Notes

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Steve Forbert hit quite a few stylistic bases on his fourth, self-titled album, maybe too many. From the horn-filled, Motown-tinged "Ya Ya (Next to Me)" to a faithful cover of Jackie DeShannon's mid-'60s classic "When You Walk in the Room" to the lush, string-heavy "Oh So Close (And Yet So Far Away)" to the up-tempo country two-step "You're Darn Right," Forbert couldn't be pinned down to a genre (certainly not folk-rock). But there was too little of the spunky tone of songs like "It Takes a Whole Lotta Help (To Make It on Your Own)" that had sparked Forbert's previous albums. (Unfortunately, Forbert's proposed fifth album was rejected by his record company in 1984, and it took him six years to follow this album.)

Steve Forbert: Vocals, guitar, and harmonica
Steve Burgh: Electric guitar, tambourine
Robbie Kondor: Piano and organ
Hugh McDonald: Bass
Barry Lazarowitz: Drums, shaker
Peter Ecklund: Horn arrangement, trumpet
Cris Cioe: Tenor sax
Josh Shneider: Tenor sax
Roger Rosenberg : Baritone sax
Joel Helleny: Trombone
David Sanborn: Alto sax
Vocal group: Yvonne Lewis, Larita Gaskins, Christine Wilshire

Produced by Steve Burgh
Recorded at Skyline Studio, New York
Additional recording at Woodland Sound, Nashville,
and the Power Station, New York
Mixed at the Power Station, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios