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1981 studio album by Paul Davis
Cool Night Released November 30, 1981 Recorded In full digital at Web IV Studios (Atlanta, GA); Winter 1980 to early 1981. Genre Soft rock Length 38 :00 Label Arista Producer Ed Seay and Paul Davis
Paul Davis (1980)
Cool Night (1981)
The Best of Paul Davis (1982)
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Cool Night is the seventh and final studio album by singer/songwriter Paul Davis . It was his highest-charting album in the United States, reaching #52 on the Billboard album chart , and yielded three top-40 singles, "Cool Night ", "'65 Love Affair ", and "Love or Let Me Be Lonely ". The third was a remake of a song by The Friends of Distinction . This album was the first to be both recorded and mixed fully digitally.[citation needed ] It features backing vocals by the Commodores who were simultaneously recording their 1981 album In the Pocket .
Track listing [ edit ]
All tracks were written by Paul Davis except where noted.
"Cool Night " – 3:40
"You Came to Me" (Davis, Joe Wilson, Mike Hughes) – 3:38
"One More Time for the Lonely" – 4:09
"Nathan Jones " (Leonard Caston Jr. , Kathy Wakefield ) – 3:27
"Oriental Eyes" – 4:28
"'65 Love Affair " – 3:54
"Somebody's Gettin' to You" – 3:30
"Love or Let Me Be Lonely " (Skip Scarborough , Jerry Peters , Anita Poree) – 3:41
"What You Got to Say About Love" (Davis, Doug Bare, Ben Rappa) – 3:53
"We're Still Together" – 3:40
Personnel [ edit ]
Paul Davis – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Doug Bare – keyboards
Tommy Cooper – keyboards
Ed Seay – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
Vance Taylor – keyboards
Steve Hardwick – guitars
Rick Hinkle – guitars
Barry Dunaway – bass
Steve Tischer – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Jean T. McHine – drums
Benny Rappa – drums, backing vocals
Carol Veto – backing vocals
Production [ edit ]
Paul Davis – producer
Ed Seay – producer, engineer
Tommy Cooper – engineer
Jim Loyd – mastering
Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Donn Davenport – art direction
Neal Pozner – design
Tom Biondo – photography
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