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Rick James - Street Songs (1981) [2002, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 19 Apr 2022 20:00:57

"Street Songs" is the 5th album by American musician Rick James, released in April 1981 via Gordy Records. "Give It to Me Baby", the lead song and single from the album, became James' second #1 single on the R&B chart. It spent five weeks at the top spot. The fifth song on the album, "Super Freak", was also one of James' biggest hits. The album became an immediate success upon its release, eventually reaching #3 on the US Pop chart and spending twenty weeks at #1 on the US R&B chart. The album was certified Platinum in the US in July 1981. By 1983, the album had sold nearly 4 million copies worldwide. At the 1982 Grammys, James was nominated for Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance for the album while being the first African American male artist to be nominated in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category for the song "Super Freak".

~Wikipedia

Disappointed because Garden of Love wasn't as well received as it should have been, Rick James made a triumphant return to defiant, in-your-face funk with the triple-platinum Street Songs. This was not only his best-selling album ever, it was also his best period, and certainly the most exciting album released in 1981. The gloves came all the way off this time, and James is as loud and proud as ever on such arresting hits as "Super Freak," "Give It to Me Baby," and "Ghetto Life." Ballads aren't a high priority, but those he does offer (including his stunning duet with Teena Marie, "Fire and Desire") are first-rate. One song that's questionable (to say the least) is the inflammatory "Mr. Policeman," a commentary on police misconduct that condemns law enforcement in general instead of simply indicting those who abuse their authority. But then, the thing that makes this hot-headed diatribe extreme is what makes the album on the whole so arresting honest, gut-level emotion. James simply follows what's in his gut and lets it rip. Even the world's most casual funksters shouldn't be without this pearl of an album.

~Review by Alex Henderson

Release of the album: 1981, April, 7 [LP Gordy, Cat.# G8-1002M1, USA]
Release of this CD: 2002, November, 12 [CD Motown/Chronicles (USA), Cat.# 440 064 023-2 / UPC: 044006402321]
Tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 9: © 1981 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP).
Tracks 5, 10: © 1981 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI).
UMe ℗&© 2002 Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Notes: Original LP and 12-inch mixes digitally mastered from the original flat two-track analog master tapes at Universal Mastering Studios-East.

Credits:

Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Daniel LeMelle, Rick James
Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Daniel LeMelle, Reggie Andrews, Rick James
Art Direction [Original LP] – Johnny Lee
Art Direction [Reissue] – Vartan
Bass, Percussion – Oscar Alston
Concertmaster [String Session] – Charles Veal, Jr.
Contractor [String] – Rollace Dale
Coordinator [Reissue, Photo Coordination] – Ryan Null
Coordinator [Reissue, Production Coordinator] – Monique McGuffin
Design [Original LP, Logo] – Norman Moore
Design [Original LP] – Ginny Livingston
Design [Reissue] – Mathieu Bitton
Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Rick James
Drums – Lanise Hughes, Steve Price
Engineer [Mixing] – Bobby Brooks, Tom "Super" Flye
Engineer [Recording Assistant] – Michael Johnson, Tony Autore
Engineer [Recording] – Bobby Brooks, Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez, Tom "Super" Flye
Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Daniel LeMelle
Guitar, Percussion – Tom McDermott
Handclaps – Aaron Dublin, California St. Clair, Daniel LeMelle, Levi Ruffin, Jr., Lisa Sarna, Oscar Alston, Teena Marie, Victor Reed
Horns – Punk Funk Horns
Keyboards, Clavinet, Organ [Hammond B3] – Erskine Williams
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Drums, Timbales, Timpani – Rick James
Liner Notes – Craig Werner
Mastered By [Digitally] – Suha Gur
Percussion – Armando Peraza, Bugsy Wilcox, Nate Hughes, Raul Rekow
Photography By [Original LP] – Ron Slenzak
Producer, Arranged By – Rick James
Strings [String Ensemble], Synthesizer [OBX], Backing Vocals – Levi Ruffin, Jr.
Supervised By [Reissue] – Harry Weinger
Trombone, Flute – John Ervin
Trumpet – Fernando Harkless, Roy Poper
Trumpet, Piccolo Flute, Flugelhorn – Cliff Ervin
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Donny Keider
Vocals [Singer] – Jackie Ruffin, Jane't DuBois, JoAnne McDuffie, Julia Waters Tillman, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Levi Ruffin, Jr., Lisa Sarna, Marci Thomas, Maxine Waters Willard, Pattie Brooks, Rick James

Tracklist:

01. "Give It To Me Baby" (04:10)
(Rick James)
02. "Ghetto Life" (04:24)
(Rick James)
03. "Make Love To Me" (04:50)
(Rick James)
04. "Mr. Policeman" (04:20)
(Rick James)
05. "Super Freak" (03:25)
(Rick James / Alonzo Miller)
06. "Fire And Desire" (07:22)
(Rick James)
07. "Call Me Up" (03:57)
(Rick James)
08. "Bellow The Funk (Pass The J)" (02:41)
(Rick James)

Bonus Tracks:

09. "Give It To Me Baby" (12-Inch Mix) (05:46)
(Rick James)
10. "Super Freak" (12-Inch Mix) (07:06)
(Rick James / Alonzo Miller)

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Rick James - Greatest Hits (1986)

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