Street Songs (Remastered) Rick James
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Album-Release:
1981
HRA-Release:
09.11.2016
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- 1 Give It To Me Baby 04:09
- 2 Ghetto Life 04:23
- 3 Make Love To Me 04:50
- 4 Mr. Policeman 04:21
- 5 Super Freak 03:26
- 6 Fire And Desire 07:20
- 7 Call Me Up 03:55
- 8 Below The Funk ( Pass The J ) 02:37
Info for Street Songs (Remastered)
Following on from the poorly received Garden of Love album, Rick James released the seminal Street Songs in 1981 to both critical acclaim and commercial success, showing that the king of punk-funk was back on top.
What made Street Songs such a success was the defiant and passionate performances given by James, together with the innovative and exciting songwriting throughout. The singles Superfreak, Ghetto Life and Give It To Me Baby all topped the dance charts in the US, and the album managed to breathe new life into a Motown label, which at the time was struggling to release hit albums. Street Songs became the biggest R&B album of that year, staying at the top of the charts for 20 consecutive weeks and since then the album has gone multi-platinum.
Although the album was released close to three decades ago, the influence of James as a performer and Street Songs as an album remains strong, with his tracks being sampled by hip hop artists including Busta Rhymes and Jay Z as well as being featured in numerous film and computer game soundtracks.“ (BBC, David O'Donnell)
Rick James, vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion
Teena Marie, vocals
Alonzo Miller, spoken vocals
Tom McDermott, guitar, percussion
Larry Hansen, violin
Daniel LeMelle, flute, alto & tenor saxophones
John Ervin, flute, trombone
Gerald Albright, flute
Cliff Ervin, piccolo, trumpet, flugelhorn
Stevie Wonder, harmonica
William Rhinehart, saxophone, background vocals
Erskine Williams, Clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
Levi Ruffin, Jr., OBX synthesizer, strings, background vocals
Donny Keider, vibraphone
Narada Michael Walden, drums
Steve Price, drums
Armando Peraza, percussion
The Temptations, background vocals
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, background vocals
Jane't DuBois, background vocals
Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito, California & Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Mixed Down at West Lake Audio, Los Angeles, California
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Los Angeles, California
Produced by Rick James
Digitally remastered
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