Wild Card (The Rippingtons album)

Wild Card
Studio album by The Rippingtons
Released	May 17, 2005
Studio	Castle Oaks Recording (Calabasas, California) Latinum Music Studios (Miami, Florida) Surfboard Studios (Boca Raton, Florida)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	52:49
Label	Peak
Producer	Russ Freeman Steve Sykes
The Rippingtons chronology
Let It Ripp (2003) Wild Card (2005) 20th Anniversary (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Wild Card is The Rippingtons' thirteenth album, which was released in 2005.

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gypsy Eyes"	Russ Freeman; Yaredt Leon	4:20
2.	"Wild Card"	Russ Freeman	3:56
3.	"El Vacilón"	Russ Freeman; Yaredt Leon	4:47
4.	"Paradise"	Russ Freeman	5:04
5.	"Spanish Girl"	Russ Freeman	4:15
6.	"Mulata de Mi Amor"	Russ Freeman; Yaredt Leon	4:08
7.	"Moonlight"	Russ Freeman	3:51
8.	"Til You Come Back to Me"	Stevie Wonder; Clarence Paul; Morris Broadnax	4:00
9.	"Lay It Down"	Russ Freeman	4:11
10.	"King of Hearts"	Russ Freeman; Yaredt Leon	4:10
11.	"Into You"	Russ Freeman; Rex Rideout	3:57
12.	"Mulata de Mi Amor (Instrumental)"	Russ Freeman; Rex Rideout	3:56
13.	"In the End"	Russ Freeman	4:14

Personnel

The Rippingtons

• Russ Freeman – keyboards, guitars, rhythm programming, arrangements (1-7, 9-13)
• Bill Heller – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Kim Stone – bass
• Dave Karasony – drums
• Scott Breadman – percussion
• Eric Marienthal – saxophones

Additional personnel

• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet
• Ralph Sutton – arrangements (8)
• Lloyd Talbot – arrangements (8)
• Albita Rodriguez – lead vocals (3)
• Asdru Sierra – backing vocals (3)
• Sheffer Bruton – backing vocals (3)
• Willy Chirino – lead and backing vocals (6)
• Chanté Moore – lead and backing vocals (8)

Production

• Andi Howard – executive producer
• Mark Wexler – executive producer
• Russ Freeman – executive producer, producer
• Steve Sykes – associate producer, recording, mixing
• Hatsukazu Inagaki – additional recording
• Marko Ruffalo – additional recording
• Cornell "Doc" Wiley – additional recording
• Sonny Mediana – art direction
• MAD Design – art direction
• Bill Mayer – illustration
• Carl Studna – photography

References

1. Wild Card at AllMusic