''Abstract Emotions'' is the eighth studio album by American

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and R&B singer

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. It reached No. 178 on the US albums chart, No. 53 in the US R&B chart and No. 14 in the UK Albums Chart. On October 14, 2013 it was issued on CD together with the ''Nightline'' album.

Track listing

;Side one #"Can’t Stand the Pain" (Dean Gant, Mark Winkler) – 6:02 #"Actual Emotional Love" (

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) – 5:05 #"World of Fools" (Rolf Graf, Alix Zandrs) – 5:00 #"Betcha" (

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) – 4:02 #"Overnight" (Reggie Lucas) – 5:14 #"

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" (Randy Crawford) – 4:04 #"Don’t Wanna be Normal" (

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, Michael McDonald) – 5:20Original album sleeve notes

Personnel

*Sir Gant, Ed Walsh,

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, Harry Whittaker - keyboards, synthesizer *

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, Leslie Ming - percussion *Anthony Jackson - electric bass guitar *

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, Brenda Wright King,

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, Yvonne Lewis, Curtis King - backing vocals *Sir Gant, Ed Walsh - synthesizer programming

Production

*Produced by: Reggie Lucas, Hawk Wolinski & James Newton Howard *Engineer: Joe Ferla *Additional Engineering: Jim “Doc” Dougherty, Jay Mark & Alan Silverman *Recorded and Mixed at: Quantum Sound Studios, New Jersey *Additional Recording: Giant Sound Studios & Sigma Sound Studios, New York City *DMM Direct Digital Mastering Assistant Engineers: Jimmy Santos, Glenn Rosenstein, Jeff Cox & Craig Johnson

References

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