Sweet Thing

Personnel

Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)

Dan Shea – keyboards (1)

David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)

Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)

Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)

Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)

John Stoddart – keyboards (8)

Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)

Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)

Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)

Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)

Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)

Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)

Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6–9), additional programming (5)

Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)

Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)

Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)

Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)

Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)

Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)

Dee Harvey – vocals (5)

Al Jarreau – vocals (8)

Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)

Arrangements

Paul Brown (1, 2, 4–9)

Carl Burnett (2)

Boney James (2, 4–9)

Alex Al (3)

Jeff Carruthers (4)

Tony Maiden (5)

Darrell Smith (5, 7)

Production

Boney James – producer

Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing

Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)

Dan Shea – additional engineer

Erik Zobler – additional engineer

Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant

Cappy Japngie – recording assistant

Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant

Matt Pakucko – mix assistant

Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)

Lexy Brewer – production coordinator

Larry Vigon – art direction, design

Brian Jackson – design

James Minchin III – photography

Howard Lowell – management