Emerald City is the seventh album by Teena Marie, released on July 22, 1986. It is a stylistic departure for her, with strong blues and rock 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 number 20 on the US Black Albums chart and number 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.
emerald, city, teena, marie, album, emerald, city, seventh, album, teena, marie, released, july, 1986, stylistic, departure, with, strong, blues, rock, influences, favored, over, established, soul, funk, style, concept, album, this, proved, puzzling, fans, cri. Emerald City is the seventh album by Teena Marie released on July 22 1986 It is a stylistic departure for her with strong blues and rock 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 number 20 on the US Black Albums chart and number 81 on the Billboard Albums chart Emerald CityStudio album by Teena MarieReleasedJuly 22 1986Recorded1985 1986GenreR amp B jazz blues rockLength43 03LabelEpic CBS RecordsFE 40318ProducerTeena MarieTeena Marie chronologyStarchild 1984 Emerald City 1986 Naked to the World 1988 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 amp B radio Stevie Ray Vaughan composed and performed the guitar solo on You So Heavy Bootsy Collins provided vocals on the title album track and Stanley Clarke played bass on Sunny Skies The album was reissued by SoulMusic Records in 2012 with five bonus tracks Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Spin Alternative Record Guide8 10 1 Track listing editAll 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 14Bonus tracks 2012 SoulMusic reissue Lips To Find You US instrumental Expanded Edition Love Me Down Easy US 12 inch single Expanded Edition Love Me Down Easy US instrumental 12 inch single Expanded Edition 14K track from The Goonies soundtrack Expanded Edition Lead Me On from the Top Gun soundtrack Expanded EditionReferences edit Bernstein Jonathan 1995 Teena Marie In Weisbard Eric Marks Craig eds Spin Alternative Record Guide Vintage Books pp 240 241 ISBN 0 679 75574 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emerald City Teena Marie album amp oldid 1190506738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
