Between the Sheets (Fourplay album)

Between the Sheets
Studio album by Fourplay
Released	August 17, 1993 (1993-08-17)
Studio	Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, NY)
Genre	Jazz
Length	67:32
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Nathan East, Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour, Bob James
Fourplay chronology
Fourplay (1991) Between the Sheets (1993) Elixir (1995)

Between the Sheets is the second studio album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released in August 1993 on Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Between the Sheets has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA. ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]

Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chant"	Bob James	6:24
2.	"Monterey"	Lee Ritenour	6:12
3.	"Between the Sheets"	Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper	6:45
4.	"Li'l Darlin'"	Neal Hefti	5:16
5.	"Flying East"	Marcel East, Nathan East	6:08
6.	"Once in the A.M."	Lee Ritenour	6:30
7.	"Gulliver"	Bob James	6:48
8.	"Amoroso"	Harvey Mason	5:48
9.	"A Summer Child"	Lee Ritenour	5:33
10.	"Anthem"	Harvey Mason	5:39
11.	"Song for Somalia"	Harvey Mason	6:29

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Personnel

Fourplay

• Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, Yamaha Disklavier piano, synthesizers, string orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7)
• Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, guitar synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Nathan East – 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless basses, lead chant (1), chorus chant (1), lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3, 5)
• Harvey Mason – drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, glockenspiel, arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11)

Additional Musicians

• Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer programming, computer sequencing, drum programming (3)
• Marcel East – arrangements (5)
• Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1)
• Chaka Khan – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
• Phillip Bailey – backing vocals (3)
• Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)

Production

• Bob James – executive producer
• Fourplay – producers
• Don Murray – recording, mixing
• Neal Avron – assistant engineer
• Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
• Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
• Marcel East – vocal recording
• Harvey Mason, Jr. – technician
• Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• Debra Johnson – production coordinator
• Kim Champagne – art direction, design
• Stuart Watson – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York).
• Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California).
• Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart [2] [3]	Position
1993	The Billboard 200	70
1993	Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	1
1993	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	15

Singles – Billboard

Title	Year	Chart	Position
Between the Sheets	1993	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	72
Chant	1994	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	98

References

1. Fourplay: Between The Sheets. Warner Bros. Records. August 1993.
2. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Jazz Albums)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
3. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
4. "Fourplay: Between the Sheets". riaa.com. RIAA.
5. "Fourplay: Between The Sheets". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
6. "Fourplay". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.