Dangerous (Natalie Cole album)
Dangerous is a 1985 album by American singer Natalie Cole released on May 15, 1985 through the Atco Records-distributed Modern Records label. The album reached peak positions of number 140 on the Billboard 200 and number 48 on Billboard R&B Albums chart.Reception
Track listing
- "Dangerous" - 3:47
- "Billy the Kid Next Door" - 4:39
- "Secrets" - 4:11
- "Nobody's Soldier" - 4:06
- "Opposites Attract" - 3:43
- "A Little Bit of Heaven" - 4:01
- "Your Car " - 4:04
- "Love is On the Way" - 4:51
- "The Gift" - 3:11
Personnel
- Natalie Cole – lead vocals, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Paul Fox – synthesizer
- Charles Judge – synthesizer, programming, bass guitar, arrangements
- Rory Kaplan – synthesizer
- Jamie Sheriff – synthesizer
- Stephen Mitchell – synthesizer, programming, drum machine, arrangements
- Greg Wright – synthesizer, arrangements
- Michael Rochelle – synthesizer, programming
- Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer
- Randy Kerber – keyboards, piano
- Robbie Buchanan – additional synthesizer
- David Joyce – keyboards, backing vocals
- Michael Boyd – guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar, guitar
- Josh Sklair – rhythm guitar, guitar
- Sheldon Sondheim – additional rhythm guitar
- Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar, synth guitar
- Dean Parks – guitar, rhythm guitar
- Nathan East – bass guitar
- Keith Nelson – bass guitar
- Freddie Washington – bass guitar
- Craig Burbidge – programming
- Larry Talbert – programming
- John Robinson – drums
- Robert Jacobs – electronic drums
- Robert Shipley – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Steve Forman – additional percussion
- Gary Skardina – tambourine, arrangements
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn solo
- Ron Brown – saxophone
- David Majal Li – saxophone
- Fred Wesley – trombone
- Ray Brown – trumpet
- Nolan Smith – trumpet
- Marti Sharron – arrangements, BGV arrangements
- Gene Page – arrangements, string arrangements, rhythm arrangements
- Alex Brown – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Van Ross Redding – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Eddie Cole – backing vocals, saxophone solo, arrangements
- Katrina Perkins – backing vocals
- Sissy Peoples – backing vocals
In popular culture
Though the song "A Little Bit of Heaven" only reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was used as a recurring love theme for Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo on the television soap opera Santa Barbara.
