• Herb Alpert – all trumpets (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 3, 8), arrangements (2, 4, 5, 9, 10), trumpet (4, 8, 10),
flugelhorn (4), lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6),
muted trumpet (8),
celeste (10) •
Jimmy Jam – keyboard and drum programming (1, 3, 6, 8), percussion (1, 3, 6, 8); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8) •
David Eiland – keyboard programming (1),
sampling (1) • Laythan Armor – keyboards (2), bass programming (2), drums (2), arrangements (2), synth voices and bass programming (7),
electronic percussion (7) • John Barnes –
organ sound (2),
DX7 tuba (5), keyboards (7, 9), drum programming (9), arrangements (9, 10),
Fairlight voices (10), DX7
harmonica (10) • Les Pierce – keyboard programming (4), drums (4), arrangements (4) •
Roy Bittan – keyboards (5), arrangements (5) • Salvatore Macaluso – synth voices (7), synth bass (7) •
Michael Landau – guitars (2, 4, 5, 10), guitar solo (9), arrangements (10) •
Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm guitar (9) •
Terry Lewis – vocals (1); horn, rhythm and vocal arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8), bass (3), percussion (3, 6), backing vocals (3, 6, 8) •
Neil Stubenhaus – bass (5, 9) •
Chuck Domanico –
acoustic bass (7) •
Jeff Porcaro – drums (5, 9) •
Steve Schaeffer – drums (10), percussion (10) •
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 9) •
Albert Hammond – arrangements (2) •
Michael Stokes – arrangements (2) •
Lisa Keith – vocals (1), vocal arrangements (1, 3, 8), lead vocals (3, 8), backing vocals (3, 6, 8) •
Janet Jackson – lead and backing vocals (3, 8) • James "Popeye" Greer – party vocals (3) •
Jellybean Johnson – party vocals (3) •
Lani Hall – lead vocals (6), vocal arrangements (6)
Production • John McClain – executive producer (1, 3, 6, 8) • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – producers (1, 3, 6, 8), assistant engineers (1, 3, 6, 8) • Herb Alpert – producer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) • Les Pierce – associate producer (4) • Roy Bittan – producer (5) • Shelly Yakus – remixing (4, 9, 10), producer (10) • Steve Hodge – engineer (1, 3, 6, 8) •
Bill Bottrell – engineer (2) • Robert de la Garza – engineer (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) • James "Popeye" Greer – assistant engineer (1, 3, 6, 8), studio manager • Michael Bowman – assistant engineer (2) • Ron Jacobs – assistant engineer (2), remix assistant (5, 7) • John Pace – remixing (2, 5, 7), engineer (7) • Paul McKenna – remixing (4) • Mark McKenna – remix assistant (4, 9) •
Brian Gardner – mastering at
Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) • Susan Owens – production coordinator (1, 3, 6, 8) • Chuck Beeson – art direction • Melanie Nissen – art direction, design • Chris Callis – photography == Charts ==