Stephanie Mills is the tenth studio album by the American R&B singer

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 1985 on

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. Following her last release ''

I've Got the Cure I've Got the Cure is the eighth studio album by American singer Stephanie Mills, released on September 10, 1984 by Casablanca Records, her final release for the label. It features the single " The Medicine Song", which peaked at number one on the ...

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Casablanca Records Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart, Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s. The label currently f ...

, Mills self-titled new album was the first release upon signing a new recording contract with MCA Records. The album features R&B hits "Rising Desire", "Stand Back" and "

I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" is song was written by Angela Winbush and René Moore, of the singing duo Rene & Angela.The song first appeared on the self-titled album, " Alton McClain & Destiny" (Polydor, 1979) as "The Power of Lo ...

", which was a number-one hit for 2 weeks on Billboard's Top R&B Songs chart. Jazz musician George Duke produced the tracks "Automatic Passion", "Under Pressure", "Rising Desire" and "Just You". Richard Rudolph husband of late singer

Minnie Riperton Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use o ...

produced the tracks "Time of Your Life" and "Hold On to Midnight".Stephanie Mills – Stephanie Mills (Vinyl, LP, Album)
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Track listing

Personnel

* Stephanie Mills – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7) * Randy Cantor – keyboards (1) *

Carl Sturken Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to ...

– bass synthesizer (1) * Jim Salamone – Fairlight programming (1), drum programming (1) *

George Duke George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...

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clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

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Yamaha DX7 The Yamaha DX7 is a synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1989. It was the first successful digital synthesizer and is one of the best-selling synthesizers in history, selling more than 200,000 units. In the early 1980 ...

(2, 6),

Memorymoog The Memorymoog is a polyphonic electronic music synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 1982 to 1985, the last polyphonic synthesizer to be released by Moog Music before the company declared bankruptcy in 1987. While comparable to other polyph ...

(2, 6),

Synclavier II The Synclavier is an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation manufactured by New England Digital Corporation of Norwich, Vermont. It was produced in various forms from the late 1970s into the early ...

(2, 6, 8), bass synthesizer (2), acoustic piano (6),

Prophet-5 The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential (company), Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith (engineer), Dave Smith and John S. Bowen (sound designer), John Bowen in 1977, who used Microprocessor, m ...

(6), Korg DW-6000 (8),

Linn 9000 The Linn 9000 is an electronic musical instrument manufactured by Linn Electronics as the successor to the LinnDrum. It was introduced in 1984 at a list price of $5,000, ($7,000 fully expanded) and about 1100 units were produced. It combined MIDI ...

(8) *

Gary Chang Gary Chang is an American composer of scores for film and television. Working primarily in the action and thriller genres, he has composed the scores to over seventy films, including ''Under Siege, Sniper (1993 film), Sniper'', and ''The Island o ...

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Fairlight CMI The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight. — with links to some Fairlight history and photos It was based on a commercial lic ...

(3), programming (3) * Raymond Jones – Yamaha DX7 (3),

Oberheim OB-8 The Oberheim OB-8 is a subtractive analog synthesizer launched by Oberheim in early 1983 and discontinued in 1985. As the fourth product in the OB-series of polyphonic compact synthesizers, the OB-8 was the successor to the OB-Xa. The number of ...

(3),

Ensoniq Mirage The Ensoniq Mirage is one of the earliest affordable sampler-synths, introduced in 1984 as Ensoniq's first product. Introduced at a list price of $1,695 with features previously only found on more expensive samplers like the Fairlight CMI, the M ...

(3), Fairlight CMI (3),

LinnDrum The LinnDrum, also referred to as the LM-2, is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics between 1982 and 1985. About 5,000 units were sold. Its high-quality samples, flexibility and affordability made the LinnDrum popular; it sold far mo ...

(3) *

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

– keyboards (4, 5), synthesizers (4, 5),

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solo (5) *

Rod Temperton Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) was an English songwriter, producer and musician. Temperton was the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco and funk band Heatwave, writing songs including "St ...

– synthesizer arrangements (4, 5), string arrangements (4), vocal arrangements (4), rhythm arrangements (5), backing vocals (5) *

Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born in P ...

– keyboards (7), Yamaha QX-1 sequencer (7), LinnDrum (7) * Ron Jennings – guitars (1) * Chuck Gentry – guitars (2) * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2, 8) *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– lead guitar (6), acoustic guitar (6) * John McGhee – guitars (7) *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

– bass (6) * Freddie "Ready" Washington – bass (7) *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

– drums (2) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2) * Sam Peake – saxophone (1) *

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– alto saxophone (2) *

Robert Brookins Robert Brookins (October 7, 1962 – April 15, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, producer and musician. Brookins was a member of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. He also worked with artists such as George Duke, Stephanie Mills, Stanley Clark ...

– backing vocals (2, 6) * Carl Carwell – backing vocals (2, 6, 8) * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 8) * Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (7) * Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (7) * Cydney Davis – backing vocals (8)

Production

* Stephanie Mills – executive producer * Nick Martinelli – producer (1) * George Duke – producer (2, 3, 6, 8) * Richard Rudolph – producer (4, 5) * Ron Kersey – producer (7) * Michael Tarisa – recording (1) * Taavi Mote – remixing (1), mixing (7) * Louil Silas Jr. – remixing (1) * Erik Zobler – recording (2, 3, 6, 8) * Tommy Vicari – mixing (2, 3, 6, 8) * Paul McKenna – recording (4, 5), mixing (4, 5) * Hill Swimmer – recording (7) * Joe Borja – assistant engineer (4, 5) * Robert de la Garza – assistant engineer (4, 5) * Clyde Kaplan – assistant engineer (4, 5) * Magic Moreno – assistant engineer (4, 5) * Tom Nist – assistant engineer (4, 5) * Brad Coker – assistant engineer (7) * Paul Howard – assistant engineer (7) * Glenn Kurtz – assistant engineer (7) *

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...

– mastering at

A&M Studios The Jim Henson Company Lot, formerly A&M Studios, is a studio property located just south of the southeast corner of North La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally established by film star Charlie Chaplin, the property serve ...

(Hollywood, California) * Cassandra Mills – project coordinator, album concept * Jeff Adamoff – art direction * Norm Ung – design * DZN – design * Ron Slenzak – front cover photography * Dick Zimmerman – back cover photography * Starlight Music, Inc. – management

Charts

Singles

References

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