Puneet Varma (Editor)

One Step Closer (Gavin Christopher album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1986

One Step Closer (1986)
  
Gavin (1987)

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
Manhattan Records

Length
  
43:15

Artist
  
Gavin Christopher

Producer
  
Gavin Christopher

One Step Closer (Gavin Christopher album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb3

Recorded
  
Unique Recording (NYC) Music Grinder (LA) Right Track Recording (NYC) Good Earth Studios (London)

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music, Dance music

Gavin christopher one step closer to you 12inch remix hq


One Step Closer is an album by renowned R&B/Hip hop singer-songwriter/keyboardist/record producer Gavin Christopher. Released in 1986, this album contained Christopher's biggest solo hit, with the title track, "One Step Closer to You" reaching number 22 on the pop charts, number 25 on the R&B chart, and number 9 on the Dance chart. The follow-up single, "Back in Your Arms" could not duplicate this success, and the album fell off the charts.

Contents

The album also includes Christopher's own version of "Once You Get Started," a tune he had originally written for Rufus and Chaka Khan that became a top-ten Pop, R&B, and Dance hit for the group in the 1970s.

One Step Closer remains Gavin Christopher's most successful solo album to date, having peaked at number 74 on the Billboard 200 and number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on August 9, 1986.

Gavin christopher one step closer


Track listing

  1. "One Step Closer to You" (Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Jeff Pescetto, David Grant) (5:10)
  2. "Are We Running From Love" (Gavin Christopher, Paul Pesco) (4:46)
  3. "In the Heat of Passion" (Rogers, Sturken) (5:07)
  4. "Back in Your Arms" (Rogers, Sturken, Christopher) (5:36)
  5. "Once You Get Started" (Christopher) (4:18)
  6. "Love is Knocking at Your Door" (Rogers, Sturken, Nick Mundy, Christopher) (5:09)
  7. "Sparks Turn Into Fire" (Rogers, Sturken) (4:30)
  8. "Could This Be the Night" (Christopher) (4:29)
  9. "That's the Kind of Guy I Am" (Christopher, Pesco) (4:10)

Credits

  • Gavin Christopher: Lead vocals on all tracks
  • Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers: Drum programming

    • "One Step Closer to You"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards and Guitar
  • Tom Mandell (sic): Additional Keyboards
  • Evan Rogers: Background vocals

    • "Are We Running From Love"

  • Robbie Kilgore: Keyboards
  • Tony Maiden: Guitar
  • Evan Rogers, Bunny Hill, Clydene Jackson: Background vocals

    • "In the Heat of Passion"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards
  • John Nevin: Bass
  • Evan Rogers, Audrey Wheeler: Background vocals

    • "Back in Your Arms"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards and Guitar
  • Evan Rogers, Siedah Garrett: Background vocals

    • "Once You Get Started"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards and Guitar
  • Tony Maiden: Guitar, Background vocals
  • Roger Byam: Sax solo
  • Evan Rogers, Toni Smith: Background vocals

    • "Love is Knocking at Your Door"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards
  • Paul Pesco: Guitar, Background vocals
  • Evan Rogers, Gavin Christopher: Background vocals

    • "Sparks Turn Into Fire"

  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards and Guitar
  • Paul Pesco: Guitar solo, Background vocals
  • Evan Rogers: Background vocals

    • "Could This Be the Night"

  • Gavin Christopher: Keyboards, Synthesizer soloing
  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards
  • Keith Andès: Keyboards, Background vocals
  • Evan Rogers: Background vocals

    • "That's the Kind of Guy I Am"

  • Paul Pesco: Keyboards and Guitar
  • Carl Sturken: Keyboards
  • Robbie Kilgore: Keyboards
  • Gary Wallace: Drum Programming
  • Evan Rogers, Gavin Christopher: Background vocals

    • Songs

    1One Step Closer to You5:10
    2Are We Running From Love4:46
    3In the Heat of Passion5:07

    References

    One Step Closer (Gavin Christopher album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA