Vanity 6 (album)

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Vanity 6
Studio album by Vanity 6
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	R&B/Funk/New Wave
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	The Starr Company
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Vanity 6 chronology
—	Vanity 6 (1982)	—

Vanity 6 is the debut self-titled album released by R&B girl group Vanity 6 in 1982. Music was performed by The Time and the album was produced by "The Starr Company", one of many pseudonyms used at the time by Prince. All three women in the group (Vanity, Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie) shared lead and background vocals.

The album was originally released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records on LP and cassette with the compact disc issued in 1988. The album is now out-of-print.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Nasty Girl" (lead vocal: Vanity, writer: Vanity)
2. "Wet Dream" (lead vocal: Vanity, writers: Vanity 6)
3. "Drive Me Wild" (lead vocal: Susan, writer: Susan)
4. "He's So Dull" (lead vocal: Vanity, writers: Dez Dickerson and Vanity)
5. "If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)" (lead vocal: Vanity and Brenda, writers: Vanity 6 and Terry Lewis)
6. "Make-Up" (lead vocal: Susan, writer: Susan)
7. "Bite the Beat" (lead vocal: Brenda, writers: Brenda and Jesse Johnson)
8. "3 X 2 = 6" (lead vocal: Vanity, writer: Vanity)

[edit] Singles

• "Nasty Girl"
• "He's So Dull"
• "Drive Me Wild"

[edit] Miscellanea

• The "other woman" rap on the song "If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)" is speculated to be performed by either Terry Lewis or Prince.
• Vinyl copies of the album were pressed with "Side 1" and "Side 6" on the label.
• The song "Make-Up" was covered by The Soft Pink Truth on the album Do You Party? in 2003.