Nightline (album)

Nightline is an album by the American soul singer Randy Crawford. It was released in 1983 via Warner Bros. Records.

The album peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at No. 37 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track peaked at No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart. Crawford supported the album by setting up a toll-free telephone number that hosted a recording of the title track.

Production
The album was produced by Tommy LiPuma; among Crawford's backing musicians were members of Toto.

Critical reception
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: "Nightline has a smooth, creamy sound that never turns mushy. For the first time, Crawford's authoritative vocals sustain a whole album, giving shape and power to pretty material. A real surprise." The Arizona Republic noted that "Crawford's voice sometimes gets a little thin in the softer passages with crescendos occasionally coming too quickly or spottily."

AllMusic called the album "a nice combination of jazzy, sophisticated ballads, a few harder-hitting numbers, and some heartache material."

Personnel

 * Randy Crawford - vocals
 * James Newton Howard - keyboards, string arrangement, rhythm arrangements (3, 4), synthesizer (3, 6), synthesizer arrangements (6)
 * Robbie Buchanan - keyboards (1, 2, 5), synthesizer, synth arrangements (1, 2)
 * Denzil "Broadway" Miller - keyboards (6-10)
 * Cecil Womack - guitar, rhythm arrangements (1-6), background vocals (6, 7, 9, 10)
 * David Williams - guitar (2, 5)
 * Steve Lukather - rhythm guitar (1)
 * Dann Huff - guitar solo (2)
 * Larry Carlton - guitar solo (4)
 * Nathan East - bass guitar (1-5)
 * Abe Laboriel - bass guitar (6-10)
 * Bill Cuomo - bass synthesizer (6)
 * John Robinson drums (1, 2, 5)
 * Jeff Porcaro - drums (3, 4)
 * James Gadson - drums (6-10)
 * Reek Havoc - Simmons drums (6)
 * Arnold McCuller (1, 2, 4), *Linda Womack Friendly Womack (6,7, 9, 10) Brenda Russell (1, 2), David Lasley (1, 2), Carmen Twilley (4, 5), Clydene Jackson - background vocals (4), Julia Waters Till Woman (5), Maxine Waters Willard (5) - background vocals
 * Lenny Castro - percussion (all tracks)
 * Dale Oehler - string arrangements (7-10)
 * Nick De Caro - contractor, string arrangements (7-10)
 * Ivy Scoff, Jan Abbazia, contractor
 * Al Schmitt - engineering, mixing
 * Tommy LiPuma - production