Through the Eyes of Love (Randy Crawford album)

Through the Eyes of Love
Through the Eyes of Love
Studio album by Randy Crawford
Released	1992
Studio	Vanguard Studios, United Sound Systems and The Sound Suite (Detroit, Michigan); Studio A (Dearborn Heights, Michigan); Aire L.A. Studios (Glendale, California); Echo Sound (Los Angeles, California); Sedic Studio and Little Bach Studio (Tokyo, Japan); UMBI Studios (Modena, Italy);
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Michael J. Powell; Sadao Watanabe; Corrado Rustici;
Randy Crawford chronology

Through the Eyes of Love is the tenth studio album by American jazz and R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn gave Through the Eyes of Love three out of five stars, describing it as a "Nice, highly stylized album", and that it was "expressively sung, if at times overproduced".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Who's Crying Now"	Steve Perry Jonathan Cain	4:32
2.	"It's Raining"	Randy Crawford Pino Daniele	5:07
3.	"When Love Is New"	Crawford Michael J. Powell	4:40
4.	"If I Were (In Your Shoes)"	Crawford Grazia Di Michele Joanna Di Michele Giuseppe Nocera Barry Coffing Barry A. Gross	3:50
5.	"Rhythm of Romance"	Jimmy Scott Richard Feldman	4:16
6.	"Shine"	Rolf Graf Steinar Field	4:56
7.	"Hold On, Be Strong"	Allee Willis Sami McKinney Michael O'Hara	4:05
8.	"A Lot That You Can Do"	Irmgard Klarmann Felix Weber	5:01
9.	"If You'd Only Believe"	Billie Hughes Roxanne Seeman Jermaine Jackson	5:17
10.	"Like the Sun Out of Nowhere"	Crawford Zucchero Gino Paoli	3:14
11.	"Just a Touch"	Crawford Sadao Watanabe	3:31
12.	"Diamante" (Duet with Zucchero)	Zucchero Frank Musker Francesco De Gregori	4:41

Personnel

Randy Crawford – lead vocals
Vernon Fails – keyboards (1–10), rhythm arrangements (1–10)
Eddie Howard – acoustic piano (1), keyboard solo (6)
Joe Sample – acoustic piano solo (1)
David Ward – keyboard programming (1, 3, 6–9), programming (2, 4, 5, 10), drum programming (6, 7), percussion programming (6, 8, 9)
Earl J. Wright – Hammond B3 organ (10)
Soichi Noriki – keyboards (11), arrangements (11)
Michael J. Powell – guitars (1, 3–8, 10), percussion (1–10), rhythm arrangements (1–10), acoustic guitar solo (2), BGV arrangements (3)
Donnie Lyles – guitars (3)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (11)
Al Turner – bass (1–10)
Nathan East – bass (11)
Buster Marbury – drums (1, 2, 4, 8, 10)
Peter Erskine – drums (11)
Paul D. Allen – percussion programming (1, 3, 9), drums (3), drum programming (3, 9), programming (5), keyboard programming (6)
Marlon Crawford – percussion (5)
Alex Acuña – percussion (11)
Courtlen Hale – saxophone (1), French horn (4)
Lenny Price – saxophone (2)
Dave McMurray – saxophone (4), sax solo (10)
Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone (11)
Niko Marks – harmonica (9)
Corrado Rustici – arrangements (12)
Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals (1–10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals (1–10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals (1–10), BGV arrangements (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 9, 10), BGV arrangements (3)
Gerald Lyles – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10)
Mark Morris – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10)
Donald Ray Mitchell – backing vocals (4, 6, 9, 10)
Zucchero Fornaciari – lead vocals (12)

Production

Leonard Richardson – executive producer (1–10)
Hiroshi Makishima – A&R (11)
Toshi Tanaka – A&R (11)
Yasushi Tomita – A&R (11)
Michele Torpedine – executive producer (12)
Michael J. Powell – producer (1–10), mixing (1–10)
Sadao Watanabe – producer (11)
Corrado Rustici – producer (12)
Paul D. Allen – recording (1–10), assistant mix engineer (2, 4–7, 9, 10)
David Ward – recording (1–10), assistant mix engineer (1, 3, 8)
Milton Chan – recording (1)
Eric Scheda – recording (1–3, 5–10)
Elliot Peters – mix engineer (1, 3, 6–8), mixing (1, 3, 6–8)
Randy Poole – recording (2, 4, 5, 7)
Gerald Smerek – mix engineer (2, 4, 5, 8, 9), mixing (2, 4, 5, 8, 9)
Mike Iacopelli – recording (10)
Gordon Lyon – engineer (12)
Chris Potter – mixing (12)
Tom Baker – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
Tiarzha M. Taylor – album coordinator
Johnny Lee – art direction, design
Victoria Pearson – photography
Barry Gross – management, direction

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	113
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[3]	92
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	57
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[5]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	49

References

^ ^a ^b "Through the Eyes of Love - Randy Crawford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing March 30, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Randy Crawford – Through the Eyes of Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Randy Crawford – Through the Eyes of Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Randy Crawford Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

External links

Through the Eyes of Love at Discogs

[auto-1] "Through the Eyes of Love - Randy Crawford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.

[2] "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing March 30, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[ac_Netherlands_Randy_Crawford-3] "Dutchcharts.nl – Randy Crawford – Through the Eyes of Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[ac_Germany_Randy_Crawford-4] "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[ac_Norway_Randy_Crawford-5] "Norwegiancharts.com – Randy Crawford – Through the Eyes of Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Randy_Crawford-6] "Randy Crawford Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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