Back in the High Life

Original Release Date:  June 1986

Track Listing

• 1. Higher Love
• 2. Take It as It Comes
• 3. Freedom Overspill
• 4. Back in the High Life Again
• 5. The Finer Things
• 6. Wake Me up on Judgment Day
• 7. Split Decision
• 8. My Love's Leavin'

Credits

• Dan Hartman: Vocals (Background)
• James Ingram: Vocals (Background)
• Paul Pesco: Guitar
• James Taylor: Vocals, Vocal Harmony
• Joe Walsh: Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Slide Guitar
• Steve Winwood: Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Bass, Moog Bass, Sequencing Programmer
• Tom "Bones" Malone: Trombone
• Bob Mintzer: Sax (Tenor)
• Rob Mounsey: Synthesizer, Keyboards, Synthesizer Strings
• George Young: Sax (Alto)
• Nile Rodgers: Guitar
• Jocelyn Brown: Vocals (Background)
• Jill Dell'Abate: Production Coordination
• Chris Lord-Alge: Engineer
• Tom Lord-Alge: Engineer, Mixing
• Jim Boyer: Engineer
• Jimmy Bralower: Drums, Programming, Drum Programming
• Randy Brecker: Trumpet
• Chaka Khan: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Sean Chennery: Assistant Engineer
• Jason Corsaro: Engineer
• Mickey Curry: Drums
• Rob Eaton: Assistant Engineer
• Steve Ferrone: Drums
• David Frank: Synthesizer, Arranger, Horn Arrangements
• Jon Goldberger: Assistant Engineer
• Martin Gore: Composer
• Connie Harvey: Vocals (Background)
• Roy Hendrickson: Assistant Engineer
• Robbie Kilgore: Synthesizer, Keyboards, Synthesizer Bells, Sequencing Programmer
• Bruce Lampcov: Engineer
• Jeff Lord-Alge: Assistant Engineer
• Scott Mabuchi: Assistant Engineer
• Arif Mardin: Synthesizer, String Arrangements
• Eddie Martinez: Guitar
• Malcolm Pollack: Engineer
• Steve Rinkoff: Assistant Engineer
• John "J.R." Robinson: Drums
• Philippe Saisse: Bass, Synthesizer Bass
• Ira Siegel: Guitar
• Carole Steele: Percussion
• Andrew Thomas: Synthesizer, Programming, Synthesizer Programming
• Russ Titelman: Producer
• Jon Wolfson: Engineer
• Carol Steele: Percussion, Conga, Tambourine
• Mark Stevens: Vocals (Background)
• Lew Del Gatto: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Arthur Elgort: Photography
• Jeri McManus: Art Direction, Cover Design
• Dave Greenberg: Engineer
• Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff: Art Direction
• Claude "Swifty" Achille: Assistant Engineer
• Laura Loncteaux: Production Coordination
• Ed Bruder: Assistant Engineer
• Nobby Clark: Engineer
• Shizuko Orishige: Assistant Engineer