Between the Sheets (Fourplay album) explained

Between the Sheets
Type:	studio
Artist:	Fourplay
Border:	yes
Studio:	Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, NY)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Nathan East, Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour, Bob James
Prev Title:	Fourplay
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Elixir
Next Year:	1995

Between the Sheets is the second studio album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released in August 1993 on Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Between the Sheets has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA.^[4]

Critical reception

Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)^[5]

Personnel

Fourplay

Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, Yamaha Disklavier piano, synthesizers, string orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7)
Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, guitar synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9)
Nathan East – 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless basses, lead chant (1), chorus chant (1), lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3, 5)
Harvey Mason – drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, glockenspiel, arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11)

Additional Musicians

Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer programming, computer sequencing, drum programming (3)
Marcel East – arrangements (5)
Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1)
Chaka Khan – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
Phillip Bailey – backing vocals (3)
Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3)
Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)

Production

Bob James – executive producer
Fourplay – producers
Don Murray – recording, mixing
Neal Avron – assistant engineer
Mike Kloster – assistant engineer
Mike Piersante – assistant engineer
Marcel East – vocal recording
Harvey Mason, Jr. – technician
Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering
Wally Traugott – mastering
Debra Johnson – production coordinator
Kim Champagne – art direction, design
Stuart Watson – photography

Studios

Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York).
Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California).
Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Album – Billboard
Year	Chart	Position
1993	The Billboard 200	70
1993	Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	1
1993	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	15

Singles – Billboard
Title	Year	Chart	Position
Between the Sheets	1993	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	72
Chant	1994	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	98

Notes and References

Fourplay: Between The Sheets. August 1993. Warner Bros. Records.
Web site: Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Jazz Albums). Billboard.com. 2018-06-13. 2018-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614100921/https://www.billboard.com/music/fourplay/chart-history/jazz-albums/song/177325. dead.
Web site: Fourplay: Between The Sheets (Top R&B/Hip/Hop Albums). Billboard.com. 2018-06-13. 2018-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614101250/https://www.billboard.com/music/fourplay/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/177325. dead.
Web site: Fourplay: Between the Sheets . riaa.com . RIAA.
Web site: Fourplay . grammy.com . The Recording Academy.