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Sweet Delicious & Marvelous brings Buddy Miles back to lead vocals for the California Raisins, but this time he has help from Niki Harris and her group of female singers. There is no word yet on what product the females were conceived of to promote (Raisinettes seem most probable). There must have been a better match for Buddy Mile's charm, but at least Harris (who is talented but significantly lower on credit) takes the music seriously, driving them full force, as if she wasn't performing the voice of a raisin at all. It helps that the songs are all classic too. Singers like Miles and Harris might even feel grateful for the opportunity to perform such beloved music, since they had never had such a full chance at it before and since there was hardly a better market for it to be heard in the 1980s. The songs on Sweet are more elaborate (hence "I Heard It Through the Grapevine Remix") and not as kid-friendly as the Raisins' other albums. The female raisins also appear on Christmas With the Raisins, which gave them better appeal. Still, there is a good variety of '60s music like "Dancing in the Streets," "My Girl," and "I Got You (I Feel Good)." The Raisins sneak into the early '70s with the Jackson Five's "Never Can Say Goodbye," but that is where their career came to a halt, as this was the fourth and final album. They were forced back onto cereal and raisin boxes for future generations to glance at, never presuming that the picture of the raisin in sunglasses and Converse shoes once had his own musical franchise.
© Peter Fawthrop /TiVo
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Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Vernon Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clifton Davis, ComposerLyricist - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Howard Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Vannelli, Producer, Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard McCrary, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Silas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Niki Haris, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kristle Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodford, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Kelly, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Marotta, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Debra Parson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadirah Ali, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Grenga, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - California Raisins, MainArtist - David Stefanelli, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Von Faggette, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Priority Records, LLC
Album review
Sweet Delicious & Marvelous brings Buddy Miles back to lead vocals for the California Raisins, but this time he has help from Niki Harris and her group of female singers. There is no word yet on what product the females were conceived of to promote (Raisinettes seem most probable). There must have been a better match for Buddy Mile's charm, but at least Harris (who is talented but significantly lower on credit) takes the music seriously, driving them full force, as if she wasn't performing the voice of a raisin at all. It helps that the songs are all classic too. Singers like Miles and Harris might even feel grateful for the opportunity to perform such beloved music, since they had never had such a full chance at it before and since there was hardly a better market for it to be heard in the 1980s. The songs on Sweet are more elaborate (hence "I Heard It Through the Grapevine Remix") and not as kid-friendly as the Raisins' other albums. The female raisins also appear on Christmas With the Raisins, which gave them better appeal. Still, there is a good variety of '60s music like "Dancing in the Streets," "My Girl," and "I Got You (I Feel Good)." The Raisins sneak into the early '70s with the Jackson Five's "Never Can Say Goodbye," but that is where their career came to a halt, as this was the fourth and final album. They were forced back onto cereal and raisin boxes for future generations to glance at, never presuming that the picture of the raisin in sunglasses and Converse shoes once had his own musical franchise.
© Peter Fawthrop /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:08
- Main artists: California Raisins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2015 Priority Records, LLC ℗ 2015 Priority Records, LLC
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