Fever (Roy Ayers album)

Fever
Studio album by Roy Ayers
Released	1979 (1979)
Studio	Electric Lady, New York City Sigma Sound, New York City Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Soul jazz
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers Carla Vaughn (co.)
Roy Ayers chronology
Let's Do It (1979) Fever (1979) No Stranger to Love (1979)
Singles from Fever
"Love Will Bring Us Back Together" Released: 1979 "Fever" Released: 1979

Fever is a studio album by American musician Roy Ayers. ^[1] It was released in 1979 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Sigma Sound Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and at Record Plant in Los Angeles. The production was handled by Ayers himself with co-production by Carla Vaughn.

The album peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Love Will Bring Us Back Together", reached peak position #41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The Bay State Banner wrote that Ayers "still cannot sing, but the vibes solos at last have some sting and energy behind them." ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Will Bring Us Back Together"	Roy Ayers	6:00
2.	"Simple and Sweet"	Philip Woo	4:45
3.	"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"	Jack Norworth Albert Von Tilzer	4:12
4.	"I Wanna Feel It (I Wanna Dance)"	Roy Ayers	5:00
5.	"Fever"	Eddie Cooley John Davenport	5:45
6.	"Is It Too Late to Try?"	Roy Ayers Carla Vaughn	4:33
7.	"If You Love Me"	Roy Ayers	5:30
8.	"Leo"	Roy Ayers	5:00

Personnel

• Roy Ayers – lead vocals (tracks: 1–7), backing vocals (track 2), electric piano (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8), clavinet (tracks: 1, 5, 6), handclaps (track 1), cowbell (track 2), ARP String Synthesizer (track 4), vibraphone (tracks: 6–8), ARP Omni (track 8), producer
• Carla Vaughn – lead vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 6), backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5), co-producer
• Wayne Garfield – lead vocals (track 4)
• Kathleen Jackson – lead vocals (track 4)
• Ethel Beatty – backing vocals (track 2)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (track 5)
• Philip Woo – ARP String Synthesizer & Oberheim piano (track 2)
• Harold Land, Jr. – electric piano (tracks: 4, 7), piano (track 7)
• Chuck Anthony – guitar (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
• George Baker – guitar (tracks: 2, 3)
• Gregory David Moore – guitar (track 7)
• William Henry Allen – bass (tracks: 1, 3, 6), handclaps (track 1)
• Kerry Turman – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7)
• Neil Jason – bass (track 8)
• Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie – drums (tracks: 1–4, 8)
• Gene Dunlap – drums (tracks: 5, 7)
• Howard Terrance King – drums (track 6)
• Chano O'Ferral – percussion (track 2), congas (tracks: 5, 7)
• James Richard "Dick" Griffin – trombone (track 2)
• Justo Almario – tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8)
• John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet (track 4)
• Sinclair Acey – trumpet (track 7)

Technical

• Jerry Solomon – engineering
• Ron Johnsen – engineering
• Andy Abrams – engineering
• Deni King – engineering
• Carla Bandini – assistant engineering
• Greg Calbi – mastering

Chart history

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	67
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5]	25

References

1. "Roy Ayers Packs 'Em In!". The Washington Informer. No. 49. August 16, 1979. p. 12.
2. Ankeny, Jason. "Fever – Roy Ayers". AllMusic . Retrieved September 3, 2018.
3. Lane, George (May 24, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 33. p. 13.
4. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
5. "Roy Ayers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

External links

• Roy Ayers – Fever at Discogs (list of releases)