Parris, "Baker defined quiet storm in the '80's and her album Rapture is one of the subgenre's milestones." Pitchfork placed the album at number 149 on its list of The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s. Commercial performance Rapture peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. Promoted with two hit singles in "Sweet Love" and "Caught Up in the Rapture", the album received significant airplay on both black radio and Top 40 formats, unlike Baker's 1983 debut The Songstress. By October 1987, Rapture had sold three million copies. It propelled Baker to stardom in soul and pop music during the late 1980s, winning two Grammy Awards and eventually sold over eight million copies worldwide. Track listing Personnel Musicians Anita Baker – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–6), keyboards (8) Dean "Sir" Gant – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 7, 8), arrangements Vernon D. Fails – keyboards (3, 5) Randy Kerber – keyboards (6) Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer overdubs (6) Paul Chiten – synthesizer overdubs (6) Greg Moore – guitar (1, 2, 7) Michael J. Powell – guitar (3, 5) Donald Griffin – guitar (4, 8) Dean Parks – lead guitar (6) Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (6) Freddie Washington – bass (1, 2, 7) David B. Washington – bass (3, 5, 8) Jimmy Haslip – bass (4) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (6) Ricky Lawson – drums (1, 2, 4, 7, 8) Arthur Marbury – drums (3, 5) John Robinson – drums (6) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 6, 7, 8) Lorenzo Brown – percussion (3) Lawrence Fratangelo – percussion (3, 5) Don Myrick – saxophone (2) Donald Albright – saxophone (8) Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8) Bunny Hull – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8) Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8) Alex Brown – backing vocals (2, 8) Vesta Williams – backing vocals (2, 8) Natalie Jackson – backing vocals (5) Lynn Davis – backing vocals (6) Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (6) Production Executive producer – Anita Baker Producers – Michael J. Powell (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8); Marti Sharron and Gary Skardina (track 6) Engineers – Barney Perkins (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8); Robert Feist and Gary Skardina (track 6) Assistant engineers on tracks 1–5, 7 & 8 – Keith "KC" Cohen, Fred