Robbery

by Teena Marie

Robbery cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 September 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:53
  • Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a historic, precedent-setting legal battle with Motown Records, Teena Marie released 'Robbery' as her debut for Epic. She fiercely retained full writing and production control, delivering a dense, synthesizer-heavy masterpiece of 1980s urban contemporary music.

Genres

Descriptors: political, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Robbery (5:45)
  2. Playboy (5:30)
  3. Shadow Boxing (7:02)
  4. Midnight Magnet (5:32)
  5. Fix It (4:57)
  6. Ask Your Momma (5:34)
  7. Dear Lover (5:19)
  8. Stop The World (4:14)
  9. Cassanova Brown (6:00)

Credits

  • Ernie Watts - alto saxophone
  • Gary Herbig - tenor saxophone
  • Charles Loper - trombone
  • Dick "Slyde" Hyde - trombone
  • Chuck Findley - trumpet
  • Gary Grant - trumpet
  • Nathan East - bass
  • John Robinson - electronic drums [simmons drums]

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