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Pulse (Greg Phillinganes album)

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Pulse
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 1984
RecordedStudio 55, The Room, Bodifications, The Music Grinder (Los Angeles)[1]
GenreDance-pop, soul, R&B, electronic
Length43:05
LabelPlanet Records
ProducerRichard Perry
Greg Phillinganes chronology
Significant Gains
(1981)
Pulse
(1984)
Singles from Pulse
  1. "Behind The Mask"
    Released: 1985

Pulse is the second solo album by American session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes. Released on July 17, 1984, the album includes Phillinganes' best-known solo song, a cover of "Behind the Mask" by Yellow Magic Orchestra arranged by Michael Jackson.

The track "Countdown to Love" was also featured in the 1984 film Streets of Fire, while both "Playin' with Fire" and "Signals" would later appear in the 1986 film Touch and Go.[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Behind the Mask" (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell; arr. Michael Jackson) (4:48)
  2. "Won't Be Long Now" (Robbie Nevil, Mark Mueller) (5:05)
  3. "Playin' With Fire" (Jackie Jackson, Pamela Phillips-Oland, Jack Wargo) (4:46)
  4. "I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (4:39)
  5. "Come As You Are" (Brock Walsh, Nevil) (4:18)
  6. "Lazy Nina" (Donald Fagen) (5:25)
  7. "Signals" (Richard Page, John Lang, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East) (5:00)
  8. "Countdown To Love" (Kenny Vance, Marty Kupersmith) (2:56)
  9. "Shake It" (Anthony Marinelli, Share Stallings, Brian Banks) (6:08)[1]

Personnel

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Additional track-by-track personnel

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"Behind the Mask"

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"Won't Be Long Now"

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"Playin' With Fire"

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"I Have Dreamed"

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  • Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
  • John Robinson – percussion
  • John Vigran – engineer

"Come as You Are"

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  • Robbie Nevil – guitar
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, and Clydene Jackson – backing vocals
  • Brock Walsh, Robbie Nevil – associate producers
  • Robbie Nevil – arranger
  • Bert Battaglia – engineer

"Lazy Nina"

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  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Philip Perry, Maxi Anderson, Darryl Phinnessee, Gwen Matthews – backing vocals
  • Greg Phillinganes, Cherron Taylor-Phillinganes, Shyra Mason, and Howard Dresden – claps
  • Donald Fagen – arranger
  • Jeremy Smith and John Vigran – engineering

"Signals"

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"Countdown to Love"

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  • Howie Rice – synthesizer
  • Dennis Herring – guitar
  • Howie Rice – arranger
  • John Arrias, Roger Paglia – engineering

"Shake It"

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  • Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, engineering, associate producers
  • Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
  • Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks

Production credits

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  • Assistant engineers: Greg Holguin, Bob Loftus, and Alex Schmoll
  • Remix engineers: Bill Schnee, Michael Brooks, John Arrias, and Lew Hahn
  • Mastering engineer: Stephen Marcussen[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Greg Phillinganes (1984). Pulse (Media notes).
  2. ^ "Touch and Go soundtrack details". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Greg Phillinganes – Pulse". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved December 31, 2014.