''Tantalizingly Hot'' is the sixth album by American recording artist

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 1982 and was produced by

James Mtume James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working ...

Reggie Lucas Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018)Ashford & Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

. It was her first release, by default, on

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 ...

. In 1981, oil magnate and

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Marvin Davis Marvin H. Davis (August 31, 1925 – September 25, 2004) was an American industrialist. He made his fortunes as the chair of Davis Petroleum and at one time owned 20th Century Fox, the Pebble Beach Corporation, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the ...

(1925–2004) and financier

Marc Rich Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodity, commodities Trader (finance), trader, hedge fund manager, financier, businessman, and financial criminal. He founded the commodities company ...

(1934–2013) bought

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, which owned her previous label,

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, for a grand total of $703 million. However, Davis expressed disinterest in buying the record company and thus sold the record label to

PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...

earlier that year. PolyGram, a European conglomerate that was buying up US record labels as fast as they could make deals, immediately shut down the label and had all of its artists' contracts and reissues (including Mills') transferred to their Casablanca imprint, which they had owned since owning 50% of the company in 1977. (PolyGram bought the other 50% in 1980, the same year Mills recorded the LP '' Sweet Sensation'').

Track listing

# "Last Night" 4:27 (written and produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas) # "Still Lovin' You" 4:18 (Dean Gant, Imari Amani) produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas # "Keep Away Girls" 4:52 (written and produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson) # "You Can't Run From My Love" 4:14 (written and produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas) # "True Love Don't Come Easy" 3:00 (Edward Moore, James Balton) produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas # "'Ole Love" 4:45 (Joey Mills, V. Eaglyn) produced by Stephanie Mills # "Your Love is Always New" 3:03 (Jim Andron, Mark Winkler) produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas # "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel For You" 4:53 (

Brian Holland Brian Holland (born February 15, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound, and numerous hit ...

, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson "Last Night" was released as a single with the track "Wailin'" 2:46 (Roxanne Seeman, Alan Phillips,

Franne Golde Francine Vicki Golde, better known as Franne Golde or Frannie Golde, is an American songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Golde has received BMI awards for singles with ...

) produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas on the B-side.

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References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Stephanie Mills albums Albums produced by Ashford & Simpson Casablanca Records albums