''For the First Time '' is the second album by

Stephanie Mills Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original seven-time Tony Award winning Broadway run of the musical ''The Wiz'' from 1974 to 1979. The song " Home" from t ...

. Released in 1975 on the

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label. Produced by

Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...

and

Hal David Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Early life David ...

; directed by

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. The arrangements were by Burt Bacharach, Bill Eaton, Dave Matthews and Kenny Asher. After a fallout during the recording of the soundtrack to the remake of ''

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'', Bacharach and David split before briefly reuniting for this album. After this album project that featured eight new songs plus two covers of songs that

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles cha ...

had previously recorded, the famous songwriting duo would not work together until they wrote three unrecorded songs in 1978. They then did not write together again until a reunion in 1989, when they wrote two songs - "How Can I Love You" which remains unrecorded, and "Sunny Weather Lover" which was eventually recorded by Dionne Warwick for her 1993 album ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs written by

and

#"I Took My Strength from You" 3:50 #"Living on Plastic" 2:48 #"No One Remembers My Name" 3:22 #"If You Can Learn How to Cry" 3:23 #" Loneliness Remembers (What Happiness Forgets)" 2:30 #" This Empty Place" 3:10 #"The Way I Feel About You" 3:05 #"I See You for the First Time" 3:06 #"All the Way to Paradise" 3:19 #"Please Let Go" 3:49

Production

*All songs arranged by Burt Bacharach, except track 4 (Bill Eaton), 5 ( Dave Matthews), and 6 & 8 (Kenny Asher). *Produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

References

External links

Stephanie Mills-For The First Time at Discogs
1975 albums Stephanie Mills albums Albums arranged by David Matthews (keyboardist) Albums arranged by Burt Bacharach Albums produced by Burt Bacharach Motown albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub