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Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker album)

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Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. Released in 1994, the album peaked at #2 on Billboard 200 and #1 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop album. The album was certified double platinum giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.

The album's first single, "Body and Soul", gave Baker her first top 40 hit since 1988.

Baker also received a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for I Apologize. Body And Soul was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and Rhythm of Love was nominated for Best R&B Album.

Track listing

  1. "Rhythm of Love"
  2. "The Look of Love"
  3. "Body and Soul"
  4. "Baby"
  5. "I Apologize"
  6. "Plenty of Room"
  7. "It's Been You"
  8. "You Belong To Me"
  9. "Wrong Man"
  10. "Only For A While"
  11. "Sometimes I Wonder Why"
  12. "My Funny Valentine"

Personnel

  • Anita Baker - vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Michael Thompson, Dean Parks, Ira Siegel - guitar
  • Barry J. Eastmond - strings, piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, programming
  • Joe Mardin - strings, keyboards, drums, programming
  • Andy Snitzer - saxophone
  • Jerry Hey - trumpet
  • Luis Resto - piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, programming
  • Nathan East, Anthony Jackson - bass
  • Steve Ferrone - drums
  • Bashiri Johnson - percussion
  • Gordon Chambers - background vocals

Producers - Anita Baker, Tommy LiPuma, Gerard Smerek, Barry J. Eastmond, Arif Mardin
Engineers - Gerard Smerek, Al Schmitt, Randy Poole