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Just Between Us is the debut album by Gerald Albright, released on October 27, 1987, by Atlantic Records.

Just Between Us
Studio album by Gerald Albright
Released	October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27)
Studio	Soundcastle and Elumba Studios (Hollywood, California) Silverlake Studios and Jam Power Studios (Los Angeles, California) Blah Blah Studios
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:05
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Gerald Albright
Gerald Albright chronology
Just Between Us (1987) Bermuda Nights (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide	[2]

Critical reception

Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote: "The sparkling 'So Amazing', featuring Albright in typically joyous form, was the major single—a number 12 hit on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart.[3] This established Albright's long-term presence at the fore of commercial jazz."[1]

Charts

"So Amazing", a song written by Luther Vandross, peaked at No. 12 on January 29, 1988, on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.[3] The album peaked at No. 181 for 5 weeks, beginning on March 11, 1988, on the Billboard 200[4] and was also listed at No. 32 on Billboard Top Black Albums chart for the week of December 26, 1987.[5]

Track listing

Musicians

• Gerald Albright – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Chuckii Booker – keyboards
• Rodney Franklin – keyboards, drum programming
• Bobby Lyle – keyboards
• Patrice Rushen – keyboards
• Greg Moore – guitars
• Billy Griffin – bass guitar
• Harvey Mason – drums, drum programming
• Lloyd Michael Cook – drums
• Craig Burbidge – drum programming
• David Stewart – drum programming
• Plato Brown – percussion
• Terral Santiel – percussion
• Arish Rountree – lead vocals (1)
• Bridgette Bryant – lead vocals (6), backing vocals
• Billy Griffin – lead vocals (8), backing vocals
• Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
• Fred White – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Gerald Albright
• Associate Producer – Rodney Franklin
• Executive Producers – Merlin Bobb and Sylvia Rhone
• Recorded and Mixed by Craig Burbidge
• Associate Engineers – Elizabeth Cluse, T. Sumiko Green, John Guggenheim, Fred Howard, David Konig, David Kopatz, Jane McCord and Ted Pattison.
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, California).
• Production Administration – Serapis Productions
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Type Design – Jodi Rovin
• Wardrobe and Styling – Glynis Albright
• Make-up – Labella
• Hair Stylist – Rudy Pounds
• Management – Raymond A. Shields II

Charts

References

External links

• Gerald Albright Official Site
• Atlantic Records Official Site

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