After Dark (Ray Parker Jr. album)

After Dark
Studio album by Ray Parker Jr.
Released August 25, 1987
Recorded 1986-1987 at Ameraycan Studios, Ocean Way Recording, Conway Studios and Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, CA); Lion Share Recording and Wonderland Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Devonshire Studios (Burbank, CA).
Genre R&B, pop
Label Geffen
Producer Ray Parker Jr., Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager
Ray Parker Jr. chronology
Sex and the Single Man
(1985)		 After Dark
(1987)		 I Love You Like You Are
(1991)
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After Dark is the fourth album by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ray Parker Jr. released in 1987 for the new Geffen Records label. The record company released the album on August 25, 1987. It included the single "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone".

Track listing

#TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone"Ray Parker Jr.4:13
2."Over You" (duet with Natalie Cole)Ray Parker, Jr., Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach4:38
3."Lovin' You"Ray Parker Jr.4:08
4."You Shoulda Kept a Spare"Ray Parker Jr.4:46
5."The Past"Ray Parker Jr.3:27
6."You Make My Nature Dance"Ray Parker Jr.4:30
7."Perfect Lovers"Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Nathan East5:12
8."After Midnite"Ray Parker Jr.3:40
9."I Love Your Daughter"Ray Parker Jr.3:44
10."After Dark"Ray Parker Jr.4:29

Personnel

Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:

Musicians

Background Vocalists

Ray Parker, Jr., Kamaya Koepke, Karyn White, Arnell Carmichael, Keith Harrison, Candice Ghant, Kashif (also BGV arrangement on track 5), Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Yogi Horton, Cornelius Mims, Monty Seward, Lynne Fiddmont, Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes, Anita Sherman.

Production

  • Producers – Ray Parker, Jr. (Tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9 & 10); Burt Bacharach (Tracks 4 & 7); Carole Bayer Sager (Tracks 4 & 7).
  • Production Assistant – Horatio Gordon
  • Engineer – Steve Halquist
  • Additional Engineers – Mick Guzauski, Mike Mancini, Gary Olazabal and Tom Vicari.
  • Assistant Engineers – Jerry Hall and Ray Parker III.
  • Art Direction – Laura LiPuma
  • Photography – Victoria Sim

"The Past"

Though the song never charted in the U.S., it became a hit in the Philippines in the late 1980s, and is still popular to this day, having been covered by Jed Madela and is one of the staple songs commonly sung in karaoke.

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