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Cool Night

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Cool Night
Studio albumby
ReleasedNovember 30, 1981
RecordedIn full digital at Web IV Studios (Atlanta, GA); Winter 1980 to early 1981.
GenreSoft rock
Length38:00
LabelArista
ProducerEd Seay and Paul Davis
Paul Davischronology
Paul Davis
(1980)
Cool Night
(1981)
The Best of Paul Davis
(1982)
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Cool Nightis the seventh and final studio album by singer/songwriterPaul Davis.It was his highest-charting album in the United States, reaching #52 on theBillboard album chart,and yielded three top-40 singles, "Cool Night","'65 Love Affair",and"Love or Let Me Be Lonely".The third was a remake of a song byThe Friends of Distinction.This album was the first to be both recorded and mixed fully digitally.[citation needed]It features backing vocals by theCommodoreswho were simultaneously recording their 1981 albumIn the Pocket.While the album was a commercial success, Davis hated it, so much so that he ended his contract with Arista to sign with a much smaller label, before retiring from the music industry in 1988.

Track listing

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All tracks were written by Paul Davis except where noted.

  1. "Cool Night"– 3:40
  2. "You Came to Me" (Davis, Joe Wilson, Mike Hughes) – 3:38
  3. "One More Time for the Lonely" – 4:09
  4. "Nathan Jones"(Leonard Caston Jr.,Kathy Wakefield) – 3:27
  5. "Oriental Eyes" – 4:28
  6. "'65 Love Affair"– 3:54
  7. "Somebody's Gettin' to You" – 3:30
  8. "Love or Let Me Be Lonely"(Skip Scarborough,Jerry Peters,Anita Poree) – 3:41
  9. "What You Got to Say About Love" (Davis, Doug Bare, Ben Rappa) – 3:53
  10. "We're Still Together" – 3:40

Personnel

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  • Paul Davis – vocals, keyboards
  • Doug Bare– keyboards
  • Tommy Cooper – keyboards
  • Ed Seay – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
  • Vance Taylor – keyboards
  • Steve Hardwick– guitars
  • Rick Hinkle – guitars
  • Barry Dunaway– bass
  • Steve Tischer – bass
  • Gene Chrisman– drums
  • Jean T. McHine – drums
  • Benny Rappa– drums, backing vocals
  • Carol Veto – backing vocals

Production

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  • Paul Davis – producer
  • Ed Seay – producer, engineer
  • Tommy Cooper – engineer
  • Jim Loyd – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Donn Davenport – art direction
  • Neal Pozner– design
  • Tom Biondo – photography

Notes

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