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Blue Lights in the Basement

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts and certifications
Certifications
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Blue Lights in the Basement
| type = studio
| artist = Roberta Flack
| cover = Blue lights in the basement (album cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = December 13, 1977
| recorded = 1976–1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = R&B, soul, folk, disco
| length =
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Rubina Flake, Joe Ferla, Gene McDaniels
| prev_title = Feel Like Makin' Love
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Roberta Flack
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Blue Lights in the Basement
| type = studio
| single1 = 25th of Last December / Why Don't You Move in with Me
| single1date = December 12, 1977
| single2 = The Closer I Get to You / Love Is the Healing
| single2date = February 4, 1978
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} ^[1]
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}

Blue Lights in the Basement is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack released by Atlantic on December 13, 1977. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard 200, becoming her third consecutive top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. On February 27, 1978, the album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies.^[2] The album features the single "The Closer I Get to You", a duet with best friend and fellow soul musician Donny Hathaway, which became the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The collaboration with Hathaway would be one of his final singles released in his lifetime before his death in 1979.

Track listing

Track No	Song title	Songwriter
1	"Why Don't You Move in with Me"	Gene McDaniels
2	"The Closer I Get to You" Duet with Donny Hathaway	Reggie Lucas, James Mtume
3	"Fine, Fine Day"	Rachel Perry
4	"This Time I'll Be Sweeter"	Pat Grant, Gwen Guthrie
5	"25th of Last December"	Gene McDaniels
6	"After You"	Michael Masser, Ron Miller
7	"I'd Like to Be Baby to You"	Morgan Ames
8	"Soul Deep"	Wayne Carson
9	"Love Is the Healing"	Gene McDaniels
10	"Where I'll Find You"	David McHugh

Personnel

Roberta Flack – keyboards, vocals, arrangements
Paul Griffin – keyboards
Ronnie Foster – keyboards, background vocals
Don Grolnick – keyboards
Rob Mounsey – keyboards
Leon Pendarvis – keyboards, background vocals, musical arrangements
Harry Whitaker – keyboards, musical arrangements
Reggie Lucas – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar, musical arrangements
Jeff Mironov – guitar
David Spinozza – guitar
John Tropea – guitar
Michael Kamen – oboe solo (track 10), musical arrangements (All tracks)
Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
Basil Fearrington – bass
Will Lee – bass guitar
Gary King – bass, musical arrangements
Steve Gadd – drums
Allan Schwartzberg – drums
Jimmy Wong – drums
Howard King – drums
Idris Muhammad – drums
Crusher Bennett – percussion
David Carey – percussion
Jimmy Maelen – percussion
James Mtume – percussion, background vocals
Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
Lani Groves – background vocals
Gwen Guthrie – background vocals
Yvonne Lewis – background vocals
Gene McDaniels – background vocals
Zach Sanders – background vocals
Brenda White – background vocals
Deniece Williams – background vocals

Charts and certifications

Year	Album	Chart positions
Year	Album	Billboard 200^[3]	Top Soul Albums^[3]
1978	Blue Lights in the Basement	8	5

Certifications

Country	Certification (sales thresholds)
United States	Gold (RIAA)^[2]

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r7341|first=Jason|last=Elias}}
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External links

3 : Roberta Flack albums|1977 albums|Atlantic Records albums

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