The Girl Next Door (album)

For albums with similar titles, see Girl Next Door (disambiguation).

The Girl Next Door is the 10th studio album by Evelyn "Champagne" King. The album was released in September, 1989 by EMI Records.

The Girl Next Door
Studio album by Evelyn "Champagne" King
Released	September 15, 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	R&B
Length	52:53
Label	EMI America
Producer	Leon Sylvers III, Nayan, Marshall Jefferson, Ten City, David Cochrane, Johnny King
Evelyn "Champagne" King chronology
Flirt (1988) The Girl Next Door (1989) I'll Keep a Light On (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	link

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on Liner notes^[1]

#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	The Girl Next Door	Nayan Lassiter, Tom Carden	Nayan	5:02
2.	Magnet	Jeff Fargus, Gene Dozier	Leon Sylvers III	5:30
3.	Day To Day	Marshall Jefferson, Byron Stingily, Byron Burke, Herb Lawson	Marshall Jefferson, Ten City	8:01
4.	Cross Your Mind	Dianne Quander, David Cochrane	David Cochrane, Dianne Quander	4:59
5.	Footsteps In the Dark	The Isley Brothers,^[2] Elmer Bernstein	Leon Sylvers III	4:05
6.	Do Right	Gene Dozier	Leon Sylvers III	5:39
7.	Lover Man	Byron Stingily, Byron Burke, Herb Lawson	Ten City	5:23
8.	Serious	Nayan Lassiter, Damon Thornton	Nayan	4:45
9.	This Song	Johnny King	Johnny King, Evelyn "Champagne" King	4:58
10.	Thief In the Night	Jeff Fargus, Gene Dozier	Leon Sylvers III	5:05

Personnel

• Evelyn “Champagne” King - Background Vocals (2-10), Lead Vocals
• Alicia Barlow - Background Vocals (2, 5-6, 10)
• Byron Burke - Keyboards, Bass played by (7)
• Phaedra Butler - Background Vocals (1)
• Tom Carden - Music programming, Drum Machine, Keyboards (1)
• Shawn Christopher - Background Vocals (3)
• David Cochrane - Background Vocals, All Instruments (4)
• Vicky Dewindt-King - Background Vocals (4, 8)
• Gene Dozier - Rhythm arranger, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Bass Synth, Drum Machine (6)
• Bill Estes - Music programming (8)
• Jeff Fargus - Rhythm arranger (5, 10), Music programming (5-6, 10), Keyboards, Synthesizer (2, 5-6, 10), Drum Machine (2, 10), Horns, Bass played by (10), Horn arranger (2, 6), String arranger, Drums (2)
• Grand Stuff - Horns played by (3, 7)
• Marshall Jefferson - Music arranger, Keyboards, Drums, Bass played by (3)
• David Josias - Percussion (3, 7)
• Johnny King - Keyboards, Drums, Bass played by, Background Vocals (9)
• Herb Lawson - Guitar, Background Vocals (3, 7), Additional Lead Vocals (7)
• Fred Leyro - Guitar (9)
• Robin Macatangay - Guitar (1, 8)
• Bob Mitchell - Music programming (9)
• Nayan - Music arranger, Music programming, Drum Machine (1, 8), Keyboards (1)
• Keith Nunally - Background Vocals (7)
• Dino Pinkney - Guitar (9)
• Etienne “ATN” Stadwijk - Music programming (8), Keyboards (1, 8)
• Byron Stingily - Background Vocals (3, 7), Additional Lead Vocals (7), Bass Vocals (3)
• Charmaine Sylvers - Background Vocals (2, 5-6, 10)
• Foster Sylvers - Bass Guitar (5-6)
• Leon Sylvers III - Rhythm arranger, Drum Machine, Bass Synth (5), Horn arranger (6)
• John Taylor - Guitar (2, 5-6)
• Ten City - Music arranger (3)
• Ten City Strings - Strings (7)
• Margo Thunder - Background Vocals (1)
• Earl Young - Drums (7)

References

1. King, Evelyn “Champagne”. “The Girl Next Door” (Album notes). EMI USA. 1989.
2. King, Evelyn “Champagne”. “The Girl Next Door”. EMI Music Distribution. September 1989. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000202221

External links

• The Girl Next Door at AllMusic
• The Girl Next Door at Discogs (list of releases)