The album was Manchester's first studio album since leaving Arista Records, her label for ten years, after her 1983 album Emergency. Signed to MCA Records, the album was a progression of that last album, in that it relied more on a synth-pop/new wave sound rather than on her earlier singer-songwriter-styled records.
Roughly half the songs on the record were produced by George Duke, with the rest produced by Brock Walsh and a then-unknown Robbie Nevil. Robbie Buchanan produced the song "Thunder in the Night" (a song co-written by Martin Page and Diane Warren), and Trevor Veitch produced the song "Energy". Veitch also produced the song "So Full of Yourself", which was only released as the b-side to all three singles off the album. Quincy Jones served as executive producer on four songs on the LP.
The song "Just One Lifetime" was sung by Barbra Streisand to James Brolin during their wedding in 1998, and she recorded it for her 1999 album A Love Like Ours. Streisand liked the chorus of the song but not the verses, so it was asked that original songwriters Tom Snow and Manchester herself wrote new lyrics for the verses before recording it, which they duly did.
The album spawned three singles: the uptempo title track "Mathematics" was the first single and peaked at #74 in the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Manchester's last entry to date on that chart. The next two singles, the Hi-NRG track "Energy" (the only one to have a music video) and the ballad "Just One Lifetime", failed to chart. The album itself had limited success and continued Manchester's chart decline, peaking at a low No. 144 in the USA. To date, it is her last album to chart in that country.
On June 17, 2014 Geffen Records released a digital version of the album through iTunes. The album was released on compact disc on November 2, 2018 by Real Gone Music, as a 2-CD set, with the second Disc containing extended mixes of singles, unreleased songs and other material from her MCA years, such as "The Music of Goodbye", a duet with Al Jarreau.[1]
This would be Manchester's only album with MCA Records. Her only other release with the label was in early 1986, when Manchester recorded the song "The Music of Goodbye", a duet with Al Jarreau, for the soundtrack of the film Out of Africa, which was also released as a single. She left the label not long after.
Ronald Cooper, Douglas Davis, Ray Kelly and Earl Madison – cello
Dorothy Remsen – harp
Rollice Dale, Roland Kato, Janet Lakatos and Virginia Majewski – viola
Brenton Banks, Arnold Belnick, Stuart Canin, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, David Frisnia, Ed Green, Reg Hill, Alexander Horvath, Karen Jones, Irma Neumann and Paul Shure – violin
^"Melissa Manchester Mathematics--the Mca Years on Collectors' Choice Music".
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mathematics album news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Mathematics styled Ma hematics is the twelfth studio album by singer songwriter Melissa Manchester issued in April 1985 MathematicsStudio album by Melissa ManchesterReleasedApril 1985GenrePopLength39 09LabelMCAProducerGeorge Duke Brock Walsh Robbie Nevil Robbie Buchanan Trevor VeitchMelissa Manchester chronologyEmergency 1983 Mathematics 1985 Tribute 1989 Contents 1 Details 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 ReferencesDetails editThe album was Manchester s first studio album since leaving Arista Records her label for ten years after her 1983 album Emergency Signed to MCA Records the album was a progression of that last album in that it relied more on a synth pop new wave sound rather than on her earlier singer songwriter styled records Roughly half the songs on the record were produced by George Duke with the rest produced by Brock Walsh and a then unknown Robbie Nevil Robbie Buchanan produced the song Thunder in the Night a song co written by Martin Page and Diane Warren and Trevor Veitch produced the song Energy Veitch also produced the song So Full of Yourself which was only released as the b side to all three singles off the album Quincy Jones served as executive producer on four songs on the LP The song Just One Lifetime was sung by Barbra Streisand to James Brolin during their wedding in 1998 and she recorded it for her 1999 album A Love Like Ours Streisand liked the chorus of the song but not the verses so it was asked that original songwriters Tom Snow and Manchester herself wrote new lyrics for the verses before recording it which they duly did The album spawned three singles the uptempo title track Mathematics was the first single and peaked at 74 in the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Manchester s last entry to date on that chart The next two singles the Hi NRG track Energy the only one to have a music video and the ballad Just One Lifetime failed to chart The album itself had limited success and continued Manchester s chart decline peaking at a low No 144 in the USA To date it is her last album to chart in that country On June 17 2014 Geffen Records released a digital version of the album through iTunes The album was released on compact disc on November 2 2018 by Real Gone Music as a 2 CD set with the second Disc containing extended mixes of singles unreleased songs and other material from her MCA years such as The Music of Goodbye a duet with Al Jarreau 1 This would be Manchester s only album with MCA Records Her only other release with the label was in early 1986 when Manchester recorded the song The Music of Goodbye a duet with Al Jarreau for the soundtrack of the film Out of Africa which was also released as a single She left the label not long after Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Victims of the Modern Heart Roy Freeland Tom SnowGeorge Duke4 162 Mathematics Brock Walsh Robbie Nevil Melissa ManchesterBrock Walsh Robbie Nevil4 033 Energy Chip Halstead George Michael Elian Janis TunnellTrevor Veitch3 414 Shocked Walsh NevilWalsh Nevil3 365 All Tied Up Walsh NevilWalsh Nevil3 546 The Dream Billy Livsey Manchester WalshDuke4 197 Restless Love Manchester Walsh NevilWalsh John van Tongeren3 408 Thunder in the Night Martin Page Diane WarrenRobbie Buchanan3 549 Night Creatures Page Jon LindDuke4 0010 Just One Lifetime Manchester SnowDuke4 04Total length 39 09Personnel editMelissa Manchester lead vocals 1 5 7 10 vocal arrangements 1 6 9 10 all vocals 6 backing vocals 9 George Duke Yamaha DX7 1 10 Prophet 5 1 6 10 Memorymoog 1 6 9 rhythm arrangements 1 Synclavier II 6 9 10 Yamaha PF15 6 arrangements 6 9 10 backing vocals 9 acoustic piano 10 Tommy Faragher synthesizers 2 5 7 Brock Walsh synthesizers 2 4 7 drums 2 4 5 7 backing vocals 2 4 5 Larry Williams synthesizers 2 saxophones 2 5 Richard Gibbs keyboards 3 synthesizers 3 Greg Mathieson keyboards 3 synthesizers 3 arrangements 3 John Van Tongeren synthesizer and string arrangements 7 Robbie Buchanan keyboards 8 drum programming 8 Paul Jackson Jr guitars 1 6 9 Robbie Nevil guitar programming 2 4 5 7 drum programming 2 4 5 7 backing vocals 2 4 5 7 arrangements 2 4 5 7 Michael Landau guitars 3 Lee Ritenour guitars 3 Trevor Veitch guitars 3 Steve Lukather guitar solo 6 Dann Huff guitars 8 Michael Sembello guitar solo 10 Abraham Laboriel bass guitar 3 Freddie Washington bass guitar 10 Carlos Vega drums 3 John Robinson drums 6 9 10 Martin Page drum programming 8 Paulinho da Costa percussion 1 9 Danny Pelfrey saxophone solo 2 Bill Reichenbach Jr trombone 2 5 Gary Grant trumpet 2 5 flugelhorn 2 piccolo flute 2 Jerry Hey trumpet 2 5 horn arrangements 2 5 Julia Waters backing vocals 2 5 Maxine Waters backing vocals 2 5 Steve George backing vocals 3 Richard Page backing vocals 3 Andrae Crouch backing vocals 7 BGV arrangements 7 Maxi Anderson backing vocals 7 Rose Banks backing vocals 7 Jean Johnson backing vocals 7 Tata Vega backing vocals 7 Tommy Funderburk backing vocals 8 Tom Kelly backing vocals 8 Carl Carwell backing vocals 9 Lynn Davis backing vocals 9 Marcy Levy backing vocals 9 Petsye Powell backing vocals 9 Strings on Just One Lifetime George Del Barrio string arrangements Ronald Cooper Douglas Davis Ray Kelly and Earl Madison cello Dorothy Remsen harp Rollice Dale Roland Kato Janet Lakatos and Virginia Majewski viola Brenton Banks Arnold Belnick Stuart Canin Bonnie Douglas Assa Drori David Frisnia Ed Green Reg Hill Alexander Horvath Karen Jones Irma Neumann and Paul Shure violinCharts editChart Date Position US Billboard 200 1985 No 144References edit Melissa Manchester Mathematics the Mca Years on Collectors Choice Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mathematics album amp oldid 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