Wild and Peaceful | |||
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Studio album by | |||
Released | March 31, 1979 | ||
Recorded | August, 1978 – January, 1979 | ||
Genre | |||
Length | 39:49 | ||
Label | Gordy | ||
Producer | |||
Teena Marie chronology | |||
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The Cookers - The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (2016) HDTracks Teena Marie - Wild & Peaceful Remastered & Expanded (2005) The Cookers - Cast The First Stone (2010) Lee Aaron - Call Of The Wild (1985) The Rascals - Peaceful World `71 / Island Of Real `72.
Wild and Peaceful is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Teena Marie. Released on March 31, 1979 by Motown, It features significant contributions from Rick James. He provided co-vocals on 'I'm a Sucker for Your Love'. Wild and Peaceful peaked at #18 on the Black Albums chart and #94 on the Billboard Albums chart. The lead single 'I'm a Sucker for Your Love' reached #8 on the US Black Singles chart and #43 in the UK.
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Smash Hits | 6/10[1] |
- 3Charts
Track listing[edit]
All tracks composed by Rick James, except where indicated.
- Side A
- 'I'm a Sucker for Your Love' - 5:52
- 'Turnin' Me On' - 6:06
- 'Don't Look Back' (Cover of The Temptations song) (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 7:32
- Side B
- 'Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)' - 7:38
- 'I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)' (Michelle Holland, Teena Marie) - 5:30
- 'I Can't Love Anymore' - 7:11
- 2005 Expanded Edition
- 'I'm a Sucker for Your Love (Instrumental)' - 5:33
- 'You Got the Love' (Outtake) - 4:34
- 'Every Little Bit Hurts' (Duet with Rick James) - 7:04
Personnel[edit]
- Shonda Akiem - percussion
- Wally Ali - guitar
- Oscar Alston - bass guitar
- Jack Andrews - mastering
- Christopher Anthony Boehme - percussion
- Garnett Brown - trombone
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet
- The Colored Girls - backing vocals, ensemble
- Ernie Fields, Jr. - saxophone
- Lanise Hughes - drums
- Rick James - guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, conga, drums, timbales, vocals, backing vocals, timpani, horn and stringarrangements, syndrum
- Jean King - backing vocals
- Daniel LeMelle - flute, saxophone on 'I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)'
- Teena Marie - piano, vocals, backing vocals
- David Melle - flute, saxophone
- Earl Palmer - drums on 'I'm Gonna Have My Cake'
- Jackie Ruffin - backing vocals
- Levi Ruffin, Jr. - synthesizer
- Lisa Sarna - backing vocals
- Russell Schmitt - engineer
- Clarence Sims - piano, keyboards on 'I'm Gonna Have My Cake'
- Art Stewart - producer, engineer, mixing
- Julia Tillman Waters - backing vocals
- Ernie Watts - saxophone
- Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals
- Adrienne Williams - backing vocals
Charts[edit]
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums[2] | 94 |
BillboardTop Soul Albums[2] | 18 |
Singles[edit]
Year | Single | Chart positions[3] | |
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US R&B | US Dance | ||
1979 | 'I'm a Sucker for Your Love' | 8 | 102 |
'Don't Look Back' | -- | 91 |
References[edit]
- ^Starr, Red. 'Albums'. Smash Hits (July 12–25, 1979): 25.
- ^ ab'Teena Marie US albums chart history'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
- ^'Teena Marie US singles chart history'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
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