Tantalizingly Hot
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| Released | July 17, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | Casablanca | |||
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| Stephanie Mills chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Tantalizing Hot | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Tantalizingly Hot is the sixth album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills, released in 1982 and was produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas and Ashford & Simpson. It was her first release, by default, on Casablanca Records. In 1981, oil magnate and industrialist Marvin Davis (1925–2004) and financier Marc Rich (1934–2013) bought Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, which owned her previous label, 20th Century-Fox Records, for a grand total of $703 million.[2]
However, Davis expressed disinterest in buying the record company and thus sold the record label to PolyGram earlier that year. PolyGram, a European conglomerate that was buying up US record labels as fast as they could make deals, immediately shut down the label and had all of its artists' contracts and reissues (including Mills') transferred to their Casablanca imprint, which they had owned since owning 50% of the company in 1977.[3] (PolyGram bought the other 50% in 1980, the same year Mills recorded the LP Sweet Sensation).[4]
Track listing
[edit]All songs produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Night" |
| 4:27 | |
| 2. | "Still Lovin' You" |
| 4:18 | |
| 3. | "Keep Away Girls" | Ashford & Simpson | 4:52 | |
| 4. | "You Can't Run from My Love" |
| 4:14 | |
| 5. | "True Love Don't Come Easy" |
| 3:00 | |
| 6. | "'Ole Love" |
| Stephanie Mills | 4:45 |
| 7. | "Your Love Is Always New" |
| 3:03 | |
| 8. | "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" |
| Ashford & Simpson | 4:53 |
- "Last Night" was released as the first single with the track "Wailin'" (written by Roxanne Seeman, Alan Phillips, Franne Golde and produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas) on the B-side.
Personnel
[edit]- Howard King (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Kenneth Little (6), Raymond Calhoun (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Yogi Horton (3, 8) – drums
- Al McKay (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Doc Powell (3, 8), Edward Moore (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), Reggie Lucas (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Ted Perlman (2) – guitar
- Bobby Wooten (6), Dean Gant (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Harry Whitaker (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Richard Tee (1, 2, 4, 5, 7) – keyboards
- Ashford & Simpson, Brenda White, Fonzi Thornton, Josie Armstead, Tawatha Agee, John Simmons, Mary Johnson, Norma Jean Wright, Peggy Blue, Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals
- John Simmons (4) (6), Valerie Simpson (3, 8) – piano
- Bernie Worrell (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), Bobby Wooten (6), Dean Gant (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), Ed Walsh (3, 8), Joseph Joubert (3, 8), Pete Cannarozzi (1, 2, 4, 5, 7) – synthesizer
- Technical
- Cassandra Mills, Stephanie Mills – album concept
- Stephanie Mills – executive producer
- Jim "Doc" Dougherty – engineer
- John Potokia – assistant engineer
- Carla Bandini – additional engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
Credits from album liner notes.[5]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[6] | 48 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] | 10 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart positions[8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop |
US R&B |
US Dance | |||
| 1982 | "Last Night" | 100 | 14 | — | |
| "Keep Away Girls" | — | 13 | — | ||
| 1983 | "You Can't Run from My Love" | — | 59 | 15 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ Kantor, Justin. Tantalizingly Hot review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ↑ Cheryl Moch; Vincent Virga (August 29, 1984). The biggest, the boldest, the best deals: the world's shrewdest and most lucrative deals from business, entertainment, politics, and sports. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-55039-7. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ↑ 20th Century Fox Records
- ↑ Casablanca Records Story
- ↑ Tantalizing Hot (LP, Album notes). Stephanie Mills. Casablanca Records. 1982. NBLP-7265.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ↑ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.