''Tuesday Knight'' is the eponymous debut album by American recording artist and actress

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. The album was released by Parc/

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in August 1987 on Vinyl and cassette, and was accompanied by the lead single " Out of Control".

Background

After providing background vocals on

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'', Knight was signed by Vanity Records in 1984. She was later bought out of her contract and signed to CBS Records, after which, she began recording her debut album. Almost all tracks were written and produced by

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, who would go on to become known for the Broadway musical '' Jekyll & Hyde'', of which Knight appeared on the original demo for. The album was also produced by Karl Richardson (

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, Diana Ross,

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) and JD Nicholas (of the

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), who performed alongside Knight on the track "Celebrate Love". Knight also co-wrote two of the tracks, "Temporary Obsession" and "You're Gonna Need Somebody". Also included is a cover of

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's " Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?". The opening track, " Out of Control", was released as the album's sole single on August 20, 1987, with an accompanying music video filmed. The song received decent exposure in dance clubs, and was remixed several times with different single releases. In order to promote the album, Knight made a series of mall appearances and also performed at such venues as Madame Wong's West and

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Track listing

Personnel

*Chuck Barth: Programming *Amanda Bearde: Background vocals *Marissa Benedict: Horn *Michael Benedict: Horn *Lynn Davis: Arranger, background vocals *Michael Egizi: Producer, songwriter *Danny Jacob: Guitar *Holly Knight: Songwriter *Tuesday Knight: Main performer, background vocals, songwriter *Bob Marlette: Songwriter, guitar, drums, keyboards, synthesizer *James Dean "J.D." Nicholas: Vocals, background vocals *

: Songwriter *Sue Shifrin: Songwriter *Charles Rice: Producer *Karl Richardson: Producer, engineer *Duane Roland: Guitar *Joe Torano: Background vocals *

: Producer, songwriter, piano

References

External links

Tuesday Knight official siteRapture Blondie Tribute Band
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