The Night I Fell in Love (album)

The Night I Fell in Love
Studio album by Luther Vandross
Released	March 8, 1985
Recorded	June–October 1984
Studio	AIR Studios (Montserrat) Mediasound Studios and Power Station (New York City, New York) Minot Sound (White Plains, New York) Westlake Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	41:29
Label	Epic
Producer	Luther Vandross Marcus Miller
Luther Vandross chronology
Busy Body (1983) The Night I Fell in Love (1985) Give Me the Reason (1986)
Singles from The Night I Fell in Love
"Til My Baby Comes Home" Released: January 1985 "If Only for One Night" Released: March 1985 "It's Over Now" Released: June 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+ [3]
Q	[4]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) [5]

The Night I Fell in Love is the fourth studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on March 8, 1985, by Epic Records. In 1986, Vandross garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and two American Music Awards, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The first single "'Til My Baby Comes Home" is notable for featuring Billy Preston on organ.

The Night I Fell in Love reached number nineteen on the US Billboard 200 album chart and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, it was ranked #93 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s. ^[6] The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"' Til My Baby Comes Home"	Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller	5:31
2.	"The Night I Fell in Love"	Vandross, Miller	6:06
3.	"If Only for One Night"	Brenda Russell	4:15
4.	"Creepin'"	Stevie Wonder	4:04

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"It's Over Now"	Vandross, Miller	6:09
6.	"Wait for Love"	Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr.	5:16
7.	"My Sensitivity (Gets in the Way)"	Vandross	4:10
8.	"Other Side of the World"	Vandross, Adderley	5:58

Personnel

• Luther Vandross – lead vocals, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (3, 4, 6-8)
• John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• Marcus Miller – synthesizers, backing vocals, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5), bass (2-8)
• Ed Walsh – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
• Billy Preston – organ (1)
• Doc Powell – guitars
• Georg Wadenius – guitars
• Eluriel Barfield – bass (1)
• Yogi Horton – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas
• Steve Kroon – congas, bongos
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
• Michelle Cobbs – alto vocals
• Darlene Love – alto vocals
• Paulette McWilliams – alto vocals
• Brenda White King – alto vocals
• Alfa Anderson – soprano vocals
• Lisa Fischer – soprano vocals
• Cissy Houston – soprano vocals
• Yvonne Lewis – soprano vocals

Production

• Larkin Arnold – executive producer
• Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 5)
• Luther Vandross – producer
• Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
• Matt Butler – assistant engineer
• Ric Butz – assistant engineer
• Iris Cohen – assistant engineer
• Dave Greenberg – assistant engineer
• Alex Haas – assistant engineer
• Garry Rindfuss – assistant engineer
• Tom Roberts – assistant engineer
• Bruce Wildstein – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Dominick Celani – production assistant
• Barri Kaye – production manager
• Gordon Elliott – production coordinator
• Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor
• George Corsillo – art direction, design
• Brian Hagiwara – photography
• Ret Turner – clothing
• Cornell Hill – hair stylist
• Jeff Jones – make-up
• Shep Gordon – management
• Daniel S. Markus – management
• Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company

Studio management

• Diane Alleyne (Power Station)
• Thomas Cimillo (Minot Sound)
• Yvonne Kelly (AIR Studios)
• Paula Marshall (Westlake Studios)
• Susan Planer (Mediasound)
• Bob Walters (Power Station)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1985) Peak position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 25 UK Albums (OCC) [8] 19 US Billboard 200 [9] 19 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position US Billboard 200 [11] 45 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [12] 5 Chart (1986) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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6. "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Rolling Stone. No. 565. November 16, 1989.
7. "Charts.nz – Luther Vandross – The Night I Fell in Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
8. "Luther Vandross | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
9. "Luther Vandross Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
10. "Luther Vandross Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
11. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
12. "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 1985". Billboard . Retrieved August 20, 2018.
13. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
14. "American album certifications – Luther Vandross – The Night I Fell in Love". Recording Industry Association of America.