Mellow Madness
| Mellow Madness | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 Record Plant, Los Angeles and Westlake Audio | |||
| Genre | Jazz, R&B | |||
| Length | 44:07 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
| Quincy Jones chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones's first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, who co-wrote four of the album tracks.[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Is It Love That We're Missing?" (George Johnson, Debbie Smith) (3:52)
- Lead vocals: George Johnson
- "Paranoid" (Joe Green) (2:55)
- Lead vocals: Leon Ware
- "Mellow Madness" (Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler, Paulette McWilliams, Al Ciner) (3:27)
- Lead vocals: Paulette McWilliams
- "Beautiful Black Girl" (Jones, Otis Smith) (6:12)
- Poetry recitation: The Watts Prophets
- "Listen (What It Is)" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (4:16)
- Lead vocals: George Johnson and Paulette McWilliams
- "Just a Little Taste of Me" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (3:28)
- Lead vocals: George Johnson
- "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) (5:25)
- Flute: Hubert Laws
- Lead vocals: Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, and Paulette McWilliams
- "Tryin' to Find Out About You" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (3:02)
- Drums: Harvey Mason
- "Cry Baby" (Quincy Jones, Wah Wah Watson, Robert Bryant) (4:29)
- Guitar, voice bag, and lead vocals: Wah Wah Watson
- "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Jean "Toots" Thielemans) (7:01)
- Whistling and guitar solo: Toots Thielemans
- Trombone solo: Frank Rosolino
Personnel
[edit]- Quincy Jones - producer, arranger, keyboards, trumpet, background vocals
Musicians
- Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson – guitars
- Toots Thielemans – guitar (track 10)
- Dennis Budimir – guitar (track 7)
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (track 10)
- Max Bennett – bass guitar (track 7)
- Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, Jerry Peters – keyboards
- Mike Melvoin – keyboards (track 7)
- Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley – trumpets
- Tom Bahler – trumpet, background vocals
- Frank Rosolino, George Bohanon – trombones
- Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab, Jerome Richardson – saxophones
- Hubert Laws – flute (track 7)
- Tommy Morgan – bass harmonica (track 6)
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Grady Tate – drums (track 10)
- Ralph MacDonald – conga, percussion
- Ian Underwood - synthesizer programming
- Paulette McWilliams, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Green, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Leon Ware – background vocals
- Minnie Riperton – background vocals (track 7)
Technical personnel
- Tom Bahler – assistant arranging
- Paul Riser – assistant arranging
- Phil Schier – engineer
- Joan DeCola – assistant engineer
Charts
[edit]| Year | Album | Chart positions[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Jazz | ||
| 1975 | Mellow Madness | 16 | 3 | 1 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart positions[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
| 1975 | "Is It Love That We're Missing?" | 70 | 18 | — |
| 1976 | "Mellow Madness" | — | 82 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Mellow Madness at AllMusic
- ^ "Quincy Jones US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
