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The Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis connection scored with Cherrelle's debut, most notably on the second track, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," which scored as a Top Ten R&B hit. It was later covered by Robert Palmer and his backing band of ambiguous women, and was turned into an instant smash on MTV. But that's neither here nor there -- Cherrelle brings the goods with this debut. Ripe with boogie workouts reaching to the five-minute mark, Fragile pretty much follows the pattern of R&B albums during the '80s, with several uptempo numbers and a few slow ballads thrown in here and there for good measure. The ballads are easily forgettable, but the remainder of the album features a solid Jam & Lewis production; there's much evidence here that the kinks in the formula that made them production juggernauts had been worked out. And nowhere is this better proven than on her 1986 follow-up, High Priority.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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JIMMY JAM, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Steve Wiese, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JIMMY JAM, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Steve Wiese, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JIMMY JAM, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Steve Wiese, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Murphy, Producer, Executive Producer - Maxi Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Michael E. Dunlap, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Biles, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaac Franklin Suthers, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JIMMY JAM, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Steve Wiese, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Murphy, Producer, Executive Producer - Maxi Anderson, ComposerLyricist - BILL CHAMPLIN, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Michael E. Dunlap, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Biles, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaac Franklin Suthers, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JIMMY JAM, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Steve Wiese, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Murphy, Producer, Executive Producer - BILL CHAMPLIN, ComposerLyricist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cherrelle, MainArtist - Dante, ComposerLyricist - Michael E. Dunlap, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Biles, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaac Franklin Suthers, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis connection scored with Cherrelle's debut, most notably on the second track, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," which scored as a Top Ten R&B hit. It was later covered by Robert Palmer and his backing band of ambiguous women, and was turned into an instant smash on MTV. But that's neither here nor there -- Cherrelle brings the goods with this debut. Ripe with boogie workouts reaching to the five-minute mark, Fragile pretty much follows the pattern of R&B albums during the '80s, with several uptempo numbers and a few slow ballads thrown in here and there for good measure. The ballads are easily forgettable, but the remainder of the album features a solid Jam & Lewis production; there's much evidence here that the kinks in the formula that made them production juggernauts had been worked out. And nowhere is this better proven than on her 1986 follow-up, High Priority.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:40
- Main artists: Cherrelle
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Clarence Avant Catalog
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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