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One Step Closer (The Doobie Brothers album)

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Released
  
September 17, 1980

One Step Closer (1980)
  
Farewell Tour (1983)

Release date
  
17 September 1980

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
37:41

Artist
  
The Doobie Brothers

Producer
  
Ted Templeman

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
1980 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA, United Sound Recorders, Detroit, MI and A& R Recorders, New York, NY

Similar
  
The Doobie Brothers albums, Rock music albums

Dedicate this heart the doobie brothers one step closer


One Step Closer is the ninth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1980. The album included the hit "Real Love", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

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Track listing

Side One

  1. "Dedicate This Heart" (McDonald, Paul Anka) – 4:07 (vocal: McDonald)
  2. "Real Love" (McDonald, Henderson) – 4:18 (vocal: McDonald)
  3. "No Stoppin' Us Now" (Simmons, McDonald, Chris Thompson) – 4:40 (vocal: Simmons)
  4. "Thank You Love" (Cornelius Bumpus) – 6:22 (vocal: Bumpus)

Side Two

  1. "One Step Closer" (Knudsen, Carlene Carter, McFee) – 4:10 (vocals: Bumpus, McDonald)
  2. "Keep This Train A-Rollin" (McDonald) – 3:29 (vocal: McDonald)
  3. "Just in Time" (Simmons) – 2:43 (vocal: Simmons)
  4. "South Bay Strut" (McCracken, McFee) – 4:05 (instrumental)
  5. "One By One" (Bobby LaKind, McDonald) – 3:47 (vocals: Simmons, McDonald)

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers

  • Patrick Simmons - guitars, vocals
  • John McFee - guitars, vocals
  • Michael McDonald - keyboards, organ, synthesizers, vocals
  • Cornelius Bumpus - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Tiran Porter - bass, vocals
  • Keith Knudsen - drums, backing vocals
  • Chester McCracken - drums, vibraphone, marimbas

    • Additional personnel

  • Bobby LaKind - congas, bongos, background vocals
  • Nicolette Larson - vocals on "Real Love", "Dedicate This Heart", and "Just In Time"
  • Rev. Patrick Henderson - keyboards on "Real Love", "One By One", and "Keep This Train A-Rollin'"
  • Lee Thornburg - trumpet on "South Bay Strut" and flugelhorn for "Dedicate This Heart"
  • Chris Thompson - background vocals on "No Stoppin' Us Now"
  • Ted Templeman - tambourine, cowbell, maracas
  • Jerome Jumonville - tenor saxophone
  • Joel Peskin - baritone saxophone
  • Bill Armstrong - trumpet
  • Jimmie Haskell - string arrangements

    • Production

  • Producer: Ted Templeman
  • Production assistant: Joan Parker
  • Engineers: James Isaacson, Gene Meros
  • Mastering: Kent Duncan
  • Photography: Norman Seeff
  • Design: Jim Welch
  • Art Direction: Jim Welch
  • Conductor: Bobby LaKind
  • Horn arrangements: Jerome Jumonville (for "Keep This Train A-Rollin'")
  • String arrangements: Jimmie Haskell (for "Real Love" and "South Bay Strut")

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Dedicate This Heart
    2Real Love4:23
    3No Stoppin' Us Now4:43

    References

    One Step Closer (The Doobie Brothers album) Wikipedia
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