4 (Fourplay album)

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Studio album by
Released1998
Studio Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA)
NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Pacifique Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Remidi Studios (Ardsley-On-Hudson, NY)
Genre Jazz
Length55:39
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Fourplay
Fourplay chronology
The Best of Fourplay
(1997)
4
(1998)
Snowbound
(2000)

4 is the fourth studio album by Fourplay, released in 1998. This is their first album with guitarist Larry Carlton.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still the One"Mason5:42
2."Little Foxes"James5:47
3."Sexual Healing" Odell Brown, Marvin Gaye, David Ritz 5:28
4."Charmed, I'm Sure"Carlton6:12
5."Someone to Love"East5:42
6."Rio Rush" Abraham Laboriel, Mason7:47
7."Piece of My Heart"James, Chris Walker 4:26
8."Slow Slide"Mason5:04
9."Vest Pocket"James4:42
10."Swamp Jazz"Carlton4:49
Total length:55:39

Personnel

Fourplay

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Studios

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References

  1. Ginell, Richard S. "4 - Fourplay | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.