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1984 studio album by Greg Phillinganes
Pulse is the title of the second solo album from session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes . Released on July 17, 1984, the album included what is perhaps Phillinganes' best-known solo "hit," a cover of Japanese synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra 's song, "Behind the Mask ," with additional lyrics by Michael Jackson . The track "Countdown to Love" was also featured in the 1984 film, Streets of Fire , while both "Playin' with Fire" and "Signals" would later appear in the 1986 film, Touch and Go .[2] In addition, the song "Lazy Nina" was written by Donald Fagen exclusively for Phillinganes, and has never been recorded by Fagen himself. The details of the release are below.[3]
Track listing
"Behind the Mask " (Ryuichi Sakamoto , Chris Mosdell , Michael Jackson ) (4:48)
"Won't Be Long Now" (Robbie Nevil , Mark Muller (sic)) (5:05)
"Playin' With Fire" (Jackie Jackson , Pamela Phillips-Oland, Jack Wargo) (4:46)
"I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II ) (4:39)
"Come As You Are" (Brock Walsh , Nevil) (4:18)
"Lazy Nina" (Donald Fagen ) (5:25)
"Signals" (Richard Page , John Lang, Greg Phillinganes , Nathan East ) (5:00)
"Countdown To Love" (Kenny Vance , Marty Kupersmith) (2:56)
"Shake It" (Anthony Marinelli , Share Stallings, Brian Banks) (6:08)[1]
Personnel
Additional track-by-track personnel
"Behind the Mask"
"Won't Be Long Now"
"Playin' With Fire"
"I Have Dreamed"
Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
John Robinson – cymbals , hi-hat
Arranger: Greg Phillinganes
Additional engineering: John Vigran
"Come as You Are"
Robbie Nevil – guitar
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, and Clydene Jackson – additional backing vocals
Associate producers: Brock Walsh, Robbie Nevil
Arranger: Robbie Nevil
Track engineer: Bert Battaglia
"Lazy Nina"
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
John Robinson – drums
Philip Perry, Maxi Anderson, Darryl Phinnessee , and Gwen Matthews – additional backing vocals
Greg Phillinganes, Cherron Taylor-Phillinganes, Shyra Mason, and Howard Dresden – claps
Arrangers: Donald Fagen and Greg Phillinganes
Additional engineering: Jeremy Smith and John Vigran
"Signals"
Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
Nathan East – bass
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Richard Page, Steve George – additional backing vocals
Arranger: Greg Phillinganes
"Countdown to Love"
Howie Rice – synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes – additional keyboards, synthesizer solo
Dennis Herring – guitar
Arranger: Howie Rice
Additional Engineering: John Arrias and Roger Paglia
"Shake It"
Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks – synthesizers and synthesizer programming
Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals and chants
Associate Producers: Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks
Arrangers: Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks, Greg Phillinganes
Engineers: Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks
Production credits
Producer: Richard Perry
Recording Engineer: Michael Brooks (except where noted above)
Assistant Engineers: Greg Holguin, Bob Loftus, and Alex Schmoll
Remix Engineers: Bill Schnee, Michael Brooks, John Arrias, and Lew Hahn
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen (at Precision Lacquer)[1]
References