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 | |||
| 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.
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Track listing
All songs written by Teena Marie, except where noted.
- "Emerald City" - 4:10
- "Once Is Not Enough" - 5:47
- "Lips to Find You" (Bendrix, Marie) - 5:11
- "You So Heavy" (Marie, Penny "P.J." Johnson) - 5:07
- "Shangri-La" (Marie, Johnson) - 5:04
- "Batucada Suite" - 5:06
- "Love Me Down Easy" - 5:24
- "Sunny Skies" - 7:14
- "Lips To Find You" (US Instrumental) - Expanded Edition
- "Love Me Down Easy" (US 12” single) - Expanded Edition
- "Love Me Down Easy" (US Instrumental 12” single) - Expanded Edition
- "14K" (track from "The Goonies" soundtrack) - Expanded Edition
- "Lead Me On" (track from the "Top Gun" soundtrack) - Expanded Edition
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