Title: Rapture Artist: Anita Baker Release Date: 3/1986 Label: Elektra, Atlantic Duration: 37:09 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 075596044424, 075596044486 Genre: Rhythm & Blues Styles: Urban, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm Moods: Calm/Peaceful, Laid-Back/Mellow, Soothing, Sensual, Warm, Refined/Mannered, Reverent, Romantic, Sentimental, Sexy, Gentle, Intimate, Elegant, Passionate, Stylish Total Copies: 24 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Sweet Love
2. You Bring Me Joy
3. Caught up in the Rapture
4. Been So Long
5. Mystery
6. No One in the World
7. Same Ole Love
8. Watch Your Step

Year Type Label Catalog # 1993 CD Atlantic 60444 ------ CD Elektra 60444-2

No other editions were found for this album.

Though Anita Baker got some airplay out of The Songstress, that promising solo debut didn't bring her financial security. In fact, Baker was earning her living as a legal secretary in her native Detroit when she signed with Elektra in the mid-'80s. Elektra gave her a strong promotional push, and the equally superb Rapture became the megahit that The Songstress should have been. To its credit, Elektra made her a major star by focusing on Baker's strong point -- romantic but gospel-influenced r&b/pop ballads and "slow jams," sometimes with jazz overtones -- and letting her be true to herself. Rapture gave Baker one moving hit after another, including "Sweet Love," "Caught up in the Rapture," "Same Ole Love," and "No One in This World." Praising Baker in a 1986 interview, veteran r&b critic Steve Ivory asserted, "To me, singers like Anita Baker and Frankie Beverly define what r&b or soul music is all about." Indeed, Rapture's tremendous success made it clear that there was still a sizeable market for adult-oriented, more traditional r&b singing. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Brown Vocals (Background) Anita Baker Vocals, Main Performer, Vocals (Background), Executive Producer Arthur Marbury Drums Barney Perkins Remixing, Engineer Barry Diament Mastering Bernie Grundman Mastering Bunny Hull Vocals (Background) Carol Friedman Photography, Art Direction Darryl Phinnessee Vocals (Background) David B. Washington Bass Dean Parks Guitar Don Myrick Saxophone Donald Griffin Guitar Fred Law Assistant Engineer Fred Washington Bass Freddy Washington Bass Gary Skardina Producer, Engineer Greg Moore Guitar Greg Philinganes Synthesizer Overdubs Jim Gilstrap Vocals (Background) Jimmy Haslip Bass John "J.R." Robinson Drums Keith "KC" Cohen Assistant Engineer Keith Seppanen Assistant Engineer Lawrence Fratangelo Percussion Lisa Silvestri Stylist Lorenzo Brown Percussion Lynn Davis Vocals (Background) Marti Sharron Producer Michael J. Powell Mixing, Producer, Remixing, Guitar, Finger Snaps Natalie Jackson Vocals (Background) Neil Stubenhaus Bass Paul Chiten Synthesizer Overdubs Paul Jackson, Jr. Guitar (Rhythm) Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Phillip Ingram Vocals (Background) Randy Kerber Keyboards Ricky Lawson Drums Robert Feist Engineer Sir Gant Keyboards Sue Keston Design Tony Ray Assistant Engineer Vernon D. Fails Keyboards Vesta Williams Vocals (Background) Warren Woods Finger Snaps