Throwin' Down

Throwin' Down
Studio album by Rick James
Released	1982
Recorded	1981-82, Record Plant (Sausalito), Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Studios (Hollywood)
Genre	Funk, soul, R&B
Label	Gordy
Producer	Rick James
Rick James chronology
Street Songs (1981) Throwin' Down (1982) Cold Blooded (1983)

Throwin' Down is a Rick James album from 1982. It was released on the Gordy Records imprint of Motown Records. Although not as popular as Street Songs, Throwin' Down saw a collaboration with The Temptations and another RIAA certified gold album from James. The record won album of the year in the R&B Category.

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick James, except where noted.

1. "Dance Wit' Me" 7:16
2. "Money Talks" 4:50
3. "Teardrops" 4:49
4. "Throwdown" 3:17
5. "Standing on the Top" (with The Temptations) 3:51
6. "Hard to Get" 4:07
7. "Happy" 5:29
8. "69 Times" 4:11
9. "My Love" 2:53 (James, Le Roi Johnson)

Personnel

• Rick James: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizers, Linn Drum programming, percussion
• Daniel LeMelle: flute, saxophone, trumpet, string synthesizers, backing vocals
• Levi Ruffin, Jr.: electric and acoustic piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• John McFee, Tom McDermott: guitars
• Erskine Williams: piano
• Oscar Alston: bass guitar, backing vocals
• Lanise Hughes, Narada Michael Walden, Paul Hines: drums, percussion
• Nate Hughes: percussion, handclaps, backing vocals
• Roy Ayers, Donny Keider: vibraphone
• Grace Slick, Jean Carn, Julia Tillman Waters, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Maxine Willard Waters, Patti Brooks, Tabby Johnson, Diane Nixon, Jeri Fields: backing vocals
• Moses Johnson, JoAnne McDuffy, Lisa Sarna: handclaps, backing vocals
• Aaron Dublin, Big John Main, "Jennifer", Ronald Byrd: handclaps