Martika's Kitchen

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Martika's Kitchen
Martika's Kitchen cover
Studio album by Martika
Released 1991
Genre Pop music

Martika's Kitchen is the name of the second album released by pop singer and former child actor Martika. Released in 1991, it was partially produced and featured songs written by Prince. The album was a departure in musical styles from Martika's debut album. "Martika's Kitchen" incorporates elements of gospel, jazz, funk, R&B and traditional Cuban music.

The album was critically praised but was a commercial failure in America; however, it was highly successful internationally and triggered an over 200-city concert tour. The title track entered into the American Billboard top 20, as did the Prince-penned gospel number "Love... Thy Will Be Done". The song "Coloured Kisses" charted internationally.

Following her previous efforts, the album lyrically tackled very important topics. "Broken Heart" is about crack babies; "Pride and Prejudice" deals with racism and homophobia. The Spanglish track "Mi Tierra", which features a guest vocal performance by Celia Cruz, is a lament of a Cuban-American's inability to visit her homeland.

Unknown to many, most of the songs on the album were recorded by Prince (on a bootleg album also referred to as Martika's Kitchen) with the exact vocal details and style and then given to Martika to emulate for her own album. It is quite common in the world of Prince protégés for Prince to produce an album for the protégé to simply duplicate.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Martika's Kitchen 5:09
  2. Spirit 4:38
  3. Love...Thy Will Be Done 5:02
  4. A Magical Place (duet With Christopher Max) 4:41
  5. Coloured Kisses 4:37
  6. Safe In the Arms of Love 5:09
  7. Pride and Prejudice 5:12
  8. Take Me To Forever 4:35
  9. Temptation 4:46
  10. Don't Say U Love Me 4:24
  11. Broken Heart 4:33
  12. Mi Tierra 4:38

[edit] Singles

  1. 1991 "Love... Thy Will Be Done" #10 US, #9 UK
  2. 1991 "Martika's Kitchen" #92 US, #17 UK
  3. 1992 "Coloured Kisses" #41 UK
  4. ???? "Safe In The Arms Of Love"
  5. ???? "Spirit" remixes promo only
  6. ???? "Mi Tierra/El Amor Lllegara" Argentine promo only

[edit] Other tracks

  1. El Amor Llegara (Love... Thy Will Be Done - Spanish Version) 5:01
  • Released in Argentina with "Mi Tierra" as a double A-side promo single.

[edit] Remixes

  1. Love... Thy Will Be Done (7" Edit)
  2. Love... Thy Will Be Done (Prince Mix) 6:01
  3. Martika's Kitchen (7" Edit)
  4. Martika's Kitchen (Second Version) 5:20
  5. Martika's Kitchen (Remix 1 Alt. 7" Video Version)
  6. Martika's Kitchen (Alt. Dub Version)
  7. Safe In The Arms Of Love (7" Edit)
  8. Safe In The Arms Of Love (Edit Version)
  9. Spirit (House Mix)
  10. Spirit (Hip - Hop Mix)
  11. Coloured Kisses (Single Version) 4:07
  12. Coloured Kisses (Club Mix) 7:23
  13. Coloured Kisses (Clivilles And Cole 7" Edit)
  14. Coloured Kisses (Clivilles And Cole Remix)

[edit] Unreleased Outtakes

  1. The Do
  2. Rub U Down
  3. Beautiful Fabulous

3 tracks emerged in 2008 as outtakes from the Martika's Kitchen album. Its apparent these have further Prince involvement as the other album tracks have done