Rapture Tracklist
Rapture is Anita Baker’s sophomore album that was released on March 20, 1986 on Elektra Records (her first album released from the label).
Clocking in at just under forty minutes long, Rapture melds a blend of perfect mid-80’s quiet storm with top notch orchestration (Greg Moore of Earth, Wind and Fire fame appears on guitar, Freddie Washington appears on bass). Reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 200, #24 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart, this sultry, double Grammy Award winner topped Billboard’s R&B Albums chart & was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1994.
“Rapture” Q&A
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What has the media said about the album?
NPR ranked the record as the #120 greatest album made by a female artist, saying:
To put it succinctly, Anita Baker’s third album, Rapture, is akin to good home cooking. […] The luscious tone of Baker’s voice truly feels like soul food as she effortlessly floats on the simplest, cyclical melodic lines like: ‘I love you here by me, baby. You let my love fly freely.’ You can’t help but allow yourself to be swept away as the lyrics engulf you. Since its 1986 release, which won Baker her first pair of Grammy Awards, artists ranging from George Duke to JoJo have either sampled or covered some of the album’s most resonant chart-toppers, including ‘Same Ole Love’ and ‘Caught Up in the Rapture;’ further proof that Rapture has certainly staked its claim in the R&B Bible.
