This album marked a turning point for the group as they approached AOR.
Released in 1979, it reached number 3 on the Billboard pop chart and number 1 on the R&B chart.
Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro and other members of Toto were also employed in the sessions. The album includes the smash-hit disco song "Boogie Wonderland" and the classic ballad "After the Love Is Gone" (#2 in the US singles, Grammy Award-winning).
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9 TRACKS:
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1)
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In The Stone
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2)
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Can't Let Go
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3)
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After The Love Has Gone
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4)
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Let Your Feelings Show
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5)
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Boogie Wonderland
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6)
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Star
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7)
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Wait
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8)
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Rock That
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9)
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You And I
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Percussion - Paulinho da Costa
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Saxophone - Jerome Richardson
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Keyboards - David Foster
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Harp - Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
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Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim, Moog] - Larry Dunn
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Bass - Verdine White
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Vocals, Congas, Percussion - Philip Bailey
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Vocals, Drums, Kalimba - Maurice White
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Keyboards - Billy Myers
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Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone - Don Myrick
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Trombone - Garnett Brown
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Trumpet - Jerry Hey
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Trumpet - Michael Harris
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Trumpet - Rahmlee Michael Davis
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Engineer, Mixed By - George Massenburg
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Cello - Larry Corbett
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Viola - James Ross
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Guitar - Steven Lukather
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Trumpet - Oscar Brashear
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French Horn - Marilyn Robinson
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Trombone - George Bohanon
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Viola - Rollice Dale
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Programmed By [Synthesizer] - Steven Porcaro
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Drums - Fred White
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Guitar - Al McKay
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Trombone - Benjamin Powell
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Trumpet - Steve Madaio
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Trumpet - Bobby Bryant
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Engineer - Tom Perry
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Guitar - Marlo Henderson
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Viola - Virginia Majewski
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Violin - Henry Ferber
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Violin - Carl LaMagna
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Saxophone - Herman Riley
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Violin - William Henderson (2)
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Viola - Marilyn Baker
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Concertmaster - Janice Gower
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Violin - Haim Shtrum
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Violin - Jack Gootkin
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Trombone - Maurice Spears
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Trombone - Louis Satterfield
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French Horn - Sidney Muldrow
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French Horn - Barbara Korn
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Violin - Henry Roth
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Percussion - Ralph Johnson
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Cello - Miguel Martinez (2)
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Violin - Harris Goldman
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Reissue Producer - Leo Sacks
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Guitar - Johnny Graham
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Engineer [Assistant] - Ross Pallone
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Violin - Gina Kronstadt
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Trombone - William Reichenbach
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Mastered By - Michael Reese
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Violin - Ronald Clarck
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French Horn - Richard Perissi
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Keyboards - Eddie Del Barrio
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Violin - Joseph Livoti
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Violin - Jerome Reisler
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Cello - Delores Bing
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Cello - John Walz
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Violin - Pavel Farkas
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Cello - Jacqueline Lustgarten
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Tenor Saxophone - Andrew Woolfolk
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Violin - Sheldon Sanov
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Violin - Anton Sen
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Violin - Pamela Gates
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Violin - Rosmen Torfeh
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Violin - Judith Talvi
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Violin - Cynthia Kovaks
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Cello - Kevan Torfeh
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Violin - Joseph Goodman
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Violin - Marcy Dicterow
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Violin - Leeana Sherman
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Viola - Linda Lipsett
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Timpani - Richard Lepore
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Engineer [Assistant] - Craig Widby
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Cello - Jan Kelley
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Viola - Laurie Woods
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Violin - Jerome Webster
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Violin - Sherman Bryana
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Cello - Daniel Smith (4)
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Violin - Ilkka Talvi
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Management [Exclusive Representation] - Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
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Design - Roger Carpenter (2)
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Illustration - Shusei Nagaoka
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Saxophone - Fred Jackson Jr.