''Steppin' Out'' is the second album by the American musical group

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. It was produced by the same group that made their debut lp a major hit the previous year. The album didn't do as well as expected and was not as critically praised as the previous lp. It was released on Motown's

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label in 1978. The album spawned the hit single "Lovin' Fever", which climbed the R&B Charts in 1978.

Track listing

Side One: #"Lovin' Fever" (

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) (3:21) #"Hi!" ( Vernessa Mitchell,

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) (2:41) #"You Captured My Heart" (Al Willis, Troy Laws) (3:24) #"Didn't Wanna Tell You" (William Bickelhaupt) (3:44) #"Everytime I See You I Go Wild" (

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) (3:36) Side Two: #"Fly Little Blackbird" (Al Willis) (5:01) #"Beware" (Al Willis, Gwen G. Fuqua) (3:26) #"We Are The Future" (

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, Friendly Womack, Troy Laws, Mel Bolton) (3:37) #"Peaceland" (Vernessa Mitchell, Barbara Mitchell) (3:24)

Personnel

;High Inergy *Barbara Mitchell *Linda Howard *Michelle Rumph *Vernessa Mitchell with: *Charles Fearing, Dave Pruitt, Greg Poree,

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, Mel Bolton - guitar *David Shields, Greg Middleton,

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, Scott Edwards - bass *Charles Creath, John Barnes, Kenneth Lupper, Sonny Burke, Sylvester Rivers, William Bickelhaupt - keyboards *

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- drums *

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, King Errisson - percussion *Gary Coleman - vibraphone *Bill Greene,

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, John Stephens - saxophone *Bobby Bryant, Nolan Smith,

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- trumpet *

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, Ray Jackson - trombone

References

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