Paradise (Leroy Hutson album)

Paradise is the eighth solo album by Leroy Hutson, the first (and only) album to be released for Elektra Records, after his contract with Curtom Records ended.

Paradise
Studio album by Leroy Hutson
Released	1982
Genre	Funk/Soul Chicago soul/R&B Disco
Length	38:05
Label	Elektra
Producer	Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson chronology
Unforgettable (1979) Paradise (1982) Soothe You, Groove You (2009)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

1. "Classy Lady" 5:30
2. "Nice and Easy" 4:30
3. "You Make it Happen" 4:57
4. "Paradise" 5:40
5. "She's Got It" 7:57
6. "Nobody But You" 4:44
7. "Stay At It" 5:36

Personnel

• Leroy Hutson - lead & background vocals, drums, horn arrangements, keyboards, percussion, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer bass, vocal arrangements
• Dina Andrews - direction
• Jerry Butler, Stephen Harris, Nicholas Caldwell - composers
• Ken Cooper - trumpet
• Nicholas Caldwell - mouth organ, producer, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements
• Melvin Coleman, Reggie Gillerson - bass
• Steve Barri Cohen, David Egerton, Ann Fry, Larry Miles. Jeffrey Norman, Rick Sanchez - engineers
• Charles Waring - liner notes
• Ron Slenzak - photography
• Norman Ung - art direction
• David Nathan - tape research
• Orville McFarland - trombone
• Giovanni Scatola - mastering
• Rick Sanchez - mixing
• Bill Englot - remastering
• Tom Ferrone, Stephen Harris, Larry Michael White, Rick Sanchez, Larry Andrew Williams - guitars
• Pat Leonard, Lonnie Reaves, Tim Tobias, Grady Wilkins, Jerry Wilson - keyboards
• Eric Hackett, Tim Tobias - synthesizer
• Chester Thompson, Wayne Stewart - drums
• Stephen Harris, Kenneth Nash, Lonnie Reaves - percussion
• Rick Conrad - reissuing series
• Jerry Wilson - saxophone
• Alfonso Surrett, Alton Littles, Jr., Calvin Bridges, "Day" Askey Burke, Martin Dumas, Myrna Postel, Nate Hutson, Roz Thompson - background vocals

External links

• Paradise LP at Discogs