| 词条 | Master of the Game (George Duke album) | ||||
| 释义 |
| name = Master of the Game | type = Studio album | artist = George Duke | cover = | alt = | released = 1979 | studio = Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) | genre = {{hlist|Crossover jazz|funk}} | length = 42:10 | label = Epic | producer = George Duke | prev_title = Follow the Rainbow | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = A Brazilian Love Affair | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Master of the Game | type = studio | single1 = I Want You for Myself | single1date = 1979 | single2 = Every Little Step I Take / Games | single2date = 1979}} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1] }} Master of the Game is the fourteenth studio album by American keyboardist and record producer George Duke. It was released in 1979 through Epic Records. Recording sessions for this full-length album took place at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The album features contributions from vocalists Lynn Davis, Josie James and Napoleon Murphy Brock, guitarists David Myles, Ray Obiedo and Roland Bautista, bassists Byron Miller and Freddie Washington, drummer Ricky Lawson, percussionist Sheila Escovedo, trombonist Bill Reichenbach, trumpeters Jerry Hey and Gary Grant, and saxophonist Gary Herbig. In creating of Master of the Game, Duke used a variety of keyboard instruments viz. Fender Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha Acoustic piano, Yamaha Electric grand piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hohner Clavinet D6, ARP Odyssey and ARP String Ensemble synthesizers, Minimoog, Oberheim synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and Crumar synthesizer. David Myles played six and twelve-string acoustic guitars, electric guitar and sitar. The album was mastered by Brian Gardner at Allen Zent Studio in Los Angeles. The album peaked at number 125 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Master of the Game spawned two singles: "I Want You for Myself" and "Every Little Step I Take". Its lead single, "I Want You for Myself" featuring Lynn Davis, reached number 23 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Dance Club Songs charts. Track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = | title1 = Look What You Find | length1 = 4:44 | writer1 = George Duke | title2 = Every Little Step I Take | length2 = 3:49 | writer2 = George Duke | title3 = Games | length3 = 3:14 | writer3 = {{hlist|George Duke|Sheila Escovedo}} | title4 = I Want You for Myself | note4 = featuring Lynn Davis | length4 = 6:38 | writer4 = George Duke | title5 = In the Distance | length5 = 2:20 | writer5 = George Duke | title6 = I Love You More | length6 = 3:06 | writer6 = George Duke | title7 = Dog-Man | length7 = 4:40 | writer7 = George Duke | title8 = Everybody's Talkin' | length8 = 4:19 | writer8 = George Duke | title9 = Part 1 - The Alien Challenges the Stick / Part 2 - The Alien Succumbs to the Macho Intergalactic Funkativity of the Funkblasters | length9 = 9:20 | writer9 = {{hlist|George Duke|Ricky Lawson|Byron Miller|David Myles}} | total_length = 42:10 }} Personnel
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/master-of-the-game-mw0000038535|title=Master of the Game – George Duke|publisher=AllMusic|last=Henderson|first=Alex|accessdate=August 29, 2018}} External links
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