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Wild and Peaceful (Teena Marie album)

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Released
  
March 31, 1979

Wild and Peaceful (1979)
  
Lady T (1980)

Release date
  
31 March 1979

Producers
  
Rick James, Art Stewart

Length
  
39:49

Artist
  
Teena Marie

Label
  
Gordy

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Recorded
  
August, 1978 – January, 1979

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk, Disco

Similar
  
Teena Marie albums, Funk albums

Wild and Peaceful is the 1979 debut album by American singer Teena Marie. Released on March 31, 1979 by Motown, It features significant contributions from Rick James. He provided co-vocals on "I'm a Sucker for Your Love". Wild and Peaceful peaked at #18 on the Black Albums chart and #94 on the Billboard Albums chart. The lead single "I'm a Sucker for Your Love" reached #8 on the US Black Singles chart and #43 in the UK.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick James, except where indicated.

  1. "I'm a Sucker for Your Love" - 5:52
  2. "Turnin' Me On" - 6:06
  3. "Don't Look Back" (Cover of The Temptations song) (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 7:32
  4. "Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)" - 7:38
  5. "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)" (Michelle Holland, Teena Marie) - 5:30
  6. "I Can't Love Anymore" - 7:11
  7. "You Got the Love" - 4:34 (Expanded edition)
  8. "Every Little Bit Hurts" - 7:04 (Expanded edition)

Personnel

  • Shonda Akiem - percussion
  • Wally Ali - guitar
  • Oscar Alston - bass guitar
  • Jack Andrews - mastering
  • Christopher Anthony Boehme - percussion
  • Garnett Brown - trombone
  • Oscar Brashear - trumpet
  • The Colored Girls - backing vocals, ensemble
  • Ernie Fields, Jr. - saxophone
  • Lanise Hughes - drums
  • Rick James - guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, conga, drums, timbales, vocals, backing vocals, timpani, horn and string arrangements, syndrum
  • Jean King - backing vocals
  • Daniel LeMelle - flute, saxophone on "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)"
  • Teena Marie - piano, vocals, backing vocals
  • David Melle - flute, saxophone
  • Earl Palmer - drums on "I'm Gonna Have My Cake"
  • Jackie Ruffin - backing vocals
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr. - synthesizer
  • Lisa Sarna - backing vocals
  • Russell Schmitt - engineer
  • Clarence Sims - piano, keyboards on "I'm Gonna Have My Cake"
  • Art Stewart - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Julia Tillman Waters - backing vocals
  • Ernie Watts - saxophone
  • Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals
  • Adrienne Williams - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1I'm a Sucker for Your Love5:55
    2Turnin' Me On6:09
    3Don't Look Back7:34

    References

    Wild and Peaceful (Teena Marie album) Wikipedia
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