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Blue Obsession
10/28/1997 | Ramp Records
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All Music Guide Review
Working with producer Tommy Sims -- the man who produced Eric Clapton's hit "Change the World" -- evidently inspired Michael McDonald, since Blue Obsession is his best record in nearly ten years. Stylistically, it's similar to every record he's made since going solo in the early '80s -- namely, it's a combination of adult contemporary ballads and lightly grooving, adult contemporary pop-soul -- but the difference is that the quality of the material is uniformly strong. In addition to two covers ("Ain't That Peculiar," "Down By the River"), there's a selection of new songs largely co-written by McDonald and Sims. While there are no crossover pop hits on the level of "I Keep Forgettin'" or "Sweet Freedom," it's a strong collection of songs with only a few slow moments. It's a record that shows McDonald maturing quite gracefully. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Blue Obsession Track Listing
Credits of Blue Obsession
- Michael MacDonald
- Synthesizer, Vocals, Claves
- Russ Martin
- Engineer
- Bob Mason
- Cello
- Toby McKeehan
- Vocals, Voices, Vocals (Background)
- Terry McMillan
- Percussion, Conga
- Doug Moffet
- Saxophone
- Wendy Moten
- Vocals, Vocal Arrangement
- Nashville String Machine
- Strings
- David Pack
- Guitar, Producer, Keyboards
- Chris Pelonis
- Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Engineer
- George Perilli
- Drums
- Tom Roady
- Percussion
- Chris Rodriguez
- Guitar
- Gregg Rubin
- Engineer, Mixing
- Tommy Sims
- Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Horn Arrangements, Rhythm Arrangements, String Arrangements, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Pamela Sixfin
- Violin
- Denis Solee
- Saxophone
- Bruce Steinberg
- Executive Producer, Photography, Art Direction
- Bobby G. Taylor
- Flute, Oboe
- Alan Umstead
- Viola
- Gary VanOsdale
- Viola
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale
- Violin
- Kirk Whalum
- Saxophone
- Kristin Wilkinson
- Viola
- Kris Wilkinson
- Viola
- Rick "Soldier" Will
- Mixing
- Chris Willis
- Vocals (Background)
- Johnny Neel
- Vocals (Background)
- Dave Dillbeck
- Assistant Engineer
- Sean McLean
- Assistant Engineer
- Angelo Petrucci
- Vocals (Background)
- Nicol Sponberg
- Vocals (Background)
- Claude McKnight
- Vocals (Background)
- Grady Walker
- Engineer
- Tim Akers
- Conductor, String Arrangements, Organ (Hammond), Horn Arrangements
- Tabitha Fair
- Vocals (Background)
- Chris Kent
- Bass (Electric)
- Dan Needham
- Drums
- Veronica Petrucci
- Vocals (Background)
- Martin Woodlee
- Engineer
- Carol McClure
- Harp
- Joe Costa
- Assistant Engineer
- Hank Nirider
- Assistant Engineer
- Michael Tait
- Vocals (Background)
- Bill Owsley
- Guitar
- Marc Frigo
- Assistant Engineer
- Tim Coyle
- Assistant Engineer
- Bridgett Evans O'Lannerghty
- Production Coordination
- F. Reid Shippen
- Assistant Engineer
- Mark Casselman
- Engineer
- Jon Lechner
- Engineer
- Yvette Preyer
- Drums, Tambourine
- Brian Zsupnick
- Drums
- Chris Rodrigues
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
- Andy Gerome
- Engineer
- Tiffany Palmer
- Director
- Kevin Max Smith
- Vocals (Background)
- Pamela Holman
- Director
- LaDre Fayne
- Director
- Gail Chiarivalli
- Production Coordination
- Simion Design
- Package Design
- Shane Gue
- Program Assistant, Hard Disk Editing
- Susan Henson
- Production Coordination
- Ron Hoff
- Conductor, String Arrangements
- Keely, Dennis
- Photography
- Rick Wills
- Mixing
- Mike Haynes
- Trumpet
- Todd Smith
- Bass
- Thomas Burke
- Back Cover, Booklet Design
- Danny Duncan
- Percussion, Sound Effects, Program Assistant, Hard Disk Editing
- Chester Thompson
- Drums
- Graham Lewis
- Assistant Engineer
- Amy Holland
- Vocals (Background)
- Gary Braasch
- Photography
- Bernie Chiaravalle
- Guitar (Acoustic), Rhythm Arrangements, Producer, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Electric), Guitar, Cymbals
- George Cocchini
- Guitar
- Rodney Covington
- Vocals (Background)
- David Davidson
- Violin
- Mark Douthit
- Saxophone
- Dan Dugmore
- Lap Steel Guitar
- Connie Ellisor
- Violin
- Ben Fowler
- Engineer
- Carl Gorodetzky
- Strings, Concert Master, String Arrangements, Violin
- Barry Green
- Trombone
- Tony Green
- Assistant Engineer
- Armand Grimaldi
- Drums
- Marc Harris
- Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Claves
- Joe Hogue
- Organ, Hard Disk Editing, Program Assistant, Editing, Sampling, Keyboards, Programming
- Dennis Keeley
- Cover Photo
- Gordon Kennedy
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
- Joey Kibble
- Vocals (Background)
- Mark Kibble
- Vocals (Background)
- Viktor Krauss
- Bass (Acoustic), Bass Fiddle
- Anthony LaMarchina
- Cello
- Lee Larrison
- Violin
- Sam Levine
- Flute
- Billy Livsey
- Keyboards, Organ (Hammond)
- Karla Bonoff
- Vocals (Background)
- Christopher Cross
- Vocals (Background)
- Michael McDonald
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Main Performer, Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements, Wurlitzer, Synthesizer Pads
- Matt Rollings
- Piano
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