Cool Night is the seventh and final studio album by singer/songwriter Paul Davis. It was his highest-charting album in the United States, reaching #52 on the Billboard album chart, and yielded three top-40 singles, "Cool Night", "'65 Love Affair", and "Love or Let Me Be Lonely". The third was a remake of a song by The Friends of Distinction. This album was the first to be both recorded and mixed fully digitally.[citation needed] It features backing vocals by the Commodores who were simultaneously recording their 1981 album In the Pocket. While the album was a commercial success, Davis hated it, so much so that he ended his contract with Arista to sign with a much smaller label, before retiring from the music industry in 1988.
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| Released | November 30, 1981 |
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| Recorded | In full digital at Web IV Studios (Atlanta, GA); Winter 1980 to early 1981. |
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| Genre | Soft rock |
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| Length | 38:00 |
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| Label | Arista |
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| Producer | Ed Seay and Paul Davis |
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Paul Davis
(1980)
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Cool Night
(1981)
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The Best of Paul Davis
(1982)
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- Paul Davis – vocals, keyboards
- Doug Bare – keyboards
- Tommy Cooper – keyboards
- Ed Seay – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Vance Taylor – keyboards
- Steve Hardwick – guitars
- Rick Hinkle – guitars
- Barry Dunaway – bass
- Steve Tischer – bass
- Gene Chrisman – drums
- Jean T. McHine – drums
- Benny Rappa – drums, backing vocals
- Carol Veto – backing vocals
- Paul Davis – producer
- Ed Seay – producer, engineer
- Tommy Cooper – engineer
- Jim Loyd – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Neal Pozner – design
- Tom Biondo – photography
