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Emerald City (Teena Marie album)

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Released
  
July 22, 1986

Length
  
43:03

Release date
  
22 July 1986

Label
  
Epic Records

Recorded
  
1985-86

Artist
  
Producer
  
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Emerald City(1986)
  
Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Contemporary R&B

Similar
  
Teena Marie albums, Funk albums

Emerald City is the seventh album by Teena Marie, released in 1986. It is a stylistic departure for her, with strong blues and jazz influences favored over her established soul/funk style, and is a concept album. This proved puzzling for fans and critics, and the album sold poorly, peaking at #20 on the US Black Albums chart and #81 on the Billboard Albums chart. Two singles, "Lips to Find You" and "Love Me Down Easy", were released. They reached #28 and #76 respectively on the Black Singles chart, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot 100. However, "Shangri-La", while it never became a single or charted anywhere, became a staple of quiet-storm programming blocks on adult R&B radio.

Contents

Stevie Ray Vaughan played the guitar solo on "You So Heavy" and Stanley Clarke provided bass on "Sunny Skies".

The album has been reissued by SoulMusic Records in 2012, with 5 bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Teena Marie, except where noted.

  1. "Emerald City" - 4:10
  2. "Once Is Not Enough" - 5:47
  3. "Lips to Find You" (Bendrix, Marie) - 5:11
  4. "You So Heavy" (Marie, Penny "P.J." Johnson) - 5:07
  5. "Shangri-La" (Marie, Johnson) - 5:04
  6. "Batucada Suite" - 5:06
  7. "Love Me Down Easy" - 5:24
  8. "Sunny Skies" - 7:14
  9. "Lips To Find You" (US Instrumental) - Expanded Edition
  10. "Love Me Down Easy" (US 12” single) - Expanded Edition
  11. "Love Me Down Easy" (US Instrumental 12” single) - Expanded Edition
  12. "14K" (track from "The Goonies" soundtrack) - Expanded Edition
  13. "Lead Me On" (track from the "Top Gun" soundtrack) - Expanded Edition

Songs

1Emerald City4:11
2Once Is Not Enough5:47
3Lips to Find You5:11

References

Emerald City (Teena Marie album) Wikipedia


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