Nights Like This

Nights Like This
Studio album by Stacey Q
Released June 8, 1989
Recorded 1989
Genre
Length 49:45
Label Atlantic
Producer
Stacey Q chronology
Hard Machine
(1988)Hard Machine1988		 Nights Like This
(1989)		 Stacey Q's Greatest Hits
(1995)Stacey Q's Greatest Hits1995
Singles from Nights Like This
  1. "Give You All My Love"
    Released: May 25, 1989
  2. "Heartbeat"
    Released: 1989

Nights Like This is the third studio album by American singer Stacey Q, released on June 8, 1989 by Atlantic Records. It was her last album to be released on the Atlantic label before she went on a hiatus from making music until the release of her album Boomerang (1997). After the moderate commercial success of her album Hard Machine (1988), Swain decided to pursue a new musical direction. She again worked with Jon St. James but also invited other producers, such as Clivillés & Cole, Robert Gordon or Bruce Gaitsch, to achieve a different sound. Nights Like This is predominantly influenced by freestyle and house music, making it a musical departure from her previous work. The album is, like her album Hard Machine, dedicated to her friend and hair stylist, Danny Medellin, who died in 1988.

Upon its release, Nights Like This received generally positive reviews from music critics, but was a commercial failure. It became her first album not to reach the Billboard 200.

Two singles were released from the album. The lead single, "Give You All My Love", peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and number eight on the Singles Sales chart. Accompanying music videos were released for both, the album version and the Crossover House Mix of the song. "Heartbeat" was released as the second single and it became a minor adult contemporary format radio hit.

Singles

"Give You All My Love" was released as the lead single from the album on May 25, 1989. The music video was shot in Los Angeles, California. It features Swain dancing with her friends inside a loft apartment. One of the dancers is Michael Chambers.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Upon its release, Nights Like This received generally positive reviews from music critics, mostly praising its dance club sound. Justin Kantor at AllMusic gave it two and a half star out of five, calling the songs on the album "more trend-setting than trend-conscious" and recommending it to "club-goers looking for a rhythmically consistent album with just a touch of a pop sensibility."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Give You All My Love"
4:23
2."Nights Like This"
  • Swain
  • Mark Gamble
  • Ruth Joy
  • Robert Gordon
4:44
3."Heartbeat"
  • Gaitsch
4:43
4."Incognito"
  • St. James
5:21
5."Take That Holiday"
  • Michael Eckart
  • St. James
5:10
6."You Wrote the Book"
  • Ken Kessie
  • Morey Goldstein
  • Katie Guthorn
  • Clivillés & Cole
5:09
7."Love Philosophy"
  • Swain
  • St. James
  • Gamble
  • Joy
  • Gordon
4:44
8."Goin' Out"
  • Swain
  • St. James
  • Eckart
  • St. James
5:39
9."Too Good to Me"
  • Swain
  • St. James
  • Eckart
  • St. James
5:50
10."The Edge of Love"
  • Swain
  • St. James
  • Eckart
  • St. James
4:02
Total length:49:45

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

Chart performance

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1989 "Give You All My Love" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs 16[3]
Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales 8[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kantor, Justin. "Nights Like This - Stacey Q". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  2. ↑ Nights Like This (liner notes). Stacey Q. Atlantic Records. 1989. 81962-1.
  3. ↑ "Stacey Q - chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Nights Like This - Stacey Q | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
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