Pulse (Greg Phillinganes album)

Pulse
Studio album by Greg Phillinganes
Released	July 17, 1984
Recorded	Studio 55, The Room, Bodifications, The Music Grinder (Los Angeles) [1]
Genre	Dance-pop, soul, R&B, electronic
Length	43:05
Label	Planet Records
Producer	Richard Perry
Greg Phillinganes chronology
Significant Gains (1981) Pulse (1984)
Singles from Pulse
"Behind The Mask" Released: 1985

Pulse is the second solo album by American session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes. Released on July 17, 1984, the album includes Phillinganes' best-known solo song, a cover of "Behind the Mask" by Yellow Magic Orchestra arranged by Michael Jackson.

The track "Countdown to Love" was also featured in the 1984 film Streets of Fire , while both "Playin' with Fire" and "Signals" would later appear in the 1986 film Touch and Go . ^[2] More recently, "Behind the Mask" was used for a montage in the sixth episode of the Max Original Series Fired on Mars (2023).

Track listing

1. "Behind the Mask" (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell; arr. Michael Jackson) (4:48)
2. "Won't Be Long Now" (Robbie Nevil, Mark Mueller) (5:05)
3. "Playin' With Fire" (Jackie Jackson, Pamela Phillips-Oland, Jack Wargo) (4:46)
4. "I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (4:39)
5. "Come As You Are" (Brock Walsh, Nevil) (4:18)
6. "Lazy Nina" (Donald Fagen) (5:25)
7. "Signals" (Richard Page, John Lang, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East) (5:00)
8. "Countdown To Love" (Kenny Vance, Marty Kupersmith) (2:56)
9. "Shake It" (Anthony Marinelli, Share Stallings, Brian Banks) (6:08) ^[1]

Personnel

• Greg Phillinganes – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, arranger
• Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli – Synclavier programming, "special effects"
• Richard Perry – production
• Michael Brooks – engineering ^[3]

Additional track-by-track personnel

"Behind the Mask"

• David Williams – guitars
• Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
• Michael Boddicker – vocoder
• Howie Rice – clap effects
• Richard Page – additional backing vocals
• Michael Jackson – arranger, possible backing vocals
• John Arrias and John Vigran – engineering

"Won't Be Long Now"

• The Pointer Sisters – backing vocals
• Robbie Nevil – guitars
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
• Robbie Nevil – arranger

"Playin' With Fire"

• James Ingram, Howard Hewett, Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
• Carlos Rios – guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
• Jerry Hey – horns
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• Jackie Jackson, Jerry Hey – arranger
• John Vigran, Gary Skardina, Roger Paglia, Alex Schmoll – engineering

"I Have Dreamed"

• Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
• John Robinson – percussion
• John Vigran – engineer

"Come as You Are"

• Robbie Nevil – guitar
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, and Clydene Jackson – backing vocals
• Brock Walsh, Robbie Nevil – associate producers
• Robbie Nevil – arranger
• Bert Battaglia – engineer

"Lazy Nina"

• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
• John Robinson – drums
• Philip Perry, Maxi Anderson, Darryl Phinnessee, Gwen Matthews – backing vocals
• Greg Phillinganes, Cherron Taylor-Phillinganes, Shyra Mason, and Howard Dresden – claps
• Donald Fagen – arranger
• Jeremy Smith and John Vigran – engineering

"Signals"

• Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
• Nathan East – bass guitar
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Richard Page, Steve George – backing vocals

"Countdown to Love"

• Howie Rice – synthesizer
• Dennis Herring – guitar
• Howie Rice – arranger
• John Arrias, Roger Paglia – engineering

"Shake It"

• Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, engineering, associate producers
• Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
• Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks

Production credits

• Assistant engineers: Greg Holguin, Bob Loftus, and Alex Schmoll
• Remix engineers: Bill Schnee, Michael Brooks, John Arrias, and Lew Hahn
• Mastering engineer: Stephen Marcussen ^[1]

References

1. Greg Phillinganes (1984). Pulse (Media notes).
2. "Touch and Go soundtrack details". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
3. "Greg Phillinganes – Pulse". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved December 31, 2014.