Rhythm of Love is the fifth album

Album

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 by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker

Anita Baker

Anita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....

. Released in 1994, the album peaked at #2 on Billboard 200 and #1 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart. The album was certified double platinum giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.

The album's first single, "Body and Soul", gave Baker her first top 40 hit since 1989.

Baker also received a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for I Apologize. Body And Soul was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and Rhythm of Love was nominated for Best R&B Album.

Track listing

1. "Rhythm of Love" (Anita Baker, Patrick Moten
   Patrick Moten
   Patrick Moten was an American musician and songwriter, who co-wrote Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now"...
   
   ) 5:50
2. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach
   Burt Bacharach
   Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
   
   , Hal David
   Hal David
   Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
   
   ) 4:47
3. "Body and Soul" (Rick Nowels
   Rick Nowels
   Richard Wright Nowels Jr. is a Grammy / Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter/producer who has worked with many of the most vibrant artists in contemporary music...
   
   , Ellen Shipley
   Ellen Shipley
   Ellen Shipley, born 24 March 1949 in New York, is a US musician and songwriter.-Biography:Shipley is best known for work with Rick Nowels. Together they've written for Kim Wilde and worked on the Belinda Carlisle albums Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, and Live Your Life Be Free...
   
   ) 5:42
4. "Baby" (Baker) 4:25
5. "I Apologize" (Baker, Barry J. Eastmond, Gordon Chambers) 5:09
6. "Plenty of Room" (Baker) 4:57
7. "It's Been You" (Sami McKinney, Michael O'Hara, Mary Unobsky) 4:59
8. "You Belong To Me" (Carly Simon
   Carly Simon
   Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
   
   , Michael McDonald) 4:41
9. "Wrong Man" (Baker) 5:51
10. "Only For A While" (Dawn Thomas) 5:16
11. "Sometimes I Wonder Why" (Mike Reid, Mack David) 4:37
12. "My Funny Valentine
    My Funny Valentine
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    " (Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
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    , Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
    
    ) 5:06

Personnel

• Anita Baker: Lead Vocal (all), Vocal Backing (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Piano Intro & Synthesized Percussion (both on track 1)
• Michael Thompson: Rhythm Guitar (track 1)
• Dean Parks
  Dean Parks
  Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
  
  : Guitars (tracks 2, 3, 10)
• Paul Peterson: Additional Guitars on track 2 and rhythm guitar on track 10
• Ira Siegel: Guitars (tracks 6, 7), guitar solo on track track 7
• Georg Wadenius: Guitars on track 7
• Bucky Pizzarelli
  Bucky Pizzarelli
  John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli is an American Jazz guitarist and banjoist, and the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and upright bassist Martin Pizzarelli. Pizzarelli has also worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett and also ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in...
  
  : Guitars (track 11)
• John McCurry: Guitars (track 8)
• Barry J. Eastmond: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizers, Synth Strings, Synth Bass, Rhodes Piano, Drum Programming
• George Duke
  George Duke
  George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
  
  : Electric Drums, Percussion, Synth Strings, Synclavier
  Synclavier
  The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT. The original design and development of the Synclavier prototype occurred at Dartmouth College with the collaboration of...
  
   Programming (Woodwinds, Strings, Bass, Percussion), Piano, Synthesized Rhodes
• Joe Sample
  Joe Sample
  Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
  
  , Greg Phillinganes
  Greg Phillinganes
  Greg Phillinganes is an active session keyboardist in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Cass Technical High School, Detroit Michigan....
  
  , Eddie Howard: Piano
• Luis Resto: Acoustic & Rhodes Piano, Synth Bass, Synthesizer Pads
• Michael Bradford: Intro Piano & Synth Programming on track 1
• Nathan East
  Nathan East
  Nathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...
  
  , James Genus, Anthony Jackson, Charnett Moffett: Bass
• Joe Mardin: Drums, Percussion, Strings & Woodwinds
• Bernard Davies, Steve Ferrone
  Steve Ferrone
  Steven "Steve" Ferrone is a British drummer.He was a member of the Average White Band, and has recorded and performed with numerous other high-profile acts, including Slash, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Scritti Politti...
  
  : Drums, Percussion

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	3
US Billboard Top R&B Albums	1
UK Album Chart	14

Singles

Year	Title	US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B
1994	"Body and Soul"	36	4
	"I Apologize"	74	8
1995	"It's Been You"	-	32