Take No Prisoners (Peabo Bryson album)

Take No Prisoners
Studio album by Peabo Bryson
Released	June 1985
Studio	The Power Station, Atlantic Studios, Automated Sound Studios and Clinton Recording Studio (New York, NY); Sunset Sound, Amigo Studios and Bossa Nova Hotel (Los Angeles, CA).
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	40:22
Label	Elektra
Producer	Arif Mardin, Tommy LiPuma
Peabo Bryson chronology
Straight from the Heart (1984) Take No Prisoners (1985) Quiet Storm (1986)

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Take No Prisoners is the 11th full-length album by R&B/soul singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson, released in June 1985. The album peaked at No. 102 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 40 on the US R&B albums chart.

Three singles were released, including the title track and the pop crossover ballad "Love Always Finds a Way", which peaked at No. 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1986. In addition to Chaka Khan, contributing artists include Jennifer Holliday, Kashif and Robbie Buchanan.

Track listing

1. "Take No Prisoners (In the Game of Love)" (Billy Livsey, Sue Shifrin) - 4:12
2. "There's Nothin' Out There" with Chaka Khan (Hawk Wolinski, Patrick Leonard, Keithen Carter) - 5:26
3. "Let's Apologize" (Gary Usher, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) - 3:56
4. "Irresistible (Never Run Away from Love)" (Livsey, Peabo Bryson, Arif Mardin, Philippe Saisse) - 5:30
5. "Love Always Finds a Way" (Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil) - 4:48
6. "Falling for You" (Bryson) - 4:10
7. "I'm in Love" (Bryson) - 4:17
8. "When You Talk to Me" (Ralph Dino, Larry Di Tomaso) - 4:11
9. "She's Over Me" (Barry Mann, Weil) - 3:27

Personnel

Musicians

• Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (1, 3, 7), synthesizer (1, 3, 5-9), programming (1, 3, 7), rhythm arrangements (1, 3, 5-9), keyboards (2, 5, 6, 8, 9), synthesizer programming (2)
• Philippe Saisse – additional synth solo (2), keyboards (4), synthesizer (4), programming (4), rhythm arrangements (4)
• Dann Huff – guitar (1-9)
• Will Lee – bass (1)
• Marcus Miller – bass (3, 7)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9), cymbal (2), tom-tom (2)
• Dave Weckl – drums (6)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 8, 9)
• Ron Dover – saxophone (6)
• Arif Mardin – rhythm arrangements (2, 4)

Vocalists

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals (1-9)
• Erin Dickins – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
• Diva Gray – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Gordon Grody – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
• Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
• Chaka Khan – backing vocals (2), rap (2)
• Mark Stevens – backing vocals (2)
• Kashif – backing vocals (4)
• Yolanda Lee Lewis – backing vocals (4)
• Brenda Nelson – backing vocals (4)
• Jennifer Holliday – backing vocals (5)
• Stephanie James – backing vocals (5)
• Michael Sembello – backing vocals (8)

Production

• Producers – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1-4 & 7); Tommy LiPuma (Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9).
• Project Coordinator on Tracks 1-4 & 7 – Phillip Namanworth
• Music Contractor on Tracks 1-4 & 7 – Frank DeCaro
• Production Coordinator on Track 6 – Larry Fishman
• Engineers – Lew Hahn (Tracks 1-4 & 7); Ed Rak (Tracks 5, 8 & 9); Jay Rifkin (Track 6).
• Additional Engineers – Jerry Garcia, Jon Ingoldsby, Michael O'Reilly, Gary Skardina and Jeremy Smith (Tracks 1-4 & 7); Kevin Halpin (Track 5); Mark Linett (Tracks 5 & 9); Erik Zobler (Track 6); Al Schmitt and Nick Spigel (Track 8).
• Assistant Engineers – Jerry Garcia, Jon Ingoldsby and Michael O'Reilly (Tracks 1-4 & 7)
• Second Engineers – Gene Curtis (Tracks 5, 8 & 9); Leslie Klein (Track 5); Peggy McCreary and Garry Rindfuss (Track 6); Bud Rizzo and Steven Strassman (Track 8).
• Tracks 1-4 & 7 mixed by Lew Hahn at Atlantic Studios.
• Track 6 mixed by Bill Schnee at Bill Schnee Studio (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Dan Garcia and Mike Ross.
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Art Direction and Photography – Carol Friedman
• Design – Carin Goldberg
• Sleeve Notes – Peabo Bryson
• Management – David M. Franklin and Associates, Ed Howard and Skip Williams.