Teena Marie - Robbery - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - Deface The Currency / The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis announce their second collaborative album, Deface The Currency, on Impulse! Records. This new album preserves the tightness and variety of their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album, but reveals new levels of confidence and risk over seven tracks. Deface The Currency - a statement of vigor, sensitivity and spontaneity- is a result of the band playing 150 shows together in one year. More than any earlier statement by the band, Deface The Currency seamlessly melds the sounds that make up it's collective DNA, from punk rock to free jazz and funk, balancing compositional precision with palpable improvisational fire. Album Tracks 1. Deface the Currency 2. Gestations 3. 30 Years of Knowing 4. Rules of the Game 5. Universal Security 6. Clutch 7. Serpent Tongue (Slight Return)

Album Tracks 1. Lovergirl 2. Work It 3. Ooo la la la 4. If I Were a Bell 5. Dear Lover 6. Here's Looking at You 7. Call Me (I Got Yo Number) 8. Cassanova Brown 9. My Dear Mr. Gaye 10. Out on a Limb

With its bold blue of-the-era cover art, 1984's STARCHILD proved to be Teena Marie's biggest record by offering up an appealing fusion of synth-heavy pop, R&B, and funk. Led by the inescapable smash hit InchLovergirl,Inch the album was the first major success for the expressive vocalist (born Mary Christine Brockert) after her very public '82 split with the Motown tag. In addition to the vibrant InchLovergirl,Inch STARCHILD also features the emotive ballad InchOut on a Limb,Inch the groove-laden title track, and InchMy Dear Mr. Gaye,Inch a touching tribute to Marvin Gaye that was issued mere months after the soul icon's tragic death. Album Tracks 1. Lovergirl 2. Help Youngblood Get to the Freaky Party 3. Out on a Limb 4. Alibi 5. Jammin 6. Starchild 7. We've Got to Stop (Meeting Like This) 8. My Dear Mr. Gaye 9. Light