1993 Will Downing – Love’s The Place To Be
Love’s The Place To Be is the fourth album by Will Downing, released in 1993.
Tracks
1 There’s No Living Without You (Greg Smith, Conner Reeves) 4:17
2 Sailing On A Dream (Bob Baldwin, Will Downing, James Robinson) 6:09
3 One Moment (Rex Rideout, Ronnie Garrett, Vastine Pettis) 4:46
4 Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This (Rachelle Ferrell) 6:26
5 Love’s The Place To Be (Ronnie Foster) 5:03
6 Lover’s Paradise (Ronnie Foster, Susaye Greene Brown) 4:43
7 Everything To Me (Rex Rideout, Will Downing) 4:26
8 Do You Still Love Me (Barry Eastmond, Will Downing) 5:02
9 Hey Girl (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 5:23
10 Break Up To Make Up (Kenneth Gamble, Linda Creed, Thom Bell) 5:36
11 That’s All (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) 5:37
Biography
Musicians
1 There’s No Living Without You
| All Instruments | Rex Rideout |
| Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
2 Sailing On A Dream
| Bass | Larry Kimpel |
| Drums | Omar Hakim |
| Keyboards | Bob Baldwin |
| Piano | Bob Baldwin |
| Background Vocals | Bob Baldwin |
| Background Vocals | Paulette McWilliams |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
3 One Moment
| Bass | Victor Bailey |
| Drums | Rayford Griffin |
| Guitar | Eddie Martinez |
| Keyboards | Barry Eastmond |
| Programming | Jason Miles |
| Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
| Background Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Background Vocals | Cindy Mizelle |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
4 Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This
| Bass | Anthony Jackson |
| Drums | Buddy Williams |
| Guitar | Kevin Eubanks |
| Guitar | Mike Campbell |
| Piano | Barry Eastmond |
| Piano | Rachelle Ferrell |
| Percussion | Steve Thornton |
| Vocals | Rachelle Ferrell |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
5 Love’s The Place To Be
| Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
| Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
| Keyboards | Ronnie Foster |
| Vibraphone | Ronnie Foster |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
6 Lover’s Paradise
| Bass | Gerald Albright |
| Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Keyboards | Ronnie Foster |
| Percussion | Luis Conte |
| Background Vocals | Ronnie Foster |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
7 Everything To Me
| Drums (programming) | Rex Rideout |
| Guitar | Mike Ciro |
| Keyboards | Rex Rideout |
| Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
8 Do You Still Love Me
| Bass | Anthony Jackson |
| Drums | Rayford Griffin |
| Guitar | Eddie Martinez |
| Keyboards | Barry Eastmond |
| Piano | Barry Eastmond |
| Programming | Jason Miles |
| Sax | Marion Meadows |
| Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
| Background Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Background Vocals | Cindy Mizelle |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
9 Hey Girl
| Bass | Carl Carter |
| Drums | Eric Adams |
| Guitar (solo) | Kevin Eubanks |
| Guitar | Clarence Brice |
| Keyboards | Bob Baldwin |
| Percussion | Steve Kroon |
| Background Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Background Vocals | Craig Derry |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
10 Break Up To Make Up
| Bass | Anthony Jackson |
| Drums | Buddy Williams |
| Sitar | Georg Wadenius |
| Keyboards | Bob Baldwin |
| Percussion | Steve Kroon |
| Sax | Gerald Albright |
| Background Vocals | Curtis King Jr |
| Background Vocals | Paulette McWilliams |
| Background Vocals | Vaneese Thomas |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
11 That’s All
| Bass | Freddie Washington |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Keyboards | Ronnie Foster |
| Synthesizer | Ronnie Foster |
| Harmonica | Stevie Wonder |
| Vocals | Will Downing |
Other Musicians
Cello – Barbara Hunter, Danie; Rothmuller, Douglas Davis, Ronald Cooper (Track 5)
Double Bass – Bruce Morgenthaler (Track 5)
Viola – Carole Mukogawa, Jorge Moraga, Pamela Goldsmith, Ray Tischer (Track 5)
Violin – Alex Horvarth, Bob Sanov, Brenton Banks, Endre Granat, Irving Geller, Israel Baker, Joy Lyle, Murray Adler, Sheldon Sanov, Tiffany Yi Hu (Track 5)
Liner Notes
Producer – Will Downing (Tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10)
Producer – Rex Rideout (Tracks 1, 7)
Producer – Bob Baldwin (Track 2, 9, 10)
Producer – Barry Eastmond (Track 3, 4)
Producer – Ronnie Foster (Tracks 5, 6, 11)
Arranged By – Rachelle Ferrell (Track 4)
Arranged By (Arrangements) – Ronnie Foster (Tracks 5, 6, 11)
Arranged By (Strings) – Chris Cameron (Track 5)
Arranged By (Strings) – Jorge Del Barrio(Track 11)
Arranged By (Strings) – Ronnie Foster (Track 11)
Arranged By (Strings) – Onaje Allan Gumbs (Track 10)
Engineer – John Wall (Tracks 1, 2)
Engineer – Alec Head (Tracks 2, 3, 8, 9, 10)
Engineer – Carl Beatty (Tracks 2, 3, 8, 10)
Engineer – Earl Cohen (Tracks 3, 8)
Engineer – Marty Horenburg (Tracks 5, 6)
Engineer – Scott Mabuchi (Track 10)
Engineer – Alex Gordon (Track 11)
Engineer – Bill Leonard (Track 11)
Engineer (Mixed And Recorded) – Doug DeAngelis (Track 1)
Engineer (Recorded And Mixed) – Brad Gilderman (Tracks 5, 6, 11)
Mixed By – Erik Zobler (Track 4)
Mixed By – Rachelle Ferrell (Track 4)
Mixed By – Alec Head (Track 10)
Recorded By – Alec Head (Track 4)
Recorded By – Carl Beatty (Track 4)
Recorded By – Stan Wallace (Track 4)
Artwork – Northern Xposure
Photography – David Robin
Mixed At Skyline Studios
Mixed At Record One, LA
Recorded At Skyline Studios
Recorded At East Bay Studios
Recorded At Electric Lady Studios
Phonographic Copyright Polygram Records Inc (New York)
Copyright Polygram Records Inc (New York)