Gerald Alston - Open Invitation (LP) (1990)

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Gerald Alston (born November 8, 1951) is an American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Grammy Award winning group The Manhattans between late 1970 and 1988.

Alston was lead singer on their most successful 1976 Platinum song "Kiss and Say Goodbye", which topped all U.S. pop and R&B charts and was number one in four countries. 

Alston left the group in 1988 to pursue a solo career and recorded five albums and ten singles, including the hit singles "Take Me Where You Want To", "Slow Motion" and "Getting Back into Love", he also recorded a remake of Atlantic Starr's "Send for Me", most of which was for Motown Records.

Open Invitation was Manhattans lead singer Gerald Alston’s Top 14 R&B follow-up to his self-titled solo debut.
The opener, “Slow Motion,” produced by Stan Sheppard and Jimmy Varner of By All Means fame, was a number three R&B hit in the fall of 1990.
The second single, “Getting Back Into Love,” went Top Six R&B. Not surprisingly, with Alston having sung on such classic slow jams as the platinum-selling “Kiss and Say Goodbye” and the gold smash “Shining Star,” the album best succeeds when it’s in ballad mode.
“Don’t You Know” has a nice doo wop-ish sway in its groove. The same could be said of sweet, romantic “Crazy,” which is helmed by Commodores producer James Anthony Carmichael.
“We’re Still in Love” conveys a kind of charming “ol’ skool” romantic vibe in both lyric and feel. Alston does a smooth, snappy remake of the Chuck Jackson hit “Any Day Now,” produced by Levi Seacer Jr.

Side A

A1.  Slow Motion - 5:31

A2.  Getting Back Into Love - 4:45

A3.  Don't You Know How I Feel - 4:56

A4.  I'll Go Crazy - 5:31

A5.  Nothing Can Chane (The Love We Shared Before) - 4:32

Side B

B1.  Never Give Up - 5:25

B2.  Tell Me This Night Won't End   [Featuring [Duet W/] – Brenda Russell] - 4:42

B3.  Open Invitation - 4:52

B4.  Still In Love - 4:32

B5.  Any Day Now - 4:25

B6.  Almost There - 4:15

Credits

• Backing Vocals – By All Means, Crystal Wilson, Deborah Thomas, Marva King, Penny Wilson
• Bass – Freddie Washington
• Drums – Jeff Pocaro
• Executive Producer – Debbie Sandridge
• Guitar – Charles Fearin, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather
• Keyboards, Drum Programming, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Aaron Smith
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Piano, Synthesizer – Jerry Peters
• Producer – James Anthony Carmichael
• Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Stan Sheppard
• Producer, Instruments – Levi Seacer Jr.
• Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Jimmy Varner
• Programmed By [Keyboard], Arranged By – John Barnes , Lloyd Tolbert
• Saxophone – Gerald Albright

 Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Copyright © – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Distributed By – BMG Ariola
• Printed By – TOPAC

 Notes

Release: 1990
Format: LP, Vinyl
Genre: Soul
Label: Motown Records
Catalog# ZL72725

Vinyl: Goed (VG)
Cover: Goed (VG)

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