JEFF BECK - Guitar, Talk Box, Guitar Synth
GEORGE DUKE - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Prophet Synthesizer
CRAIG HARRIS - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals, Synclavier, Vocoder
RAY GOMEZ - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
TODD COCHRAN - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Prophet Synthesizer, Jupiter 8
DENZIL MILLER - Organ, Keyboards
ERNIE WATTS - Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
LOUIS JOHNSON - Bass, Vocals
JOHN GILSTON - Drums
JOHN "J.R." ROBINSON - Drums
GREG BOYER - Horn
BENNY COWAN - Horn
GREG THOMAS - Horn
GREGORY THOMAS - Horn
HOWARD HEWETT - Vocals
HOWARD SMITH - Vocals, Background Vocals
JIM GILSTRAP - Vocals, Background Vocals
DARRYL PHINNESSEE - Vocals,Background Vocals
ERIK ZOBLER - Engineer
JEFF SILVER - Assistant Engineer
TONI GREEN - Assistant Engineer
PETER CHAIKIN - Additional Engineer
BRIAN GARDNER - Mastering
DAVID COLEMAN - Artwork
RANDEE SAINT NICHOLAS - Photography
1984 CD Epic EK-38688
1984 CD Columbia 38688
1984 LP Epic 25486
1990 CD Columbia 38688
1990 CS Epic PET-38688
While still deeply into the R&B/funk thing, Clarke's Time Exposure
is a cut or two above its immediate neighbors in quality, thanks mostly
to some superior tunesmithing on Clarke's part. The title track is the
prize of the set and one of the best funk numbers of Clarke's career,
an ingratiating fusion of a riff and a tune that won't quit the memory,
set to a vigorous groove and hammered out by rock guitarist Jeff Beck.
Even the obviously radio-minded ballad "Heaven Sent You" (a number 21
R&B hit) is a better-than-average bit of R&B writing —
and here and elsewhere, Clarke wisely leaves the lead vocals mostly to
others. The sheer speed and power of Clarke's electric and piccolo bass
work is astonishing throughout the album, and the CD as a whole has a
techno sound and edge reflecting a period of time just before analog
synthesizers were swept away by digital instruments. Ernie Watts and
perennial coconspirator George Duke make cameo appearances on one track
apiece.