Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album)

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Sweet Sensation is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. Released in 1980, produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features her biggest hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" which peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female and Best R&B Song, the former becoming her first career Grammy win. Sweet Sensation received gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America for sells over 500,000 copies.[2]

Track listing

  • All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Sensation"
4:30
2."Try My Love"
3:50
3."I Just Wanna Say"
6:10
4."Wish That You Were Mine"
4:33
5."D-A-N-C-I-N'"
  • Edward Moore
  • Howard King
5:41
6."Still Mine"
5:43
7."Never Knew Love Like This Before"
5:27
8."Mixture of Love"
  • Joe Mills
  • J. Simmons
4:25

Personnel

  • Producer – James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
  • Howard King – drums
  • Basil Fearrington – bass
  • James Mtume – keyboards
  • Hubert Eaves III – keyboards
  • Reggie Lucas – guitar
  • Ed Moore – guitar
  • James Mtume – percussion
  • Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
  • Tawatha Agee, Gwen Guthrie, Brenda White, James Mtume, Reggie Lucas  – background vocals
  • James Mtume and Reggie Lucas  – Rhythm arrangements
  • Tawatha Agee, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas  – Vocal arrangements
  • Tawatha Agee – Vocal contractor
  • Gene Blanco – String and horn arrangements
  • Wade Marcus – String and horn arrangements
  • Recorded and mixed at Sigma Sound Studios, New York
  • Engineered and mixed by James Dougherty
  • Assistant engineer: Craig Michaels

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[3] 16
US Billboard Top R&B Albums[3] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4][5]
US US
R&B 		US
A/C 		US Dance UK
1980 "Sweet Sensation" 52 3 — 5 —
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" 6 12 5 5 4

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Stephanie Mills US certification history". riaa.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  3. ^ a b "Stephanie Mills US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. ^ "Stephanie Mills chart history". billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Mills UK chart history". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
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