''The Saturday Night Experience Volume 1'' is the seventh studio album by American singer

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, released on November 17, 1999, issued under Avitone Records. Exclusively released as an import only in Japan and Australia, later available in 2002 as an EP in North America.

Background

''The Saturday Night Experience Volume 1'' found Watley experimenting more freely with underground electronic styles like deep

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and downtempo. Originally intended as an EP (hence the subtitling: "with Jody Watley"), the recording's popularity with fans caused Watley to declare it a full-length album proper. Watley's current new material also foreshadowed the fully club-friendly sounds that Watley would embrace on subsequent full-length releases.Jody Watley , Music Artist , Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones , MTV
/ref> In 2002, a North America limited edition version of ''The Saturday Night Experience'', dubbed ''The Saturday Night Experience EP'', was sold exclusively through Watley's own official website. Packaged in a paper sleeve, the limited pressing contained remixes of "Timeless" and "Pure Joy".

Track listings

Personnel

*Jody Watley – vocals, background vocals *Ethan Farmer – bass *Kristoffer Wallman – keyboards, producer *DJ Kaz – scratching *Rodney Lee – composer *Derrick B. Edmundson – guitar, keyboards, saxophone, soloist, flute *Hitoshi Haruawa – keyboards ;Production *Producer – Lati Kronlund, Derrick B. Edmundson, Rodney Lee, Jody Watley *Executive Producer – Bill Coleman *Producer, Remixing – DJ Soma *Producer, Remixing – DJ Turbo *Remixing, Engineer, Producer, Programming – Angel C. *Drum Programming, Engineer, Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer, Programming – Derrick B. Edmundson *Mastering – Steve Hall *Producer, Remixing – Hitoshi Harukawa *Art Direction, Design – Allen Hori *Mixing – Yoshihiro Kawasaki *Drum Programming, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming – Rodney Lee *Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer – Lati Kronlund *Design – Ed Taylor

References

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