Face to Face (Evelyn King album)

Face to Face
Studio album by Evelyn "Champagne" King
Released November 7, 1983
Recorded 1983 at Sunset Sound Factory, Sunter Sound & Devonshire Sound Studio Hollywood, California
American Artists Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre R&B, post-disco, new wave
Length 62:33
Label RCA
Funky Town Grooves (re-issue)
Producer André Cymone
Leon Sylvers III
Foster Sylvers
Joey Gallo
Evelyn "Champagne" King chronology
Get Loose
(1982)
Face to Face
(1983)
So Romantic
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Face to Face is the sixth album released by R&B singer Evelyn "Champagne" King on the RCA label in 1983. It was produced by André Cymone, Leon Sylvers III, Foster Sylvers, and Joey Gallo.

Background

Straying from the post-disco sound prominent in her most commercially successful releases I'm in Love and Get Loose she embarked on a "punk funk" sound,[2] moving towards the musical territory of Prince and the alike. In charge of the album production and musical direction was Leon Sylvers III, SOLAR Records producer known for his work for Shalamar and The Whispers, and Andre Cymone, a former bass player for Prince, replacing Kashif and Paul Lawrence Jones III.

History

The album peaked at #24 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #91 on the Billboard 200. It produced the hit singles "Action", "Shake Down", and "Teenager". The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2011 by Funky Town Grooves Records.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Action"  Leon Sylvers III, Dana Meyers 5:50
2. "Face to Face"  André Cymone 4:55
3. "Shake Down"  Foster Sylvers, Rickey Smith, Pamela Phillips-Oland 6:20
4. "Tell Me Something Good"  Terry Murphy, Pamela Phillips-Oland, Wilmer Raglin 5:10
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "Don't It Feel Good"  André Cymone 4:07
6. "Makin' Me So Proud"  Terry Murphy, Pamela Phillips-Oland 4:17
7. "Givin' You My Love (What Cha Gonna Do With It)"  William Bryant II, Tina Scott, D'Marie Warren, Roberta Stiger, Karon Floyd 3:40
8. "Teenager"  André Cymone 3:40
9. "Let's Get Crazy"  André Cymone 3:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 91
U.S. Billboard Top Black LPs 24
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
US
Dance

[3]
1983 "Action" 75 16 13
1984 "Shake Down" 107 12 34
"Teenager" 28

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Face to Face > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. "STARS... BITS & PIECES". Ebony Jr. Johnson Publishing Company. Mar 1985.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Evelyn "Champagne" King". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

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