Alexander O'Neal – Love Makes No Sense / Audio CD

UPC 731454950220

Love Makes No Sense is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. The album was O'Neal's final release for Tabu, and his first album made without formal production from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Sales of the album were not as strong as O'Neal's earlier releases; it went on to peak at number 89 on the US Billboard 200 and reached number 18 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album launched three charting singles in the United Kingdom: "Love Makes No Sense" peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart; "In the Middle" peaked at number 32; "All That Matters to Me" peaked at number 67. It was O'Neal's first album not to be certified by the BPI, since his 1988 Christmas album, My Gift to You.

Love Makes No Sense was re-released in 2013 on Tabu's new Re-born imprint, featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a two-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original half-inch mix tapes; the bonus content consists of associated 7-inch and 12-inch mixes.

Tracklist:

• Acoustic Guitar – Dean Parks
• Arranged By [Horns] – Lee Thornburg, Nick Lane
• Art Direction – Richard Frankel
• Backing Vocals – Alex Brown, Barrington Scott, Carrie Harrington, Jackie Gouche, Jamecia Bennett, Joey Diggs, Joey Elias, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Sean Devereaux, Tony Warren, Valerie Davis
• Bass – Bob Glaub, Freddie Washington
• Chorus Master [Conductor], Arranged By [Strings] – David Campbell
• Design – Lynn Robb
• Drums – Bernard "Pretty" Purdie*
• Drums, Tambourine – Ed Greene (2)
• Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Khris Kellow
• Engineer – Anthony Jeffries, Charlie Brocco, David Schober, Dennis Kirk, Jay Lean, Richard Cottrell, Steve Van Arden, Wolfgang Aichholz
• Engineer [Assistant] – Dan Bosworth, Julie Last, Lori Fumar, Martin Brumbach, Matt Westfield, Shelly Stewart, Tom Winslow, Van Coppock
• Engineer, Synthesizer – Enrico De Paoli
• Executive-Producer – Clarence Avant, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
• Finger Snaps – M.G. (6)
• Flute – Franklin Wharton
• Guitar – Charles Fearing, Kevin Pierce, Paul Jackson Jr.
• Management [Project Manager] – Rochelle Epps
• Mastered By – Arnie Acosta
• Mixed By – Alan Myerson*, Bill Schnee, David Rideau*, Dave Way, Donnell Sullivan, Elliot Scheiner
• Mixed By [Assistant] – David Betancourt, Thom Russo
• Organ – Booker T. Jones, David Paich
• Other [Clothing, Wardrobe] – Sandy Ampon
• Percussion – Lenny Castro
• Photography By – Greg Gorman
• Piano – Jim Cox, John Barnes
• Producer [Assistant] – Alex Avant, Dwight Wright
• Producer, Arranged By [Vocals], Drum Programming, Percussion – Jon Nettlesbey
• Producer, Arranged By [Vocals], Synthesizer, Keyboards – Terry Coffey
• Producer, Engineer, Arranged By [Rhythm, Strings, Vocals], Drum Programming, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Synthesizer [Moog] – Christopher Troy
• Producer, Engineer, Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals], Drum Programming, Percussion, Keyboards, Synthesizer [Moog Bass] – Zack Harmon
• Producer, Engineer, Arranged By [Rhythm], Drum Programming, Percussion, Keyboards – Lance Alexander
• Producer, Engineer, Arranged By [Vocals], Vocals, Backing Vocals – Prof T.
• Producer, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer – Steve Lindsey (4)
• Saxophone – Brandon Fields
• Saxophone [Alto] – Derrick Edmondson
• Steel Guitar [Pedal] – JayDee Mannes*
• Synthesizer – Randy Kerber
• Vocals, Backing Vocals – Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle