| Night After Night | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | LeGonks West | |||
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| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | George Duke | |||
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Night After Night is a studio album by American keyboardist George Duke released in 1989 on Elektra Records. The album reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [1] [2]
Night After Night was produced by George Duke. Artists such as Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Johnny Gill and Jeffrey Osborne appear on the album. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
With a 4-out-of-5-star rating, Johnathan Widran of AllMusic wrote "Having been a top notch producer for such hot R&B acts as Stephanie Mills, Deniece Williams, and Jeffrey Osborne throughout the '80s, it comes as no surprise that Duke would deliver such a powerhouse of dance funk instrumentals towards the end of that decade. Being so pop oriented, however, what comes as a pleasant surprise is just how much room is left for Duke to display his sense of improvisation on the many keyboards he uses here." [3]
All tracks are written by George Duke.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Miss Wiggle" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Children of the Night" | 5:12 |
| 3. | "Love Ballad" | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Guilty" | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Same Ole Love" | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Say Hello" | 4:39 |
| 7. | "You Are The Only One in My Life" | 5:29 |
| 8. | "Brazilian Coffee" | 1:10 |
| 9. | "This Lovin'" | 5:08 |
| 10. | "Mystery Eyes" | 4:23 |
| 11. | "560 SL" | 3:51 |
| 12. | "Fuzzzion" | 6:49 |
| 13. | "Rise Up" | 5:34 |
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