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Mellow Madness
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| 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]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured musician(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Is It Love That We're Missing?" |
| George Johnson (vocals) | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Paranoid" | Joe Green | Leon Ware (vocals) | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Mellow Madness" |
| Paulette McWilliams (vocals) | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Beautiful Black Girl" |
| The Watts Prophets (poetry recitation) | 6:12 |
| 5. | "Listen (What It Is)" |
| George Johnson and Paulette McWilliams (vocals) | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured musician(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just a Little Taste of Me" |
| George Johnson | 3:28 |
| 2. | "My Cherie Amour" | Leon Ware, Minnie Ripperton, and Paulette McWilliams (vocals) Hubert Laws (flute) | 5:25 | |
| 3. | "Tryin' to Find Out About You" |
| Harvey Mason (drums) | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Cry Baby" |
| Wah Wah Watson (guitar, voice bag, vocals) | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Bluesette" |
| Jean "Toots" Thielemans (whistling, guitar solo) Frank Rosolino (trombone solo) | 7:01 |
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 May 30, 2011.
- ^ "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
