Throwin' Down

Throwin' Down
Studio album by Rick James
Released	May 13, 1982
Recorded	1981-82, Record Plant (Sausalito), Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Studios (Hollywood)
Genre	Funk, soul, R&B
Label	Gordy
Producer	Rick James
Rick James chronology
Street Songs (1981) Throwin' Down (1982) Cold Blooded (1983)

Throwin' Down is a Rick James album from 1982. It was released on the Gordy Records imprint of Motown Records. Although not as popular as Street Songs, Throwin' Down saw another RIAA certified gold album from James. With appearances by The Temptations, Teena Marie and Jefferson Airplane/Starship lead vocalist Grace Slick, the record was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album.

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick James, except where noted.

1. "Dance Wit' Me" 7:16
2. "Money Talks" 4:50
3. "Teardrops" 4:49
4. "Throwdown" 3:17
5. "Standing on the Top" (with The Temptations) 3:51
6. "Hard to Get" 4:07
7. "Happy" (with Teena Marie) 5:29
8. "She Blew My Mind (69 Times)" 4:11
9. "My Love" (James, Le Roi Johnson) 2:53

Personnel

• Rick James: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizers, Linn Drum programming, percussion
• Daniel LeMelle: flute, saxophone, trumpet, string synthesizers, backing vocals
• Levi Ruffin, Jr.: electric and acoustic piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• John McFee, Tom McDermott: guitars
• Erskine Williams: piano
• Oscar Alston: bass guitar, backing vocals
• Lanise Hughes, Narada Michael Walden, Paul Hines: drums, percussion
• Nate Hughes: percussion, handclaps, backing vocals
• Roy Ayers, Donny Keider: vibraphone
• Grace Slick, Jean Carn, Julia Tillman Waters, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Maxine Willard Waters, Patti Brooks, Tabby Johnson, Diane Nixon, Jeri Fields: backing vocals
• Moses Johnson, JoAnne McDuffy, Lisa Sarna: handclaps, backing vocals
• Aaron Dublin, Big John Main, "Jennifer", Ronald Byrd: handclaps