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Blue Lights in the Basement is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack released by Atlantic on December 13, 1977. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard 200, becoming her third consecutive top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. On February 27, 1978, the album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies.[2] The album features the single "The Closer I Get to You", a duet with best friend and fellow soul musician Donny Hathaway, which became the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The collaboration with Hathaway would be one of his final singles released in his lifetime before his death in 1979.
Track listing
Personnel
- Roberta Flack - keyboards, lead vocals, background vocals, musical arrangements
- Gwen Guthrie - background vocals
- James Mtume - percussion, background vocals
- Ronnie Foster - keyboards, background vocals
- Don Grolnick - keyboards
- Michael Kamen - oboe solo (track 10), musical arrangements (All tracks)
- Rob Mounsey - keyboards
- Jimmy Maelen - percussion
- Gene McDaniels - background vocals
- David Carey - percussion
- Reggie Lucas - guitar
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
- Basil Fearrington - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Jim Gilstrap - background vocals
- Paul Griffin - keyboards
- Lani Groves - background vocals
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Anthony Jackson - bass
- Brenda White-King - background vocals
- Gary King - percussion, musical arrangements
- Howard King - drums
- Will Lee - bass
- Yvonne Lewis - background vocals
- Hugh McCracken - guitar, musical arrangements
- Jeff Mironov - guitar
- Leon Pendarvis - keyboards, background vocals, musical arrangements
- Zachary Sanders - background vocals
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums
- David Spinozza - guitar
- Harry Whitaker - keyboards, musical arrangements
- Brenda White - background vocals
- Jimmy Wong - drums
- Deniece Williams - background vocals
- John Tropea - guitar
Charts and certifications
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Album |
Chart positions |
Billboard 200[3] |
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums[3] |
1978 |
Blue Lights in the Basement |
8 |
5 |
Certifications
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