Love Songs by Teena Marie (CD, Jan-2000, Sony Music Distribution (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	074646392126
Artist:	Teena Marie
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	Sony Music Distribution (USA)
Genre:	Funk, R&B

Track Listing
1. Cassanova Brown
2. Cupid Is a Real Straight Shooter
3. Miracles Need Wings to Fly
4. Ooo La La La
5. If I Were a Bell
6. Ivory (A Tone Poem)
7. Dear Lover
8. My Dear Mr. Gaye
9. Opus III, Pt. 2
10. Fire and Desire
11. Shadow Boxing
12. We've Got to Stop (Meeting Like This)
13. Shangri-La
14. Sunny Skies - (previously unreleased)

Details
Contributing Artists:	Rick James
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Teena Marie (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Rick James (vocals); Paul Jackson Jr. (guitar); Danny Lemelle, Ernie Watts (saxophone).Producers: Teena Marie, Rick James.Compilation producers: Leo Sacks, Teena Marie.Includes liner notes by Amy Linde.Personnel: Teena Marie (vocals, piano, synthesizer, drums); Rick James (vocals); David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Nikki Slikk, Michael Landau, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Tom McDermott, Nick Brown (guitar); Dwayne Wedlaw (harp, synthesizer, sound effects); Rev. Dave Boruff (woodwinds, alto saxophone); Ernie Watts, Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Daniel LeMelle, Gary Herbig (tenor saxophone); Dick Hyde, Charles Loper (trombone); Chuck Findley, Gary Grant (horns); John A. Bokowski, Jr. (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); James Stewart (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Randy Kerber (piano, keyboards); James Allen (keyboards, drums, percussion); Doug Grigsby (keyboards, drums); Brad Buxer, James Reese, David Bergeaud (keyboards); Allen McGrier (synthesizer, drum programming); Brian Kilgore (vibraphone); Rayford Griffin (drums, percussion); John "J.R." Robinson , Jerry Brown , Paul Hines, James Gadson, Richie Rich, Narada Michael Walden, Nick Ceroli, Steve Ferrone (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Lynn Fiddmont, Jill Jones, Mickey Hearn, Yvette Marine, Fred White , Julia Tillman Waters, Steve Wise, Phillip Williams, Kimberly Brewer, Leon Ware , Maxine Willard Waters, Billy Griffin, Brenda Lee Eager, Bridgette Bryant, Carmen Twillie (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Hill Swimmer; Tommy Vicari.Liner Note Author: Amy Linden.Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Bedrock Studios, LA, CA; Ocean Way Recording, LA, CA; Record One Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA; Smoketree Ranch, LA, CA; Sound Castle, LA, CA; The Automatt, San Francisco, CA.Photographer: Randee Saint Nicholas.Arrangers: Allen McGrier; Rick James ; Teena Marie.Too many significant ballads and midtempo numbers are left off for this to be definitive, but like any Teena Marie collection it's more than worthy. One day someone will put every great ballad Teena recorded on one CD, but until then, Love Songs and other compilations will have to do. Gut-wrenching lamentations like "Casanova Brown," "Dear Lover," and "My Dear Mr. Gaye" will keep your ears perked up and your heart in pain. If "Fire and Desire" isn't the most soulful duet ever recorded then what is? Teena and Rick James wring every drop of emotional from the epic, dramatic ballad that includes spoken dialogue from each, and some of the most harrowing wails ever recorded. Love Songs is heavy on Teena's CBS sides, and contains "Cupid Is a Real Straight Shooter," "If I Were a Bell," "We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This," and other masterful performances by the one and only Lady T. ~ Andrew Hamilton

Editorial Reviews
...travels through the various frequencies of emotion and tracks the ultrarhythmic arrangements of timeless tunes....[Her] soulful vocals shimmer in this well-constructed series of fanciful songs...
Vibe (20000301)