''E.S.P. (Extra Sexual Persuasion)'' is a
Millie Jackson album released in 1983. In addition to her signature soul music songs, it also includes somewhat more
Hi-NRG and
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
dance song production popular at the time such as "This Girl Could Be Dangerous", "Sexercise" and the title track.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review for ''
The Village Voice'', music critic
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...
gave the album a "B−" and wrote that, despite her mannerisms and persuasive parodies of
sexercise, Jackson lacks the redeeming slow songs of her past work, and both "Slow Tongue" and the title track sound contrived.
Track listing
# "E.S.P." (
Deborah Allen, Steve Diamond, Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:58
# "Too Easy Being Easy" (
Barry Beckett, Millie Jackson,
Brad Shapiro Bradley Aaron Shapiro (born August 15, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer, whose credits have included work with Wilson Pickett, Millie Jackson, James Brown, and the J. Geils Band.
In the late 1950s, he played bass guitar ...
) – 7:00
# "This Girl Could Be Dangerous" (Wood Newton, Michael Noble) – 3:01
# I Feel Like Walkin' In The Rain" (A.C. Graham,
Wayne Perkins) – 3:58
# "Sexercise (Pt.1)" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Millie Jackson, Randy Klein) – 3:00
# "Sexercise (Pt. 2)" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Millie Jackson, Randy Klein) – 2:41
# "You're Working Me" (David B. Lindsey) – 4:07
# "Slow Tongue" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Randy Klein) – 4:58
# "Why Me" (Millie Jackson, Wayne Perkins, Brad Shapiro) – 3:24
Personnel
*Pete Green – assistant engineer, mixing
*
David Hood
David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is an American bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone. He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Hood was born in Sheffield, Alabama and attende ...
– bass
*Millie Jackson – vocals, producer
*Jimmy Johnson – engineer
*Carl Marsh – keyboards
*
Steve Nathan – keyboards
*
Wayne Perkins – guitar
*Donna McElroy, Michael Mishaw, Vicky Hampton - background vocals
*Ben Cauley, Charles Rose, Harrison Callaway, Jr., Harvey Thompson - horns
*Chris Popham – design
*Brad Shapiro – producer
*Regor Snikwah (actually
Roger Hawkins) - drum programming
*
Chuck Stewart – photography
References
External links
*
* ' statistics, tagging and previews at
Last.FM
1983 albums
Millie Jackson albums
Albums produced by Brad Shapiro
Sire Records albums
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