It's Your Night

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It is also his first on Qwest Records, which was run by Quincy Jones. It features the song "Yah Mo B There", which is a duet with singer Michael McDonald. It has been certified gold by the RIAA and is his highest-charting album ever.

Side A.

1. "Party Animal" (Ingram, Richard Page, Mark Vieha) - 4:55
2. "Yah Mo B There" (Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton) - 4:40
3. "She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)" (Brian Neary, Jim Photoglo) - 3:40
4. "Try Your Love Again" (Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh) - 4:25

Side B.

1. "Whatever We Imagine" (David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock) - 3:58
2. "One More Rhythm" (Rod Temperton) - 4:05
3. "There's No Easy Way" (Barry Mann) - 3:51
4. "It's Your Night" (Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 3:37
5. "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 4:16

• James Ingram – lead vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (1, 2, 8), synth bass (1), arrangements (1, 2), backing vocals (2, 8), keyboards (8)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 8)
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (1, 4), synthesizer (1, 4, 6), acoustic piano (6)
• Mark Vieha – synthesizer (1), arrangements (1)
• Craig Hundley – synthesizer programming (1, 4, 5, 6), synthesizer (4)
• Quincy Jones – arrangements (1, 2, 3, 7, 9), African voices (2), electric piano (3)
• Michael McDonald – synthesizer (2), arrangements (2), lead and backing vocals (2)
• Rod Temperton – synthesizer (2, 6), arrangements (2)
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (3), synthesizer (3, 8), arrangements (3)
• Don Dorsey – synthesizer (3)
• David Paich – synthesizer (3, 7, 9), arrangements (7)
• David Foster – keyboards (5), synthesizer (5), acoustic piano (9), arrangements (9)
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming (5, 6)
• Jimmy Smith – organ (6), synthesizer (6)
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming (7, 9)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (1, 4, 8, 9)
• Larry Carlton – guitar (3)
• George Doering – guitar (9)
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar (1, 8)
• Abe Laboriel – bass guitar (7)
• Nathan East – bass guitar (9)
• Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums (1)
• John Robinson – drums (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Raymond Calhoun – drums (3)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (9)
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (2, 4, 5, 8)
• Steve Ray – fingerpopper (8)
• Ernie Watts – tenor sax solo (4)
• Larry Williams – saxophone (4, 6)
• Tom Scott – lyricon (5), saxophone (6), lyricon solo (8)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (4, 6)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (4, 6), flugelhorn (4)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (4, 6), flugelhorn (4)
• Johnny Mandel – arrangements (9)
• Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals (1)
• Zane Giles – backing vocals (1)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1)
• Susaye Greene Brown – backing vocals (1)
• Howard Hewett – backing vocals (1, 6)
• Bunny Hull – backing vocals (1, 8)
• David Pack - backing vocals (2)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (1)
• Augie Johnson – backing vocals (1)
• Valerie Johnson – backing vocals (1)
• Scherrie Payne – backing vocals (1)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (1)
• Tom Bahler – backing vocals (6)
• Linda Harmon – backing vocals (6)
• Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (6)
• Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (8)
• Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (8)
• Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (8)
• Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals (9)

• Producer – Quincy Jones
• Co-Producer on Track 9 – Johnny Mandel
• Production Assistants – Steve Ray and Mark Ross
• Tracks 1-8 recorded and mixed by Bruce Swedien
• Track 9 recorded by Joel Moss
• Additional Recording and Technical Director – Matt Forger
• Assistant Engineers – Steve Bates, Ric Butz, Mark Ettel and Greg Laney.
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Simon Levy and Jeri McManus
• Design – Jeri McManus
• Photography – Matthew Rolston
• Sleeve Notes – James Ingram and Quincy Jones

The song "Whatever We Imagine" was used as the closing theme for both 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and 1986 NBA Finals for CBS Sports.

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