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. It was Davis' most successful album and was 2x (Platinum) by the R.I.A.A . It features backing vocals by the Commodores who were simultaneously recording their 1981 album In the Pocket.
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| Released | November 30, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | In full digital at Web IV Studios (Atlanta, GA); Winter 1980 to early 1981. | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 38:00 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Ed Seay and Paul Davis | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
All tracks were written by Paul Davis except where noted.
- "Cool Night" – 3:40
- "You Came to Me" (Davis, Joe Wilson, Mike Hughes) – 3:38
- "One More Time for the Lonely" – 4:09
- "Nathan Jones" (Leonard Caston Jr., Kathy Wakefield) – 3:27
- "Oriental Eyes" – 4:28
- "'65 Love Affair" – 3:54
- "Somebody's Gettin' to You" – 3:30
- "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters, Anita Poree) – 3:41
- "What You Got to Say About Love" (Davis, Doug Bare, Ben Rappa) – 3:53
- "We're Still Together" – 3:40
Personnel
- Paul Davis – lead and backing 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
Production
- Paul Davis – producer
- Ed Seay – producer, engineer
- Tommy Cooper – engineer
- Jim Loyd – mastering
- Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Neal Pozner – design
- Tom Biondo – photography
Notes
- ^ Cool Night at AllMusic