Keep Your Eye on Me

Keep Your Eye on Me
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1987
Recorded1986
GenreInstrumental pop, R&B, new jack swing
Length43:53
LabelA&M
ProducerHerb Alpert; Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; Les Pierce; Roy Bittan; Shelly Yakus
Herb Alpert chronology
Classics Volume 20
(1987)
Keep Your Eye on Me
(1987)
Under a Spanish Moon
(1988)
Singles from Keep Your Eye on Me
  1. "Keep Your Eye on Me"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Diamonds"
    Released: March 14, 1987
  3. "Making Love in the Rain"
    Released: July 20, 1987
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Keep Your Eye on Me is a pop/R&B/dance album by Herb Alpert, released in 1987. It contains two hit singles, "Diamonds" and "Making Love in the Rain" (both featuring lead and background vocals by Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith). These Billboard Top 40 hits, along with the title track and "Pillow" (featuring co-lead vocals by Alpert and singer/wife Lani Hall) were written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The remainder of the album consists of tracks produced by Herb Alpert and various producers. The record was constructed with Side 1 (Tracks 1-5) featuring uptempo songs, while Side 2 (Tracks 6-10) featured down tempo songs and ballads.

All trumpet solos were played by Herb Alpert.

The album was released on CD by A&M Records in 1987, along with extended CD singles of the title track and "Diamonds". It was re-released on September 12, 2013 in a download-only version available exclusively through Alpert's official website, HerbAlpertPresents.com.

  1. ^ Keep Your Eye on Me at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.