Dangerous (Natalie Cole album)

Dangerous is a 1985 album by American singer Natalie Cole released on May 15, 1985 through the Atco Records-distributed Modern Records label. The album reached peak positions of number 140 on the Billboard 200 and number 48 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.[1]

Dangerous
Studio album by
Natalie Cole
ReleasedMay 15, 1985
Recorded1984–85
Genre
LabelModern/Atco
Producer
  • Gary Skardina
  • Marti Sharron
  • Harold Beatty
  • Eddie Cole
  • Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole chronology
I'm Ready
(1983)		 Dangerous
(1985)		 Everlasting
(1987)

Reception

The album reached peak positions of number 140 on the Billboard 200 and number 48 on Billboard‘s R&B Albums chart.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Track listing
  1. "Dangerous" (Marti Sharron, Stephen Mitchell, Gary Skardina) - 3:47
  2. "Billy the Kid Next Door" (Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty) - 4:39
  3. "Secrets" (Dianne Steinberg, Marti Sharron) - 4:11
  4. "Nobody's Soldier" (David Lasley, Willie Wilcox) - 4:06
  5. "Opposites Attract" (Edward Holland, Jr., Harold Beatty, R. David, R. Holland) - 3:43
  6. "A Little Bit of Heaven" (Graham Lyle, Richard Kerr) - 4:01
  7. "Your Car (My Garage)" (Eddie Holland, Harold Beatty) - 4:04
  8. "Love is On the Way" (Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole) - 4:51
  9. "The Gift" (Mark Davis, Marti Sharron) - 3:11

Personnel
  • Natalie Cole – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (2, 5, 7)
  • Paul Fox – synthesizers (1)
  • Charles Judge – synthesizers (1), synthesizer programming (3), bass programming (3), drum programming (3), arrangements (3)
  • Rory Kaplan – synthesizers (1)
  • Jamie Sheriff – synthesizers (1, 4)
  • Stephen Mitchell – synthesizer (1), synthesizer programming (1), drum machine (1), arrangements (1)
  • Greg Wright – synthesizers (2, 5, 7), arrangements (2, 5, 7)
  • Michael Rochelle – synthesizer programming (2)
  • Greg Phillinganes – additional synthesizers (3)
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards (4, 6, 9), acoustic piano (4)
  • Robbie Buchanan – additional synthesizers (4, 6, 9)
  • David Joyce – keyboards (8), backing vocals (8)
  • Michael Boyd – guitar (1)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (1), guitars (8)
  • Josh Sklair – rhythm guitar (2), guitar solo (2), guitars (5, 7)
  • Sheldon Sondheim – additional rhythm guitar (2)
  • Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar (3), synth guitar (3)
  • Dean Parks – guitars (4, 6), rhythm guitar (9)
  • Nathan East – bass (1, 4, 6)
  • Keith Nelson – bass (5)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (8, 9)
  • Craig Burbidge – drum programming (2)
  • Larry Talbert – drum programming (2)
  • John Robinson – drums (4, 6, 9)
  • Robert Jacobs – Simmons drums (7)
  • Robert Shipley – drum overdubs (8)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
  • Gary Skardina – tambourine (1), arrangements (1, 4, 9)
  • Marti Sharron – arrangements (1, 4, 9), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Steve Forman – additional percussion (3)
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn solo (4)
  • Ron Brown – saxophone (5)
  • David Majal Li – saxophone (5)
  • Fred Wesley – trombone (5)
  • Ray Brown – trumpet (5)
  • Nolan Smith – trumpet (5)
  • Marti Sharron – arrangements (1, 4, 9), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Gene Page – arrangements (4, 6, 8), string arrangements (4, 9), rhythm arrangements (9)
  • Alex Brown – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Portia Griffin – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Van Ross Redding – backing vocals (1, 3, 4), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4)
  • Eddie Cole – backing vocals (4, 5, 8), saxophone solo (7), arrangements (8)
  • Katrina Perkins – backing vocals (8)
  • Yasmin "Sissy" Peoples – backing vocals (8)

Production
  • Paul E. Fishkin – executive producer
  • Marti Sharron – producer (1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
  • Gary Skardina – producer (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), engineer (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), mixing (6, 9)
  • Harold Beatty – producer (2, 5, 7)
  • Eddie Cole – producer (8)
  • Natalie Cole – producer (8)
  • Steve Thompson – additional producer, mixing
  • Michael Barbiero – mixing
  • Craig Burbidge – recording (2, 5)
  • Michael Mancini – string engineer (4)
  • Mark Wolfson – recording (8), mixing (8), string engineer (9)
  • Bill Bottrell – mixing (1)
  • Taavi Mote – mixing (2, 5)
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing (3, 4)
  • Jon Ingoldsby – additional engineer (1, 3, 4, 6), assistant engineer (9)
  • Casey McMackin – additional engineer (1, 3, 4, 6), assistant engineer (9)
  • Robert Feist – additional engineer (3, 4), assistant engineer (9)
  • Stan Katayama – assistant engineer (2)
  • Peggy McAffee – assistant engineer (2), mix assistant (8)
  • Daren Klein – assistant engineer (3, 4)
  • Kirk Butler – recording assistant (8)
  • Peter Lewis – recording assistant (8), string engineer (9)
  • Steve Hug – recording assistant (8)
  • Greg Penny – assistant engineer (9)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Karin Patterson – production coordinator (2, 5, 7)
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography
  • Keith Hodges – clothes
  • Adrian Houghton – hair stylist
  • Jeff Angel – make-up
  • Dan Cleary – management

Though the song "A Little Bit of Heaven" only reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100,[4] it was used as a recurring love theme for Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo on the television soap opera Santa Barbara.[5][6]

References
  1. "Dangerous - Natalie Cole | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. "1985 Natalie Cole – Dangerous | Sessiondays". Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. AllMusic review
  4. "Album Search for "dangerous"". AllMusic.
  5. "Santa Barbara".
  6. Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 13 Dec. 2016.
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