Motown Year by Year: The Sound of Young America, 1982

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let It Whip
Dazz Band4:32
2Do I Do
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
horn arranger:
Stevie Wonder
strings arranger:
Paul Riser
recording of:
Do I Do
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder4.55:04
3I Like It
recording of:
I Like It
writer:
El DeBarge, Randy DeBarge and Etterlene Jordan (R&B/soul singer/songwriter, a/k/a Etterlene Jordan)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
DeBarge3:46
4Standing on the Top
executive producer:
Berry Gordy
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
additional background vocals and additional lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Mary Jane Girls
lead vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R'n'B singer), Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin (soul singer, member of The Temptations)
performer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Standing on the Top
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music and Stone City Music
The Temptations4:20
5First Impressions
High Inergy3:19
6I’m Never Gonna Say Goodbye
Billy Preston3:42
7Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
Jermaine Jackson3:53
8Right in the Middle (of Falling in Love)
Bettye LaVette3:43
9Dance wit’ Me, Pt. 1
Rick James4:17
10Tell Me Tomorrow, Pt. 1
Smokey Robinson3:51
11Ribbon in the Sky
recording of:
Ribbon in the Sky
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music and 大洋音楽
Stevie Wonder35:38
12She’s Just a Groupie
Bobby Nunn3:57
13Truly
recording engineer:
Calvin Harris
engineer:
Jim Cassell
assistant producer:
Brenda Harvey–Richie
producer:
James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie
mixer:
Calvin Harris, Michael Johnson (Motown related), Fred Law and Stephan Smith (US 70s/80s soul/funk engineer)
acoustic guitar:
Tim May (session/jazz guitarist)
bass:
Joe Chemay
cello:
Jesse Ehrlich, Paula Hochhalter, Armand Kaproff and Dennis Karmazyn
double bass:
Árni Egilsson and Buell Neidlinger
drums (drum set):
Paul Leim
flute:
Louise DiTullio
French horn:
Arthur Maebe (US horn player), Richard Perissi and Henry Sigismonti
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr.
harp:
Gayle Levant (American studio musician, harpist)
Rhodes piano [Fender rhodes]:
William Payne
strings:
Assa Drori, Allan Harshman, Joy Lyle and Paul Shure
viola:
Alan DeVeritch, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski (violist) and Gareth Nuttycombe (violist)
violin:
Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Endre Granat (Hungarian violinist), Joy Lyle, Donald Palmer (US violinist and concertmaster), Henry Roth, Sheldon Sandu (violinist), Jack Shulman, Paul Shure, Mari Tsumura and Charles Veal Jr. (violinist, conductor and arranger)
background vocals:
Lionel Richie
arranger:
James Anthony Carmichael and Gene Page
vocals arranger:
Lionel Richie
concertmaster:
Harry Bluestone
recorded at:
A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Motown / Hitsville U.S.A Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States
recording of:
Truly
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie3.453:22
14That Girl
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
That Girl (by Stevie Wonder)
composer:
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder45:17
15I Second That Emotion
José Feliciano4:20
16If You Don’t Know Me by Now
cover recording of:
If You Don’t Know Me by Now
writer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Jean Carne3:55