Merciless (album)

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Merciless is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1983 and Stephanie's second release on Casablanca Records. The album features two Billboard R&B hits "Pilot Error", a cover version of Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", and "My Body" written by singer Luther Vandross. Merciless received a nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984.

Track listing

1. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (Prince) - 4:12
2. "Never Get Enough of You" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:31
3. "Eternal Love" (Jay Asher, Paul Jabara) - 4:41
4. "His Name is Michael" (featuring Peggi Blu) (Cassandra Mills, Michael Sembello, Stephanie Mills) - 3:18
5. "Here I Am" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:13
6. "My Body" (Luther Vandross) - 4:06
7. "Do You Love Him?" (Barbara Moor, Betsy Durkin Matthes) - 3:47
8. "Pilot Error" (Peter Kingsbury) - 5:07
9. "Since We've Been Together" (Ralph Schluckett, R. Kleinberg) - 3:13

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Personnel

• Stephanie Mills: Lead and backing vocals
• Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus: Bass
• Carlos Vega, Ed Greene, John Robinson: Drums
• Buzzy Feiten, Carlos Rios, David Wolfert, Michael Sembello, Thom Rotella: Guitar
• Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee: Keyboards, Piano
• Lenny Castro, Victor Feldman: Percussion
• Danny Sembello, Ed Walsh, Ian Underwood, Johnny Mandel, Nyle Steiner: Synthesizer
• Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, Cruz Sembello, Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Michael Sembello, Myrna Smith, Peggi Blu, Stephanie Mills, Yvonne Lewis, David Wolfert: Backing Vocals
• Brad Leigh, Brian McGee, Jay Rifkin, John Arrais, Lee De Carlo, Marie Ostrosky, Peter Chaiken: Engineer

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	104
US Billboard Top R&B Albums	12