Sweet Thing (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Sweet Thing
| type = studio
| artist = Boney James
| cover = Boney James - Sweet Thing.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|05|27}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Alpha Studios and The Enterprise (Burbank, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California).
| genre = Smooth jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=59}}
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Boney James, Paul Brown
| prev_title = Boney's Funky Christmas
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Body Language
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sweet Thing
| type = studio
| single1 = I Still Dream
| single1date = 1997
| single2 = Sweet Thing
| single2date = 1997
| single3 = Innocence
| single3date = 1997
| single4 = It's All Good
| single4date = 1997
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r276847|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Sweet Thing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1997. "I Still Dream" features Al Jarreau.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = CD
| total_length = 41:59
| title1 = East Bay
| writer1 = Paul Brown; James Oppenheim; Dan Shea
| length1 = 5:19
| title2 = Nothin' But Love
| writer2 = Brown; Oppenheim; Carl Burnett
| length2 = 5:01
| title3 = Words (Unspoken)
| writer3 = Alex Al; Oppenheim
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = Sweet Thing
| writer4 = Chaka Khan; Tony Maiden
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = It's All Good
| writer5 = Brown; Oppenheim; Darrell Smith
| length5 = 5:14
| title6 = After the Rain
| writer6 = Oppenheim
| length6 = 4:40
| title7 = Innocence
| writer7 = Brown; Oppenheim; Smith
| length7 = 4:30
| title8 = I Still Dream
| note8 = duet with Al Jarreau
| writer8 = Brown; Oppenheim; John Stoddart; Scott Cross
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Ivory Coast
| writer9 = Oppenheim; Roberto Vally
| length9 = 4:27
}}
Personnel
- Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)
- Dan Shea – keyboards (1)
- David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)
- Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)
- Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
- Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)
- John Stoddart – keyboards (8)
- Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)
- Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)
- Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)
- Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)
- Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)
- Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6–9), additional programming (5)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)
- Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)
- Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)
- Dee Harvey – vocals (5)
- Al Jarreau – vocals (8)
- Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)
Arrangements
- Paul Brown (1, 2, 4–9)
- Carl Burnett (2)
- Boney James (2, 4–9)
- Alex Al (3)
- Jeff Carruthers (4)
- Tony Maiden (5)
- Darrell Smith (5, 7)
Production
- Boney James – producer
- Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
- Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)
- Dan Shea – additional engineer
- Erik Zobler – additional engineer
- Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant
- Cappy Japngie – recording assistant
- Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Matt Pakucko – mix assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
- Larry Vigon – art direction, design
- Brian Jackson – design
- James Minchin III – photography
- Howard Lowell – management
References
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Category:Warner Records albums
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