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You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)

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Released
  
September 9, 1985

You're Under Arrest (1985)
  
Tutu (1986)

Release date
  
April 1985

Length
  
43:02

Artist
  
Miles Davis

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
January 26, 1984 – January 14, 1985 at Record Plant Studio, New York

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Jazz-funk

Producers
  
Miles Davis, Robert Irving III

Similar
  
Decoy, Star People, The Man with the Horn, Amandla, Aura

You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album features Davis' interpretations of two contemporary pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".

Contents

During the recording sessions, bass player Darryl Jones introduced Sting to his longtime idol Miles Davis. Sting was startled when Davis asked him if he could speak French, and since he did, Miles asked him to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone against a backing track.

It marked the ending of Davis's 30-year association with Columbia Records, although the label released the 1984 recording Aura in 1989, and would release many archival recordings in later years.

Track listing

Columbia – FC 40023

Musicians

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, "Police Voices, Davis Voices" on track 1, synthesizer on tracks 5 and 6
  • John McLaughlin – guitar on tracks 4, 5 and 6
  • John Scofield – guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9
  • Bob Berg – soprano saxophone on track 1, tenor saxophone on track 8 and 9
  • Al Foster – drums on tracks 1, 7, 8 and 9
  • Vince Wilburn, Jr. – drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
  • Robert Irving III – synthesizers, celesta, organ, clavinet
  • Darryl Jones, aka "The Munch" – bass
  • Steve Thorton – percussion, Spanish voice on track 1
  • Sting (credited as Gordon Sumner) – French policeman's voice on track 1
  • Marek Olko – Polish voice on track 1
  • James "J.R." Prindiville – handcuffs on track 1
  • Kenny Garrett – Alto Saxophone track 2

    • Production

  • Robert Irving III – producer
  • Vince Wilburn, Jr. – co-producer
  • Dr. George Butler – producer
  • Ronald F. Lorman – engineer
  • Tom Swift – mixing engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer at Masterdisk, New York City
  • Jim Rose – production coordination
  • Lane/Donald – art direction
  • Miles Davis – illustration, producer
  • Anthony Barboza – photography

    • Songs

    1One Phone Call / Street Scenes4:36
    2Human Nature4:31
    3Intro: MD 1 / Something's On Your Mind / MD 27:18

    References

    You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album) Wikipedia
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