Angel of the Night
{{Infobox album
| name = Angel of the Night
| type = Album
| artist = Angela Bofill
| cover = Angel of the Night.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 10, 1979
| recorded = 1979
| studio = A&R Studios (New York City, New York)
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Soul|jazz|R&B}}
| length = 38:14
| label = GRP Records
| producer = {{hlist|Dave Grusin|Larry Rosen}}
| prev_title = Angie
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Something About You
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Angel of the Night
| type = studio
| single1 = What I Wouldn't Do (For the Love of You) / Rainbow Child (Little Pas)
| single1date = December 7, 1979
| single2 = Angel of the Night / Rainbow Child (Little Pas)
| single2date = April 21, 1980
| single3 = People Make the World Go 'Round / Under the Moon and Over the Sky
| single3date = March 17, 2016
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2216/review|pure_url=yes}}
}}
Angel of the Night is the second studio album by American R&B singer Angela Bofill. It was produced by GRP Records label heads Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen.
The album was digitally remastered and re-released on 2001 by Buddah Records.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Angela Bofill; except where noted.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 38:14
| title1 = I Try
| title2 =People Make the World Go 'Round
| title3 = Angel of the Night
| title4 = Rainbow Child (Little Pas)
| title5 = What I Wouldn't Do (For the Love of You)
| title6 = The Feelin's Love
| title7 = Love To Last
| title8 = The Voyage
| writer1 =
| writer2 = Linda Creed, Thom Bell
| writer3 = Bunny Hull, Jim Devlin
| writer4 =
| writer5 = Jack Perricone, Denise Utt
| writer6 =
| writer7 = John Madden
| writer8 =
| length1 = 5:34
| length2 = 4:32
| length3 = 5:02
| length4 = 3:43
| length5 = 3:29
| length6 = 5:07
| length7 = 4:54
| length8 = 5:30
| all_writing =
}}
Personnel
- Angela Bofill - lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano
- Dave Grusin - acoustic and electric piano, synthesizer
- Eric Gale - guitar
- Ray Chew - acoustic and electric piano; horn and string arrangement on "People Make the World Go Round"
- Ed Walsh - Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer
- Buddy Williams, Paul Kimbarow - drums
- Francisco Centeno, Eluriel Tinker Barfield - bass guitar
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion
- Sammy Figueroa, Carol Steele - percussion, congas
- Eddie Daniels - tenor saxophone
- David Nadien - strings concertmaster
- Dave Tofani, David Taylor, Harold Vick, Henry Mitchell, Howard Johnson, Lew Soloff, Virgil Jones - horns
- Barry Finclair, Charles McCracken, Emanuel Vardi, Harry Glickman, Herbert Sorkin, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rabushka, Lamar Alsop, Louis Gabowitz, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Richard Sortomme - strings
- Gwen Guthrie, Patti Austin, Connie Harvey, Ednah Holt, John Danny Madden, Vivian Cherry - backing vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1979-1980) ! Peak |
| US Billboard 200
| align="center"| 34 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
| align="center"| 10 |
| US Top Jazz Albums
| align="center"| 2 |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1980) ! Peak |
| US Billboard 200
| align="center"| 43 |
| US Billboard R&B
| align="center"| 12 |
| US Billboard Jazz
| align="center"| 5 |
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= Singles=
| class="wikitable"
! Single ! Chart ! Position |
| "Angel of the Night"
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs |align="center"| 67 |
| "What I Wouldn't Do (For the Love of You)"
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs |align="center"| 18 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/Angela-Bofill-Angel-Of-The-Night/master/122002 Angela Bofill - Angel Of The Night] at Discogs
{{Angela Bofill}}
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