Mellow Madness

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Mellow Madness
R&B
Length44:07
LabelA&M
ProducerQuincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Body Heat
(1974) 		Mellow Madness
(1975) 		I Heard That!!
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[2]

Mellow Madness is a 1975

cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, who co-wrote four of the album tracks.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Is It Love That We're Missing?" (George Johnson, Debbie Smith) (3:52)
  2. "Paranoid" (Joe Green)(2:55)
  3. "Mellow Madness" (Tom Bahler, Al Ciner, Quincy Jones, Paulette McWilliams) (3:27)
  4. "Beautiful Black Girl" (Jones, Otis Smith) (6:12)
  5. "Listen (What It Is)" (Quincy Jones, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (4:16)
  6. "Just a Little Taste of Me" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:28)
  7. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) (5:25)
  8. "Tryin' to Find Out About You" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:02)
  9. "Cry Baby" (Quincy Jones)(4:29)
  10. "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans) (7:01)

Personnel

Performance

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B 		US
Jazz
1975 Mellow Madness 16 3 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[5]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1975 "Is It Love That We're Missing?" 70 18 —
1976 "Mellow Madness" — 82 —

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ISBN 0-394-72643-X
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  3. AllMusic
  4. ^ "Quincy Jones US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  5. ^ "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
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