The Night I Fell in Love (album)
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ReleasedMarch 8, 1985
RecordedJune–October 1984
Studio
- AIR Studios (Montserrat)
- Mediasound Studios and Power Station (New York City, New York)
- Minot Sound (White Plains, New York)
- Westlake Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, California)
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| Released | March 8, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | June–October 1984 | |||
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| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Singles from The Night I Fell in Love | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
| Q | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[5] |
The Night I Fell in Love is the fourth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on March 8, 1985, by Epic Records. In 1986, Vandross garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and two American Music Awards, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The first single "'Til My Baby Comes Home" is notable for featuring Billy Preston on organ.
The Night I Fell in Love reached number nineteen on the US Billboard 200 album chart and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, it was ranked #93 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.[6] The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "'Til My Baby Comes Home" | Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller | 5:31 |
| 2. | "The Night I Fell in Love" | Vandross, Miller | 6:06 |
| 3. | "If Only for One Night" | Brenda Russell | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Creepin'" | Stevie Wonder | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "It's Over Now" | Vandross, Miller | 6:09 |
| 6. | "Wait for Love" | Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr. | 5:16 |
| 7. | "My Sensitivity (Gets in the Way)" | Vandross | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Other Side of the World" | Vandross, Adderley | 5:58 |
Personnel
- Luther Vandross – lead vocals, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (3, 4, 6–8)
- John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
- Marcus Miller – synthesizers, backing vocals, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5), bass (2–8)
- Ed Walsh – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
- Billy Preston – organ (1)
- Doc Powell – guitars
- Georg Wadenius – guitars
- Eluriel Barfield – bass (1)
- Yogi Horton – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
- Steve Kroon – congas, bongos
- Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
- Michelle Cobbs – alto vocals
- Darlene Love – alto vocals
- Paulette McWilliams – alto vocals
- Brenda White King – alto vocals
- Alfa Anderson – soprano vocals
- Lisa Fischer – soprano vocals
- Cissy Houston – soprano vocals
- Yvonne Lewis – soprano vocals
Production
- Larkin Arnold – executive producer
- Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 5)
- Luther Vandross – producer
- Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
- Matt Butler – assistant engineer
- Ric Butz – assistant engineer
- Iris Cohen – assistant engineer
- Dave Greenberg – assistant engineer
- Alex Haas – assistant engineer
- Garry Rindfuss – assistant engineer
- Tom Roberts – assistant engineer
- Bruce Wildstein – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Dominick Celani – production assistant
- Barri Kaye – production manager
- Gordon Elliott – production coordinator
- Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor
- George Corsillo – art direction, design
- Brian Hagiwara – photography
- Ret Turner – clothing
- Cornell Hill – hair stylist
- Jeff Jones – make-up
- Shep Gordon – management
- Daniel S. Markus – management
- Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company
Studio management
- Diane Alleyne (Power Station)
- Thomas Cimillo (Minot Sound)
- Yvonne Kelly (AIR Studios)
- Paula Marshall (Westlake Studios)
- Susan Planer (Mediasound)
- Bob Walters (Power Station)
