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1979 studio album by Roy Ayers
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Fever is a studio album by American musician Roy Ayers . It was released in 1979 through Polydor Records . Recording sessions for the album took place at Sigma Sound Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City , and at Record Plant in Los Angeles . Production was handled by Ayers himself with co-production by Carla Vaughn.
The album peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single , "Love Will Bring Us Back Together", reached peak position #41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Track listing
Title 1. "Love Will Bring Us Back Together" 6:00 2. "Simple and Sweet" 4:45 3. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" 4:12 4. "I Wanna Feel It (I Wanna Dance)" 5:00 5. "Fever" 5:45 6. "Is It Too Late to Try?" 4:33 7. "If You Love Me" 5:30 8. "Leo" 5:00
Personnel
Roy Ayers – lead vocals (tracks: 1-7) , backing vocals (track 2) , electric piano (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8) , clavinet (tracks: 1, 5, 6) , handclaps (track 1) , cowbell (track 2) , ARP String Synthesizer (track 4) , vibraphone (tracks: 6-8) , ARP Omni (track 8) , producer
Carla Vaughn – lead vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 6) , backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5) , co-producer
Wayne Garfield – lead vocals (track 4)
Kathleen Jackson – lead vocals (track 4)
Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (track 2)
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (track 5)
Philip Woo – ARP String Synthesizer & Oberheim piano (track 2)
Harold Land – electric piano (tracks: 4, 7) , piano (track 7)
Chuck Anthony – guitar (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
George Baker – guitar (tracks: 2, 3)
Gregory David Moore – guitar (track 7)
William Henry Allen – bass (tracks: 1, 3, 6) , handclaps (track 1)
Kerry Turman – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7)
Neil Jason – bass (track 8)
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums (tracks: 1-4, 8)
Gene Dunlap – drums (tracks: 5, 7)
Howard Terrance King – drums (track 6)
Chano O'Ferral – percussion (track 2) , congas (tracks: 5, 7)
James Richard "Dick" Griffin – trombone (track 2)
Justo Almario – tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8)
John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet (track 4)
Sinclair Acey – trumpet (track 7)
Jerry Solomon – engineering
Ron Johnsen – engineering
Andy Abrams – engineering
Deni King – engineering
Carla Bandini – assistant engineering
Greg Calbi – mastering
Chart history
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