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“In Your Eyes” is the second solo studio album by James “D-Train” Williams, known also as part of the American urban/post-disco group D-Train.
The record was released in 1988 by Columbia Records in the US.
The album’s biggest hit single, “In Your Eyes” was a number 11 R&B hit in Billboard. The album itself reached number 46 on Billboard’s R&B albums chart.
Some R&B historians have blamed technology for the fact that there were so many forgettable R&B recordings in the mid- to late ’80s, but technology per se wasn’t the problem.
It was a question of what artists chose to do with all those synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines, not the very fact that they were using them.
But the Brooklynite was a soul singer at heart, and no matter how high-tech he became, Williams provided synth-funk recordings that were warm, soulful, and inviting rather than sterile or mechanical.
His high standards are very much in evidence on In Your Eyes, which was his second (and last) album for Columbia and was the second time he was billed as James “D-Train” Williams the solo artist rather than as half of the duo D-Train.
But Hubert Eaves III, the duo’s other half, isn’t exactly absent from this 1988 effort; in addition to handling most of the keyboards, synthesizers, and drum machines, Eaves co-wrote most of the material — and that includes energetic synth-funk grooves such as “With All My Heart,” “Diamond in the Night,” the haunting “Runner,” and the title track (a number 11 R&B hit and the album’s only single).
Uptempo songs dominate the album, but Williams detours into quiet storm territory with the ballads “Shadow of Another Love,” “Curious,” and “My Friend.”
In Your Eyes is less essential than Williams’ best Prelude output of the early ’80s, but it’s a solid effort and reminds us that creatively, Williams was a cut above most of his synth-funk competition.
- Copyright © – CBS Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Sound Lab Studios
- Mixed At – Sound Lab Studios
- Mixed At – The Music Palace
- Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Inc.
- Produced For – Keep On Productions Inc.
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Records Inc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
- Lacquer Cut At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Credits
- Art Direction – Josephine DiDonato
- Executive-Producer – Tom Hoover
- Keyboards [All], Drum Programming, Arranged By [Horns] – Hubert Eaves III
- Lacquer Cut By – Herbie
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Programmed By [Additional Keyboard Programming] – James “D-Train” Williams
- Management – Sandjatom Inc.
- Management [Manager] – Tom Hoover
- Mastered By – Herb Powers
- Photography By – Hans Neleman
- Producer, Arranged By – Hubert Eaves III, James “D-Train” Williams
- Sounds [Additional Synth Sounds] – Peter Freeman
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