Blue Lights in the Basement
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Blue Lights in the Basement is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack released by Atlantic on December 13, 1977. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard 200, becoming her third consecutive top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. On February 27, 1978, the album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies.[2] The album features the single "The Closer I Get to You", a duet with best friend and fellow soul musician Donny Hathaway, which became the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The collaboration with Hathaway would be one of his final singles released in his lifetime before his death in 1979.
Track listing
Personnel
- Roberta Flack – keyboards, vocals, arrangements
- Paul Griffin – keyboards
- Ronnie Foster – keyboards, background vocals
- Don Grolnick – keyboards
- Rob Mounsey – keyboards
- Leon Pendarvis – keyboards, background vocals, musical arrangements
- Harry Whitaker – keyboards, musical arrangements
- Reggie Lucas – guitar
- Hugh McCracken – guitar, musical arrangements
- Jeff Mironov – guitar
- David Spinozza – guitar
- John Tropea – guitar
- Michael Kamen – oboe solo (track 10), musical arrangements (All tracks)
- Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
- Basil Fearrington – bass
- Will Lee – bass guitar
- Gary King – bass, musical arrangements
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums
- Jimmy Wong – drums
- Howard King – drums
- Idris Muhammad – drums
- Crusher Bennett – percussion
- David Carey – percussion
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- James Mtume – percussion, background vocals
- Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
- Lani Groves – background vocals
- Gwen Guthrie – background vocals
- Yvonne Lewis – background vocals
- Gene McDaniels – background vocals
- Zach Sanders – background vocals
- Brenda White – background vocals
- Deniece Williams – background vocals
Charts and certifications
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Billboard 200[3] |
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums[3] |
1978 |
Blue Lights in the Basement |
8 |
5 |
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