1986 David Foster – David Foster
David Foster is a self-titled solo album by David Foster, released in 1986. The album is mainly instrumental with two duet-style songs featuring rare vocals from Foster himself. This work led to Foster receiving the Juno Award for “Instrumental Artist of the Year” in 1986 and 1987, and a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” in 1986. Co-producer Humberto Gatica was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986 for “Best Engineered Recording” for this album.
Tracks
1 Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire (Instrumental) (David Foster) 03:29
2 Theme From The Color Purple (Mailbox / Proud Theme) (Quincy Jones; Rod Temperton; Jeremy Lubbock) 03:45
3 Flight Of The Snowbirds (David Foster; Jeremy Lubbock) 05:25
4 All That My Heart Can Hold (David Foster; Jeremy Lubbock) 03:41
5 The Best Of Me (David Foster; Jeremy Lubbock; Richard Marx) 04:05
6 Tapdance (David Foster; Tom Keane; Jerry Hey) 04:02
7 Who’s Gonna Love You Tonight (David Foster; John Bettis) 03:52
8 Elizabeth (David Foster; Tom Keane) 04:20
9 Playing With Fire (David Foster; Mike Landau) 04:28
10 Sajé (David Foster) 03:07
Musicians
| Drums | Tris Imboden |
| Drums | Carlos Vega |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Programming | Dave Boruff |
| Programming | Michael Boddicker |
| Programming | Andrew Thomas |
| Programming | Bo Tomlyn |
| Programming | Will Alexander |
| Programming | Randy Waldman |
| Programming | Marcus Ryle |
| Sax | Dave Boruff |
Other Musicians
5 The Best Of Me
| Vocals | Olivia Newton-John |
6 Tapdance
| Horns | Bill Reichenbach |
| Horns | Chuck Findley |
| Horns | Gary Grant |
| Horns | Jerry Hey |
| Horns | Larry Williams |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
| Tapdance | Gregory Hines |
7 Who’s Gonna Love You Tonight
| Background Vocals | Richard Page |
9 Playing With Fire
| Synthaxe | Lee Ritenour |
| Horns | James Pankow |
| Horns | Lee Loughnane |
| Horns | Walter Parazaider |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Foster, Humberto Gatica
Arranged By – David Foster
Arranged By (Horns) – David Foster, Jerry Hey (Track 6)
Engineer – Humberto Gatica
Engineer – Tommy Vicari (Track 6)
Engineer (Second) – Claudio Ordenes, Glen Holguin, Jeffrey Woodruff, Larry Ferguson, Laura Livingston, Rick Holbrook
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica
Photography – Aaron Rapoport
Mixed At Studio 55, Los Angeles
Mixed At Lion Share Recording Studios
Recorded At Lighthouse Studios
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright WEA International Inc.
Phonographic Copyright Columbia Pictures Industries Inc
Phonographic Copyright Warner Bros Inc
Phonographic Copyright Amblin Entertainment
Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation