How Could It Be

How Could It Be
Studio album by Eddie Murphy
Released 1985
Recorded 1984-85
Genre Pop, Synthpop
Length 34:53
Label Columbia
Producer Rick James ("Party All the Time")
Aquil Fudge
Stevie Wonder ("Everything's Coming Up Roses")
Eddie Murphy chronology
Eddie Murphy: Comedian
(1983)		 How Could It Be
(1985)		 So Happy
(1989)

How Could It Be (1985) is the first musical album and third album overall by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. The album was released in 1985 on CBS Records and was produced by Aquil Fudge, with the exception of the top ten single "Party All the Time", which was produced by Rick James. The album was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews but was a commercial success, making it to #26 on the Billboard 200 and #17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Two singles were released: "Party All the Time", which made it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the title track, which became a minor R&B hit.

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Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Do I"   Stevie Wonder 3:56
2. "C-O-N Confused"   Murphy 3:41
3. "How Could It Be" (featuring Crystal Blake) Hamilton, Rick James, Murphy 4:39
4. "I Wish (I Could Tell You When)"   Jones, Murphy 4:28
5. "Party All the Time" (featuring Rick James) James, Murphy 4:12
6. "I, Me, Us, We"   Murphy 4:41
7. "My God Is Color Blind"   Murphy 4:42
8. "Everything's Coming Up Roses"   Wonder 4:34

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