Commodores "Nightshift" (1985) -Westcoast Soul / High Tech AOR-

 Label : Motown Record Corporation

 Side One

01 - Animal Instinct (Martin Page)
02 - Nightshift (Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert & Franne Gold)
03 - I Keep Running (William King, Shirley King & Harold Hudson)
04 - Lay Back (Milan Williams, Dennis Lambert, Franne Gold & Martin Page)

Side Two

01 - Slip Of The Tongue (Peter Beckett & Lenny Macaluso)
02 - Play This Record Twice (Ronald La Pread & K. Smith)
03 - Janet (Franne Gold, Paul Fow & Bobby Caldwell)
04 - The Woman In My Life (Patrick Henderson & Keith Stegall)
05 - Lightin' Up The Night (Diane Warren & Jeff Lorber)


Produced by Dennis Lambert for Tuneworks
Associate Producer & Engineer : Jeremy Smith
Associate Engineer : Paul Ericksen
Assistants : Bino Espinoza & Fred Law
Recorded & Mixed at Soundcastle Studio Center, Los Angeles, California
Mastered by John Matousek at Motown / Hitsville USA Studios, Hollywood, California

Commodores :
Walter 'Clyde' Orange : Drums, Lead & Background vocals
Ronald La Pread : Bass & Background vocals
William 'Wak' King : Keyboards & Background vocals
Milan Williams : Keyboards
J.D. Nicholas : Lead & Background vocals

Additional musicians :
Peter Wolf : Keyboards, Synthesizers, Bass & Drum Programming
Paul Fox : Synthesizers, Bass & Drum Programming
Paul M. Jackson Jr. : Guitars, Synthesizers, Bass & Drum Programming
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Jeff Lorber : Synthesizers, Bass & Drum Programming
Peter Maunu : Guitars
Harold Hudson : Synthesizers
Dennis Lambert : Synthesizers, Percussion, Background vocals & Arrangements
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jerry Hey : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Gary Grant : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Gary Herbig : Saxophones
Larry Williams : Saxophones

Additional Background Singers : Siedah Garrett, Phillip Ingram, Darryl Phinnessee, Dennis Lambert, Doris Garrett, Patricia Hamlin, Tracee Augcomfar, Ambrose Price, Gregory Alexander, Sheldon Reynolds & David Swanson


Side One

01 - Animal Instinct

Arranger / Associate Produced : Peter Wolf
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange 

02 - Nightshift

Arranger / Associate Produced : Peter Wolf
Lead vocals : Walter 'Clyde' Orange & J.D. Nicholas

03 - I Keep Running

Arrangers : Paul Fox, Harold Hudson & William King
Lead vocal : J.D. Nicholas

04 - Lay Back

Arranger / Associate Produced : Peter Wolf
Lead vocal : Walter "'Clyde' Orange 

Side Two

01 - Slip Of The Tongue

Arranger / Associate Produced : Peter Wolf
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange 

02 - Play This Record Twice

Rhythm Arranger / Associate Producer : Paul M. Jackson Jr.
Horn Arranger : Larry Williams
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange

03 - Janet

Arranger : Paul Fox
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange

04 - The Woman In My Life

Arranger / Associate Produced : Peter Wolf
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange 

05 - Lightin' Up The Night

Rhythm Arranger : Jeff Lorber
Horn Arranger : Jerry Hey
Lead vocal : Walter 'Clyde' Orange