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What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’? (1979), Sweet Sensation (1980), and Stephanie (1981) didn’t appear on CD until a 2008/2009 Universal Japan program. On Feel the Fire: The 20th Century Collection, they’re finally given wider recognition and distribution, anthologized in full with the addition of five mostly essential 12” versions. This represents Stephanie Mills' artistic peak. For all three albums, the singer worked extensively with producers James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, who transitioned from jazz firebrands into sought-after R&B collaborators once they wrote “The Closer I Get to You,” a Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway duet that topped Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1978. Each one of these albums crossed into the Top 30 of the Billboard 200, propelled by the breezy, fully ornamented disco-soul of “What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’?,” “Sweet Sensation,” “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” and the Teddy Pendergrass duet “Two Hearts,” as well as the proto-Hi NRG stomper “You Can Get Over” and the synthesizer-bass-anchored club hit “Put Your Body in It.” The albums don’t merely hold up; they hang together. Mtume and Lucas brought their instrumental skills and utilized their core studio unit -- keyboardist Hubert Eaves, drummer Howard King, bassist Basil Fearrington, guitarist Ed Moore, and vocalist/arranger Tawatha Agee, among others -- throughout the sessions, making the albums play out like a true, unified trilogy. This set is essential for any lover of late-‘70s/early-‘80s R&B. Stephanie Mills was in the top tier, while Mtume and Lucas were heavyweights, wholly deserving of being mentioned in the same breath as the Chic Organization's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, their more popular contemporaries.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Lucas, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lani Groves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Carmine Rubino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Joe Caro, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Eaves, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Pearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lani Groves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Carmine Rubino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Joe Caro, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Eaves, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Pearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louise Bethune, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Peabo Bryson, ComposerLyricist - Carmine Rubino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Joe Caro, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Simmons, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Eaves, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Pearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lani Groves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Moore, ComposerLyricist - Carmine Rubino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Joe Caro, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Eaves, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Pearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Lucas, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, ComposerLyricist - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Grant Lucas, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Moore, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Simmons, ComposerLyricist - Joey Mills, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer - Carole Bayer Sager, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Hamlisch, Composer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Pendergrass, FeaturedArtist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tawatha Mtume, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer - Willie Lester, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Brown, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Howard King-Tawatha, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Lucas, Producer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Mtume, Producer - Jeffery Daniels, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mtume, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha Agee, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Whitaker, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lani Groves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Carmine Rubino, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Joe Caro, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Mark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Eaves, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Moore, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Pearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Howard King, ComposerLyricist - Edward Moore, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mtume, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Lucas, Producer, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Lucas, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Guthrie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard King, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Basil Fearrington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Barclay Eaves III, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - Wade Marcus, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Mtume, Producer, Vocal Arranger, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tawatha, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Michaels, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Dougherty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Reggie Lucas, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Pendergrass, FeaturedArtist - Stephanie Mills, MainArtist - James Mtume, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tawatha Mtume, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’? (1979), Sweet Sensation (1980), and Stephanie (1981) didn’t appear on CD until a 2008/2009 Universal Japan program. On Feel the Fire: The 20th Century Collection, they’re finally given wider recognition and distribution, anthologized in full with the addition of five mostly essential 12” versions. This represents Stephanie Mills' artistic peak. For all three albums, the singer worked extensively with producers James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, who transitioned from jazz firebrands into sought-after R&B collaborators once they wrote “The Closer I Get to You,” a Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway duet that topped Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1978. Each one of these albums crossed into the Top 30 of the Billboard 200, propelled by the breezy, fully ornamented disco-soul of “What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’?,” “Sweet Sensation,” “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” and the Teddy Pendergrass duet “Two Hearts,” as well as the proto-Hi NRG stomper “You Can Get Over” and the synthesizer-bass-anchored club hit “Put Your Body in It.” The albums don’t merely hold up; they hang together. Mtume and Lucas brought their instrumental skills and utilized their core studio unit -- keyboardist Hubert Eaves, drummer Howard King, bassist Basil Fearrington, guitarist Ed Moore, and vocalist/arranger Tawatha Agee, among others -- throughout the sessions, making the albums play out like a true, unified trilogy. This set is essential for any lover of late-‘70s/early-‘80s R&B. Stephanie Mills was in the top tier, while Mtume and Lucas were heavyweights, wholly deserving of being mentioned in the same breath as the Chic Organization's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, their more popular contemporaries.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:29:53
- Main artists: Stephanie Mills
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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