1984 Philip Bailey – Chinese Wall
Chinese Wall is the third solo album by Philip Bailey, released on the Columbia Records label in October 1984. Chinese Wall has been certified gold in the US on March 11, 1985. The album reached number 22 and number 10 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively and it was ranked as the 63rd most successful album of 1985 on the Billboard 200. In 1986 the album gave Bailey a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, while “Easy Lover”, the duet with Phil Collins (who produced the album), earned a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.
Tracks
1 Photogenic Memory (Jerry Knight, Davitt Sigerson, Lillie Mae Clarke) 5:26
2 I Go Crazy (Philip Bailey, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron) 4:49
3 Walking On The Chinese Wall (Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, Marcy Levy) 5:08
4 For Every Heart That’s Been Broken (Glen Ballard, Clif Magness) 4:16
5 Go (Nathan East, Ralph Johnson) 4:30
6 Easy Lover (Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Nathan East) 5:05
7 Show You The Way To Love (Philip Bailey, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron) 4:43
8 Time Is A Woman (Barry Blue, Julian Littman, Robin Smith) 4:32
9 Woman (Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina) 5:05
10 Children Of The Ghetto (Chris Amoo, Eddie Amoo) 6:49
Biography
Musicians
1 Photogenic Memory
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Drums (Linn) | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Vocoder | Phil Collins |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
2 I Go Crazy
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
3 Walking On The Chinese Wall
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Drums (Linn) | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Keyboards | Phil Collins |
| Background Vocals | Phil Collins |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
4 For Every Heart That’s Been Broken
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Keyboards | Nathan East |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
5 Go
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Drums (Linn) | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Keyboards | Nathan East |
| Sax | Don Myrick |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
6 Easy Lover
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Keyboards | Phil Collins |
| Vocals | Phil Collins |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
7 Show You The Way To Love
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Carl Carwell |
| Background Vocals | Winston Ford |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
8 Time Is A Woman
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Nigel Martinez |
| Background Vocals | Phil Collins |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
9 Woman
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Phil Collins |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Trumpet | Michael Harris |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
10 Children Of The Ghetto
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Guitar | Daryl Stuermer |
| Keyboards | Lesette Wilson |
| Piano | Lesette Wilson |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Philip Bailey |
| Percussion | Phil Collins |
| Background Vocals | Winston Ford |
| Background Vocals | Carl Carwell |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
Other Musicians
Phoenix Horns (Tracks 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
| Sax | Don Myrick |
| Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
| Trumpet | Michael Harris |
| Trumpet | Rhamlee Davis |
Liner Notes
Arranged By (Strings) – Arif Mardin (Tracks 5, 7, 9)
Engineer – George Massenburg
Engineer (Assisted) – Judy Clapp, Murray Dvorkin, Steve Barney Chase, Tom Perry
Programmed By (Synthesizer) – George Massenburg, Godfrey Wang
Art Direction – Tony Lane & Nancy Donald
Photography – Ellen Land-Weber
Recorded At The Town House
Recorded At The Complex
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
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