Patti Austin's third Qwest album was a reasonable success, making the Top 50 on the R&B chart and throwing off three R&B chart singles, "Honey for the Bees," "The Heat of Heat," and the title track. But you could tell it was supposed to do a lot better on the pop chart: five heavyweight producers (Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma, Monte Moir, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis), plus 14 songwriters, contributed to what was doubtless a big-budget production, and that means label head Quincy Jones was looking for a lot more in the way of crossover than a low chart ranking for "The Heat Of Heat." In retrospect, the fault lies with all that high-priced help, while Austin gives her all in any guise they devise for her -- sultry balladeer, disco diva, pop princess. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Gettin' Away with Murder
10/01/1985 | Wounded Bird Records
All Music Guide Review
Gettin' Away with Murder Track Listing
Credits of Gettin' Away with Murder
- Lee Basky
- Emulator
- Steve MacMillan
- Engineer
- John Mahoney
- Synclavier
- Tony Maiden
- Guitar
- Alan Meyerson
- Engineer
- Monte Moir
- Synthesizer, Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements, Drum Programming, Producer, Percussion, Keyboards, Piano
- Dan Nash
- Assistant Engineer
- Lucia Newell
- Vocals (Background)
- Michael Ostin
- Executive Producer
- Malcolm Pollack
- Mixing
- Jack Joseph Puig
- Engineer
- Bob Riley
- Drum Programming, Simmons Drums
- Garry Rindfuss
- Engineer
- Mike Ross
- Engineer
- Richard Scher
- Arranger, Sequencing Programmer, Synthesizer Programming, Drum Programming
- Bill Schnee
- Engineer
- Ira Siegel
- Guitar
- Russ Titelman
- Arranger, Executive Producer, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Bobby Warner
- Assistant Engineer
- Todd Yvega
- Synclavier
- Erik Zobler
- Engineer
- Bruce Buchalter
- Assistant Engineer
- Bruce Smith
- Assistant Engineer
- Hyacinthe Tlucek
- Violin
- Laura LiPuma
- Art Direction, Design
- Stuart Watson
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Kyle Davis
- Production Coordination
- Bradshaw Leigh
- Engineer
- Jamie Chaleff
- Assistant Engineer
- Brenda Mickens
- Strings
- Frank Lee
- Strings
- Neil Steubenhaus
- Bass
- Abe Laboriel, Jr.
- Bass
- Lee Blasky
- Programming, Emulator, String Arrangements
- Ralph Matson
- Strings, Violin
- Carl Nashan
- Strings, Violin
- Sachina Isomura
- Strings
- Bob Jamieson
- Cello
- Ian Siegal
- Guitar
- Randy Goodman
- Keyboards
- Bob James & Creations
- String Arrangements
- Edouard Blitz
- Cello
- Marsha Peck
- Strings, Cello
- Herb Pilhofer
- Synclavier
- Ralph MacDonald
- Tambourine
- Jocelyn Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- David Nadien
- Contractor
- Gordon Grody
- Vocals (Background)
- Josh Abbey
- Engineer
- Bruce Allard
- Violin
- Julie Ayer
- Violin
- Jim Boyer
- Engineer, Mixing
- Randy Brecker
- Trumpet
- Robbie Buchanan
- Synthesizer, Keyboards
- Chaka Khan
- Vocals (Background)
- Paulinho Da Costa
- Percussion
- Carolyn Daws
- Violin
- Hanley Daws
- Violin
- Steve Ferrone
- Drums
- Dan Garcia
- Engineer
- Humberto Gatica
- Engineer
- Randy Goodrum
- Keyboards
- Lani Groves
- Vocals (Background)
- Rev. Patrick Henderson
- Piano
- Andy Hoffman
- Engineer
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Guitar
- Jimmy Jam
- Synthesizer, Percussion, Producer, Rhythm Arrangements, Drum Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Piano
- Ted Jensen
- Mastering
- Robbie Kilgore
- Synthesizer, Bass, Synthesizer Bass, Synthesizer Arrangements, Keyboards
- Gordon Knudtson
- Drums
- Joshua Koestenbaum
- Cello
- Abraham Laboriel
- Bass
- Michael Landau
- Guitar
- Terry Lewis
- Percussion, Keyboards, Vocal Arrangement, Producer, Programming, Drums, Rhythm Arrangements
- Tommy LiPuma
- Producer
- Patti Austin
- Vocals, Vocals (Background), Main Performer, Vocal Arrangement
- Dan Hartman
- Vocals (Background)
- Billy Joel
- Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Luther Vandross
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Brecker
- Saxophone
- Bob James
- String Arrangements
- Jeff Lorber
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Soloist

















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