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Chinese Wall is a solo album by Philip Bailey, released on the Columbia Records label in October 1984. Chinese Wall has been certified gold in the US. The album reached number 22 and number 10 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively.[3][4] In 1986 the album gave Bailey a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, while "Easy Lover", the duet with Phil Collins (who produced the album), earned a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.
Track listing
| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Photogenic Memory" | Jerry Knight, Davitt Sigerson, Lillie Mae Clarke | 5:26 |
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| 2. | "I Go Crazy" | Philip Bailey, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron | 4:48 |
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| 3. | "Walking on the Chinese Wall" | Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, Marcy Levy | 5:08 |
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| 4. | "For Every Heart That's Been Broken" | Glen Ballard, Clif Magness | 4:15 |
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| 5. | "Go" | Nathan East, Ralph Johnson | 4:30 |
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| 6. | "Easy Lover" (Duet with Phil Collins) | Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Nathan East | 5:04 |
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| 7. | "Show You the Way to Love" | Philip Bailey, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron | 4:41 |
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| 8. | "Time Is a Woman" | Barry Blue, Julian Littman, Robin Smith | 4:31 |
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| 9. | "Woman" | Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina | 5:04 |
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| 10. | "Children of the Ghetto" | Chris Amoo, Eddie Amoo | 6:49 |
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[3][5]
Personnel
- Philip Bailey – lead and background vocals, percussion (10)
- Carl Carwell - background vocals (7, 10)
- Phil Collins - drums (1-9), vocoder (1), LinnDrum (1, 3, 5), Simmons (2, 8, 9), keyboards (3, 6), backing vocals (3, 6, 8), lead vocals (6), percussion (10)
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion (7, 10)
- Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet (3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
- Nathan East - bass guitar, bass pedals (4), kalimba (4), keyboards (5)
- Winston Ford - background vocals (7, 10)
- Michael Harris - trumpet (3, 5, 7, 8, 9), trumpet solo (9)
- Josie James - background vocals (3, 4, 8)
- Nigel Martinez - background vocals (8)
- The Phenix Horns - horns (3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
- Don Myrick - saxophone (3, 5, 7, 8, 9), sax solo (5)
- Louis Satterfield - trombone (3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
- Daryl Stuermer - guitar, guitar solo (4, 6)
- Lesette Wilson - keyboards, piano (10)
Production
- Steve Chase - assistant engineer
- Judy Clapp - assistant engineer
- Phil Collins - producer
- Murray Dvorkin - assistant engineer
- Arif Mardin - string arrangement (5, 7, 9)
- George Massenburg - engineer, synthesizer programming
- Tom Perry - assistant engineer
- Godfrey Wang - synthesizer programming
- Tom-Tom 84 - horn arrangement
[3][5]
"Children Of The Ghetto" has been featured in the movie Clockers.[6]
Charts
Album – Billboard
| Year
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Chart
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Position
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| 1984
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The Billboard 200
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22
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| 1984
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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10
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Singles – Billboard
| Year
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Single
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Chart
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Position
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| 1984
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"Easy Lover"
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The Billboard Hot 100
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2
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| 1984
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"Easy Lover"
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
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3
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| 1984
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"Easy Lover"
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Mainstream Rock Tracks
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5
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| 1985
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"Easy Lover"
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Adult Contemporary
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15
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| 1985
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"Easy Lover"
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Hot Dance Music/Club Play
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7
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| 1985
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"Easy Lover"
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Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
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3
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| 1985
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"Easy Lover"
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UK Singles
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1
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| 1984
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"Photogenic Memory"
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
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61
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| 1985
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"Walking on the Chinese Wall"
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
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56
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| 1985
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"Walking on the Chinese Wall"
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The Billboard Hot 100
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46
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[3][7]
External links
References
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| Studio albums | |
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| Compilations | |
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| Singles | |
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| Other songs | |
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