer - Tom Perry
- Guitar - Marlo Henderson
- Viola - Virginia Majewski
- Violin - Henry Ferber
- Violin - Carl LaMagna
- Saxophone - Herman Riley
- Violin - William Henderson (2)
- Viola - Marilyn Baker
- Concertmaster - Janice Gower
- Violin - Haim Shtrum
- Violin - Jack Gootkin
- Trombone - Maurice Spears
- Trombone - Louis Satterfield
- French Horn - Sidney Muldrow
- French Horn - Barbara Korn
- Violin - Henry Roth
- Percussion - Ralph Johnson
- Cello - Miguel Martinez (2)
- Violin - Harris Goldman
- Reissue Producer - Leo Sacks
- Guitar - Johnny Graham
- Engineer [Assistant] - Ross Pallone
- Violin - Gina Kronstadt
- Trombone - William Reichenbach
- Mastered By - Michael Reese
- Violin - Ronald Clarck
- French Horn - Richard Perissi
- Keyboards - Eddie Del Barrio
- Violin - Joseph Livoti
- Violin - Jerome Reisler
- Cello - Delores Bing
- Cello - John Walz
- Violin - Pavel Farkas
- Cello - Jacqueline Lustgarten
- Tenor Saxophone - Andrew Woolfolk
- Violin - Sheldon Sanov
- Violin - Anton Sen
- Violin - Pamela Gates
- Violin - Rosmen Torfeh
- Violin - Judith Talvi
- Violin - Cynthia Kovaks
- Cello - Kevan Torfeh
- Violin - Joseph Goodman
- Violin - Marcy Dicterow
- Violin - Leeana Sherman
- Viola - Linda Lipsett
- Timpani - Richard Lepore
- Engineer [Assistant] - Craig Widby
- Cello - Jan Kelley
- Viola - Laurie Woods
- Violin - Jerome Webster
- Violin - Sherman Bryana
- Cello - Daniel Smith (4)
- Violin - Ilkka Talvi
- Management [Exclusive Representation] - Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
- Design - Roger Carpenter (2)
- Illustration - Shusei Nagaoka
- Saxophone - Fred Jackson Jr.
