01	Tell Me What I Gotta Do						04:00
	02	L Is For Lover						05:25
	03	Says						03:51
	04	Pleasure						04:00
	05	Golden Girl						05:50
	06	Across The Midnight Sky						05:35
	07	(We Got) Telepathy						04:27
	08	Give A Little More Lovin'						05:12
	09	No Ordinary Romance						03:31
	10	Real Tight						03:10

L Is for Lover Artist Al Jarreau Album Title L Is for Lover Date of Release 1986 (recording) inprint AMG Rating (Best-of-Artist) Genre Jazz, Vocal Styles R&B Time 45:01 AMG EXPERT REVIEW: While Al Jarreau's jazz following probably ignored this 1986 studio release in droves, they missed a gem, a perhaps surprisingly scintillating collaboration with one of the leading dance-music producer/guitarists of the time, Nile Rodgers (late of Chic). Not only did Rodgers and Jarreau assemble some strong tunes from many sources, Rodgers took advantage of Jarreau's rhythmic capabilities, for some of the material is too deliciously complicated for any old R&B soulster to pull off. Hear the way Jarreau brilliantly threads his way through the rhythmically complex hornet's nest of "Says" in English and French, or savor the sheer ecstatic energy of the chorus of "Pleasure" and the rapid-fire list of cities in the title track; this is first-class pop recordmaking. While the quality of material tails off in the second half of the program, the great tracks early on mark the aesthetic peak of Jarreau's R&B output of the '80s. Unfortunately, record buyers begged to differ, for other than the minor R&B hit single status of the title track, this album could not reverse AJ's sales slide. -- Richard S. Ginell Al Jarreau - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Vocoder Hiram Bullock - Guitar Nile Rodgers - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Vocoder, Keyboard Bass Lisa Fischer - Vocals (bckgr) Terri Gonzalez - Vocals (bckgr) Tawatha Agee - Vocals (bckgr) Scott Ansell - Engineer Robert Arron - Reeds Jimmy Bralower - Percussion, Drums Michelle Cobbs - Vocals (bckgr) Barry Diament - Digital Editing Dr. Gibbs - Percussion Tom Durack - Engineer James Farber - Engineer, Mixing Steve Ferrone - Cymbals, Drums, Hi Hat Diane Garisto - Vocals (bckgr) Mac Gollehon - Brass Jay Graydon - Songwriter Anthony Jackson - Bass Kevin Jones - Synclavier Brenda King - Vocals (bckgr) Curtis King - Vocals (bckgr) Bob Ludwig - Mastering Cindy Mizelle - Vocals (bckgr) Philippe Saisse - Piano, Keyboards, Keyboard Bass, Synclavier Horns Peter Scherer - Keyboards, Keyboard Bass Fonzi Thornton - Vocals (bckgr) Budd Tunick - Producer Lisa Fisher - Vocals (bckgr) Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - Art Direction Paul Jasmin - Photography Michael Hodgson - Art Direction, Design Shirley Klein - Coordination 1986 CD Warner Brothers 2-25477 1986 CS Warner Brothers 4-25477 1986 LP WEA 2530801 Artist: Al Jarreau Genre: Pop Vocal L Is For Lover Release date: Original release date: 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Records Producer: Nile Rodgers Engineer: James Farber Studio Pieces in Set: 1 Catalog#: 25477 Distributor: WEA Desc: Performer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Notes: Personnel: Al Jarreau (vocals), Nile Rogers (guitars, keyboards, keyboard bass, background vocals), Hiram Bullock (guitar), Robert Arron (reeds), Mac Gollehon (brass), Peter Scherer (keyboards), Philippe Saisse (keyboards, keyboard bass), Steve Ferrone (drums), Jimmy Bralower (drums, percussion), Dr. Gibbs (percussion), Kevin Jones (synclavier programming). Background vocals: Curtis King, Brenda King, Tawatha Agee, Diane Garisto, Lisa Fischer, Michelle Cobbs, Cindy Mizelle, Terri Gonzalez, Fonzi Thornton. Recorded at Skyline Studios, New York. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES Date: 1986 Length: 45:01 minutes Label: WEA/WARNER BROTHERS Genre: VOCAL Category: Jazz Vocals CREDITS Performers Tawatha Agee : Vocals (Background) Robert Arron : Reeds Jimmy Bralower : Drums, Percussion Hiram Bullock : Guitar Michelle Cobbs : Vocals (Background) Dr. Gibbs : Percussion Steve Ferrone :