The Best of Fourplay

by Fourplay

Overview

What looked at first like a premature marketing ploy -- a greatest-hits collection after only three albums? -- now makes some historical sense, for founding member Lee Ritenour left the quartet not long after the CD's release. So this is in essence a summary of Fourplay's first edition, a collection of mildly funky, ethereally voiced selections from Fourplay, Between the Sheets, and Elixir, where Ritenour, Bob James, Nathan East, and Harvey Mason integrate their personalities into a smoothly homogenized whole. To sweeten the pot for the hardcore fans, Fourplay recorded three new tracks for the album -- Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" with vocals by Take 6, "4 Play and Pleasure," and "Any Time of Day" -- all fairly uneventful. The musicianship is impeccable, the production velvety, and despite the suitable-for-lovemaking-and-commuting stamp of approval, one wishes that these fine players would just cut loose and really rip once in a while. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2020
Label:	Evosound
UPC:	4897012135556
Rank:	27170

Tracks

1. Max-O-Man
2. 101 Eastbound
3. Higher Ground
4. 4 Play and Pleasure
5. Chant
6. After the Dance
7. Bali Run
8. Play Lady Play
9. Between the Sheets
10. Amoroso
11. Any Time of Day
12. Why Can't It Wait Till Morning [Remix]
13. The Closer I Get to You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fourplay   Primary Artist
Phil Collins   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Take 6   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Nathan East   Primary Artist,Bass,Vocals
El DeBarge   Primary Artist,Vocals
Chaka Khan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums,Synthesizer
Dan Shea   Keyboards
David Porter Thomas   Vocals
David Thomas   Vocals,Vocals
Bob James & Creations   Keyboards
Patti Austin   Vocals
Peabo Bryson   Vocals
Bob James   Keyboards
Lee Ritenour   Guitar

Technical Credits

Michael Lang   Arranger,Composer
O'Kelly Isley   Composer
Harvey Mason, Jr.   Arranger,Producer,Synthesizer Programming
Marcel East   Arranger,Composer
Brad Gilderman   Engineer
Stevie Wonder   Arranger,Composer
Reggie Lucas   Composer
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Arranger,Group Member,Composer,Producer,Programming
Dan Shea   Arranger,Remixing
Fourplay   Arranger,Producer
Chris Jasper   Composer
El DeBarge   Performer
Don Murray   Mixing,Engineer
Chaka Khan   Performer
Arthur Ross   Composer
Linda Cobb   Design,Art Direction
James Minchin   Photography
Debra Johnson   Production Coordination
Paul Rayner-Brown   Arranger,Remixing
Hans Neleman   Collage,Photography
Sam Purkin   Arranger,Composer
Bob James & Creations   Arranger,Group Member,Executive Producer
Paul Brown   Arranger,Remixing
Bob James   Arranger,Composer,Executive Producer
James Mtume   Composer
Take 6   Performer
Ernie Isley   Composer
Lee Ritenour   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
Leon Ware   Composer
Ronald Isley   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Nathan East   Arranger,Composer,Performer,Group Member
Matt Pierson   Compilation Producer
Phil Collins   Composer,Performer
Rudolph Isley   Composer
Marvin Isley   Composer