Maurice White (album)

Maurice White
Studio album by Maurice White
Released	April 18, 1985
Genre	R&B, Soul
Length	47:18
Label	Columbia
Producer	Maurice White

Maurice White is a 1985 album by American singer and musician Maurice White released on Columbia Records. The album rose to number 12 upon the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.^[1]^[3]

Overview

The single "Stand by Me" a cover of the Ben E. King classic got to Nos. 6 & 11 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs and Adult Contemporary Songs charts respectively.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Another album cut "I Need You" rose to nos. 20 & 30 upon the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts respectively. R&B singer Melonie Sexton also went on to issue a cover of "I Need You" in 2001.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[1]

The album was made available in a digitally remastered version in 2001, on Columbia/Legacy which includes four bonus tracks.^[1]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Switch on Your Radio"	Brian Fairweather, Martin Page, Maurice White	4:18
2.	"Jamboree"	Keith Echols, Alice Echols, Dean Gant	3:26
3.	"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	4:09
4.	"Sea of Glass"	Brian Fairweather, Peter Wolf	0:43
5.	"I Need You"	William Smith, Priscilla J. Coolidge, Mary Unobsky	4:34

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Believe in Magic"	Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren, Maurice White	4:35
7.	"Lady Is Love"	Michel Colombier, Martin Page, Maurice White	5:05
8.	"Invitation"	Gerald Brown, Wanda Vaughn, Wayne Vaughn, Maurice White	3:55
9.	"The Sleeping Flame"	Martin Page, Maurice White, Peter Wolf	2:02
10.	"Children of Afrika"	Martin Page, Maurice White, Peter Wolf	4:38
11.	"Alpha Dance"	Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren, Maurice White	1:19

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Switch on Your Radio"	Brian Fairweather, Martin Page, Maurice White	4:18
2.	"Jamboree"	Keith Echols, Alice Echols, Dean Gant	3:26
3.	"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	4:09
4.	"Sea of Glass"	Brian Fairweather, Peter Wolf	0:43
5.	"I Need You"	Priscilla J. Coolidge, William Smith, Mary Unobsky	4:34
6.	"Believe in Magic"	Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren, Maurice White	4:35
7.	"Lady Is Love"	Michel Colombier, Martin Page, Maurice White	5:05
8.	"Invitation"	Martin Page, Maurice White, Peter Wolf	3:55
9.	"The Sleeping Flame"	Martin Page, Maurice White, Peter Wolf	2:02
10.	"Children of Afrika"	Martin Page, Maurice White, Peter Wolf	4:38
11.	"Alpha Dance"	Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren, Maurice White	1:19
12.	"Life (freedom mix)"	Maurice White	0:57
13.	"Life"	E. Bulling, F. Golda, Martin Page, Maurice White	3:56
14.	"Adventures of the Heart"	Maurice White	2:34
15.	"Sam the Jam"	Maurice White	0:18

Album – Billboard^[3]
Year	Chart	Position	Country
1985	The Billboard 200	61	US
1985	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	12	US

Singles – Billboard
Year	Single	Chart	Position	Country
1985	"I Need You"	Adult Contemporary	20	US
1985		Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles and Tracks	30	US
1985		The Billboard Hot 100	95	US
1985	"Stand by Me"	Adult Contemporary	11	US
1985		Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	6	US
1985		The Billboard Hot 100	50	US
1985	"Lady Is Love"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	89	US

Gerald Albright - saxophone
Gerald Brown - drums
Bill Bottrell - finger snapping
Michel Colombier - keyboards
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
Sheldon Reynolds - guitar
Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer, soloist
Michael Boddicker - synthesizer programming
Robbie Buchanan - synthesizer, arrangements, keyboards, assistant producer
Brian Fairweather - background vocals, associate producer, vocal arrangement, drum programming, rhythm arrangements
Dean Gant - synthesizer, arrangements, drum programming
Rupert Greenall - synthesizer
Donald Griffin - guitar
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Marva Holcolm - background vocals
Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar, rhythm arrangements
Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar
Ricky Lawson - drums
Jeff Lorber - synthesizer
Marlon McClain - guitar
Martin Page - bass guitar, arrangements, background vocals, chant, associate producer, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
Julia Tillman - background vocals
Wanda Vaughn - background vocals
Wayne Vaughn - synthesizer, arrangements
Maurice White - percussion, drums, lead vocals, background vocals, kalimba, producer, chant, mixing, original recording producer, vocoder
Peter Wolf - keyboards
John Van Tongeren - keyboards

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