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Length
  
57:24

Release date
  
27 August 1991

Genre
  
Pop music

Artist
  
Martika

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Released
  
26 August 1991 (UK, Australia)27 August 1991 (US)

Producer
  
Prince, Christopher Max, Clivillés and Cole, Bob Rosa, Martika, Frankie Blue, Les Pierce, Joe Galdo

Pop music albums
  
Martika, Burnin', The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, Best Of, Latin Classics Mijares

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Martika's Kitchen is the second album released by pop singer and former child actor Martika. Released in 1991, it features four songs written and produced by Prince. The album was a departure in musical styles from Martika's debut album. Martika's Kitchen incorporates elements of gospel, jazz, funk, R&B and traditional Cuban music.

Contents

The title track cracked the Billboard Hot 100 and the Prince-penned gospel song "Love... Thy Will Be Done" made the top 10.

The album was certified gold in both the UK and Australia. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" reached #1 in Australia, and the top 10 in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. The "Martika's Kitchen" single reached the top 40 in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. A third single, "Coloured Kisses", narrowly missed the top 40 in the UK, and peaked at #39 in Australia. A fourth single, "Safe In the Arms of Love", was released in Europe in 1992 but failed to chart. "Temptation" was set to become the final single but was never officially released.

A concert tour to promote the album visited over 200 cities.

The four Prince songs (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 10) on the album were recorded by him and then sent to Martika to overdub. Three of those songs were based on a lyrics notebook Martika had given Prince for inspiration.

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Track listing

  1. "Martika's Kitchen" (Prince) – 5:09
  2. "Spirit" (Frankie Blue, Martika, Prince, Levi Seacer Jr.) – 4:38
  3. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Martika, Prince) – 5:02
  4. "A Magical Place" (Christopher Max) – 4:41
  5. "Coloured Kisses" (Blue, Les Pierce, Martika) – 4:37
  6. "Safe in the Arms of Love" (Michael Cruz, Martika, Michael Jay) – 5:09
  7. "Pride and Prejudice" (Cruz, Martika) – 5:12
  8. "Take Me to Forever" (Martika, Jay) – 4:35
  9. "Temptation" (Blue, Pierce, Martika) – 4:46
  10. "Don't Say U Love Me" (Martika, Prince) – 4:24
  11. "Broken Heart" (Blue, Pierce, Martika) – 4:33
  12. "Mi Tierra" (duet with Celia Cruz) (Blue, Pierce, Martika) – 4:38

Singles

  1. 1991 "Love... Thy Will Be Done" #10 US, #9 UK, #1 AUS
  2. 1991 "Martika's Kitchen" #92 US, #17 UK, #29 AUS
  3. 1992 "Coloured Kisses" #41 UK, #39 AUS
  4. 1993 "Safe in the Arms of Love"
  5. 1993 "Spirit" (remixes promo only)
  6. 1993 "Mi Tierra/El Amor Llegará" (Argentine promo only)

Other tracks

  1. "El Amor Llegará" ("Love... Thy Will Be Done") – 5:01
  • Released in Argentina with "Mi Tierra" as a double A-side promo single.
    1. "Beautiful Fabulous" (outtake)
    2. "Rub U Down" (outtake)
    3. "The Do" (outtake)

    Remixes

    1. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (7" edit)
    2. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Prince mix) – 6:01
    3. "Martika's Kitchen" (7" edit)
    4. "Martika's Kitchen" (second version) – 5:20
    5. "Martika's Kitchen" (remix 1; alternate 7" video version)
    6. "Martika's Kitchen" (alternate dub version)
    7. "Safe in the Arms of Love" (7" edit)
    8. "Safe in the Arms of Love" (Edit version)
    9. "Spirit" (house mix)
    10. "Spirit" (hip hop mix)
    11. "Coloured Kisses" (single version) – 4:07
    12. "Coloured Kisses" (club mix) – 7:23
    13. "Coloured Kisses" (Clivillés and Cole 7" edit)
    14. "Coloured Kisses" (Clivillés and Cole remix)

    Chart performance

    Album:

    Songs

    1Martika's Kitchen5:09
    2Spirit4:39
    3Love Thy Will Be Done

    References

    Martika's Kitchen Wikipedia
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