Merciless (Stephanie Mills album)

Merciless
Studio album by Stephanie Mills
Released	August 20, 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Studio	The Hit Factory Automated Sound Studios (New York) Cherokee Recording Studios The Record Plant Bossa Nova Hotel (Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B, post-disco, soul, quiet storm
Label	Casablanca
Producer	David Wolfert, Gary Klein, Phil Ramone
Stephanie Mills chronology
Love Has Lifted Me (1982) Merciless (1983) I've Got the Cure (1984)

Merciless is the seventh studio album by Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1983 and Stephanie's second release on Casablanca Records. Merciless received a nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984.

Track listing

1. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" 4:12 (Prince)
2. "Never Get Enough of You" 4:31 (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney)
3. "Eternal Love" 4:41 (Jay Asher, Paul Jabara)
4. "His Name is Michael" (featuring Peggi Blu) 3:18 (Cassandra Mills, Michael Sembello, Stephanie Mills)
5. "Here I Am" 4:13 (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney)
6. "My Body" 4:06 (Luther Vandross)
7. "Do You Love Him?" 3:47 (Barbara Moor, Betsy Durkin Matthes)
8. "Pilot Error" 5:07 (Peter Kingsbury)
9. "Since We've Been Together" 3:13 (Ralph Schluckett, R. Kleinberg)^[1]

Personnel

• Stephanie Mills: Lead and backing vocals
• Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus: Bass
• Carlos Vega, Ed Greene, John Robinson: Drums
• Buzzy Feiten, Carlos Rios, David Wolfert, Michael Sembello, Thom Rotella: Guitar
• Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee: Keyboards, Piano
• Lenny Castro, Victor Feldman: Percussion
• Danny Sembello, Ed Walsh, Ian Underwood, Johnny Mandel, Nyle Steiner: Synthesizer
• Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, Cruz Sembello, Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Michael Sembello, Myrna Smith, Peggi Blu, Stephanie Mills, Yvonne Lewis, David Wolfert: Backing Vocals
• Brad Leigh, Brian McGee, Jay Rifkin, John Arrais, Lee De Carlo, Marie Ostrosky, Peter Chaiken: Engineer

References