Quiet Storm (Peabo Bryson album)

Quiet Storm
Studio album by Peabo Bryson
Released	October 1986
Studio	Mastersound Studios (Atlanta, GA).
Length	37:58
Label	Elektra
Producer	Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson chronology
Take No Prisoners (1985) Quiet Storm (1986) Positive (1988)

Quiet Storm is the twelfth studio album by American singer Peabo Bryson. It was released by Elektra Records in October 1986 in the United States. The album peaked at number 45 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Ron Wynn of AllMusic found that the results of "some over-produced, effectively sung ballads and a few decent up-tempo tracks [...] were disappointing but mildly successful."[2]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Bryson and co-produced by Dwight Watkins.[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Since I've Been in Love"	Peabo Bryson	4:56
2.	"Somebody in Your Life"	Robbie Buchanan Diane Warren	4:21
3.	"Good Combination"	Keith Rawls	4:34
4.	"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"	Bryson	4:35
5.	"The Higher You Climb"	Bryson	5:04
6.	"Catch 22"	Bryson	4:23
7.	"Only at Night"	Bryson	4:52
8.	"After You"	Bryson	4:49

Personnel

Musicians

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
• Myra Walker – keyboards, backing vocals
• Oliver Wells – keyboards
• George Martin – synthesizers
• Dwight W. Watkins – synthesizers, bass, drum machine programming, backing vocals, arrangements (3)
• Pat Buchanan – guitars
• Bill Mueller – guitars
• Derek Scott – guitars
• Yonrico Scott – drums
• Charles Bryson – percussion
• Jimmy "Lord" Brown – saxophones
• Valorie Jones – backing vocals
• Sharon Scott – backing vocals
• Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
• Brenda Williams – backing vocals
• Cheryl Wilson – backing vocals

Technical and Design

• Ron Christopher – engineer
• Doug Johnson – engineer
• Brett Richardson – assistant engineer
• Jeff Tomei – assistant engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Bob Defrin – art direction, design
• Carol Friedman – photography

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[1]	45

References

1. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
2. Wynn, Ron. "Quiet Storm". AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
3. Quiet Storm (booklet). Peabo Bryson. Elektra Records. 1986.