Emerald City (Teena Marie album)
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| Studio album by Teena Marie | ||||
| Released | July 22, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985-86 | |||
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| Length | 43:03 | |||
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Epic/CBS Records FE 40318 |
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| Producer | Teena Marie | |||
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Emerald City is the seventh album by Teena Marie, released in 1986. It is a stylistic departure for her, with strong blues and jazz influences favored over her established soul/funk style, and is a concept album. This proved puzzling for fans and critics, and the album sold poorly, peaking at #20 on the US Black Albums chart and #81 on the Billboard Albums chart. Two singles, "Lips to Find You" and "Love Me Down Easy", were released. They reached #28 and #76 respectively on the Black Singles chart, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot 100. However, "Shangri-La", while it never became a single or charted anywhere, became a staple of quiet-storm programming blocks on adult R&B radio.
Stevie Ray Vaughan played the guitar solo on "You So Heavy" and Stanley Clarke provided bass on "Sunny Skies".
The album has been reissued by SoulMusic Records in 2012, with 5 bonus tracks.
All songs written by Teena Marie, except where noted.
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