It's Your Night

It's Your Night
Studio album by James Ingram
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Soul R&B Quiet Storm
Length	37:27
Label	Qwest Records Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Quincy Jones
James Ingram chronology
It's Your Night (1983) Never Felt So Good (1986)

It's Your Night is the first full-length album by R&B singer-songwriter James Ingram.

Reception

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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.

Track listing

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" (Ballard, Walsh) 4:25
5. "Whatever We Imagine" (David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock) 3:58
6. "One More Rhythm" (Rod Temperton) 4:05
7. "There's No Easy Way" (Barry Mann) 3:51
8. "It's Your Night" (Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 3:37
9. "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) 4:16

Personnel

• Drums: Raymond Calhoun, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Harvey Mason, Sr., John "J.R." Robinson
• Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa, Steven Ray
• Bass: Nathan East, Louis Johnson, Abe Laboriel
• Guitars: Larry Carlton, George Doering, Paul Jackson, Jr.
• Keyboards: Robbie Buchanan, David Foster, Greg Phillinganes
• Synthesizers: Michael Boddicker, Robbie Buchanan, David Foster, Craig Hundley, James Ingram, Michael McDonald, David Paich, Greg Phillinganes, Steve Porcaro, Jimmy Smith, Rod Temperton, Ian Underwood, Mark Vieha
• Piano: Quincy Jones
• Organ: Jimmy Smith
• Saxophone: Larry Williams
• Backing Vocals: Patti Austin, Tom Bahler, Ollie E. Brown, Zane Giles, Jim Gilstrap, Susaye Greene Brown, Linda Harmon, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Augie Johnson, Valerie Johnson, Quincy Jones, Edie Lehmann, Paulette McWilliams, Scherrie Payne, Carmen Twillie, Luther Vandross, Maxine Willard Waters
• Horns: Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Bill Reichenbach Jr.
• Horn arrangements by Johnny Mandel

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums	46
Billboard Top Soul Albums	14

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	US R&B	Adult Contemporary
1983	"How Do You Keep The Music Playing"	45	6	5
	"Party Animal"	-	21	-
	"Yah Mo B There"	19	5	10 (1984)
1984	"She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)"	-	59	19
	"There s No Easy Way"	58	-	10

External links

• James Ingram-It's Your Night at Discogs