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For the recording of her follow-up to Wild and Peaceful, Teena Marie linked with songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph, who had just lost his wife and musical collaborator, the great Minnie Riperton, to breast cancer. Lady T smoothly picks up where Teena’s Rick James-produced debut left off. It’s also something like an organic extension of Riperton’s final proper album, Minnie, also released in 1979; Rudolph co-write one-third of the songs and brought in some of Riperton’s studio associates, including Jerry Hey's Seawind Horns. Though Teena’s creative identity was established on the debut, Riperton’s spirit flows throughout the album. Ironically, it’s the wholly-Teena-penned “Aladdin’s Lamp” that most resembles Riperton, from the wistful, romantic lyrics to the vocal arrangement, weaving background “ba-ba-ba”s and “la-la-la”s that recall the supernatural singer's early work with Rotary Connection. It’s among a few songs here that one could easily imagine being sung by Riperton. There were only two charting singles: the minor hit “Can It Be Love,” a gentle ballad, and the Top Five club single “Behind the Groove,” a smacking disco-funk jam. Even so, some of the deeper album cuts, especially “Now That I Have You” -- all dreamy, blissed-out acoustic soul -- rival the best of Wild and Peaceful. The album’s presentation, including a glamorous shot on the front and a tomboy shot on the back, strikingly contrasts with that of the mysterious debut. For those who had not caught Teena’s 1979 Soul Train performance, it must have come as a shock to see this sleeve and realize that the music was flowing out of a white body. In more ways than one, Teena had fully arrived, and she struck again in a matter of six months.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Jones, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Stewart, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Glenn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Hutchcroft, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - RANDY WALDMAN, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tim May, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Grant, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Loper, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bili Thedford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Hines, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Conductor, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dwayne Wedlaw, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Hargrove, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Lubbock, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Teena Marie, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Art Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Claudia Talbot, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dwayne Richard Wedlaw, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Lubbock, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rudolph, Producer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bili Thedford, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dwayne Richard Wedlaw, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer - Jill Jones, ComposerLyricist - Ozone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, Horn Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer - George Sopuch, ComposerLyricist - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Lubbock, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rudolph, Producer - Jerry Hey, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Maya Khabira Rudolph, Voice, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick James, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Bradfield, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Taylor, Programmer - Bob Bowles, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dancin' Danny D, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Teena Marie, Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Munzibai, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Morales, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rudolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Munzibai, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Teena Marie, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Morales, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob "Boogie" Bowles, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For the recording of her follow-up to Wild and Peaceful, Teena Marie linked with songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph, who had just lost his wife and musical collaborator, the great Minnie Riperton, to breast cancer. Lady T smoothly picks up where Teena’s Rick James-produced debut left off. It’s also something like an organic extension of Riperton’s final proper album, Minnie, also released in 1979; Rudolph co-write one-third of the songs and brought in some of Riperton’s studio associates, including Jerry Hey's Seawind Horns. Though Teena’s creative identity was established on the debut, Riperton’s spirit flows throughout the album. Ironically, it’s the wholly-Teena-penned “Aladdin’s Lamp” that most resembles Riperton, from the wistful, romantic lyrics to the vocal arrangement, weaving background “ba-ba-ba”s and “la-la-la”s that recall the supernatural singer's early work with Rotary Connection. It’s among a few songs here that one could easily imagine being sung by Riperton. There were only two charting singles: the minor hit “Can It Be Love,” a gentle ballad, and the Top Five club single “Behind the Groove,” a smacking disco-funk jam. Even so, some of the deeper album cuts, especially “Now That I Have You” -- all dreamy, blissed-out acoustic soul -- rival the best of Wild and Peaceful. The album’s presentation, including a glamorous shot on the front and a tomboy shot on the back, strikingly contrasts with that of the mysterious debut. For those who had not caught Teena’s 1979 Soul Train performance, it must have come as a shock to see this sleeve and realize that the music was flowing out of a white body. In more ways than one, Teena had fully arrived, and she struck again in a matter of six months.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:55
- Main artists: Teena Marie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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