Norma Jean* - Norma Jean
Label:
Catalog#:
BRK 6983
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1978
Genre:
Electronic,
Funk / Soul
Style:
Disco
Tracklist
| A1 | Saturday | 6:05 | ||
| Written-By - Bernard Edwards-Nile Rodgers* , Bobby Carter* | ||||
| A2 | Having A Party | 4:28 | ||
| Written-By - Sam Cooke | ||||
| A3 | I Believe In You | 5:11 | ||
| Written-By - Chris Dawkins (2) , Norman Whitehead* | ||||
| B1 | Sorcerer | 4:58 | ||
| Written-By - Bernard Edwards-Nile Rodgers* | ||||
| B2 | So I Get Hurt Again | 4:48 | ||
| Written-By - Bernard Edwards-Nile Rodgers* | ||||
| B3 | This Is The Love | 3:03 | ||
| Written-By - Denzil Miller , Norma Jean Wright | ||||
| B4 | I Like Love | 5:42 | ||
| Written-By - Bernard Edwards-Nile Rodgers* | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Design] -
Gribbitt!
Artwork By [Photography] - Norman Seeff
Backing Vocals - Alfa Anderson , David Lasley , Diva Gray , Luther Vandross
Bass - Bernard Edwards
Conductor [Strings] - Gene Orloff
Drums - Tony Thompson (2)
Engineer - Bob Clearmountain
Engineer [Assistant] - No Way Ray Willhard*
Executive Producer - Marc Kreiner , Tom Cossie
Guitar - Nile Rodgers
Mastered By - Dennis King
Mixed By - Bernard Edwards , Bob Clearmountain , Nile Rodgers
Percussion - Sammy Figueroa
Piano - Raymond Jones
Piano [Acoustic] - Robb Sabino*
Producer, Arranged By - Nile Rodgers And Bernard Edwards*
Saxophone [Tenor] - Alex Foster
Trombone - Barry Rodgers*
Trumpet - Jon Faddis
Vibraphone [Vibes] - David Friedman
Artwork By [Photography] - Norman Seeff
Backing Vocals - Alfa Anderson , David Lasley , Diva Gray , Luther Vandross
Bass - Bernard Edwards
Conductor [Strings] - Gene Orloff
Drums - Tony Thompson (2)
Engineer - Bob Clearmountain
Engineer [Assistant] - No Way Ray Willhard*
Executive Producer - Marc Kreiner , Tom Cossie
Guitar - Nile Rodgers
Mastered By - Dennis King
Mixed By - Bernard Edwards , Bob Clearmountain , Nile Rodgers
Percussion - Sammy Figueroa
Piano - Raymond Jones
Piano [Acoustic] - Robb Sabino*
Producer, Arranged By - Nile Rodgers And Bernard Edwards*
Saxophone [Tenor] - Alex Foster
Trombone - Barry Rodgers*
Trumpet - Jon Faddis
Vibraphone [Vibes] - David Friedman
Notes
Recorded at Power Station
Mastered at Atlantic Studios
Mastered at Atlantic Studios
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Change - The Glow Of Love (LP, Album)
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She left Chic in 1978 to begin a solo career, billed as "Norma Jean" & this album was produced &, in the main, written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers as a goodbye & thankyou.
This album has the classic Edwards / Rodgers stamp all over it; rock solid groovy b lines & funky as hell whacka whacka guitar riffage... layered on top of this foundation are some classy soaring string & brass orchestration & of course Norma's sweet soulful voice.
To me the stand-out track on this album is 'I like love' which is 5.42 of pure goose-pimple inducing disco funk soul gloriousness...
Opening with a simple Rodgers guitar riff, layering on an Edwards bassline & suddenly giving way to a full on orchestration & vocals which builds & builds until it suddenly drops away at 3.03 where we are treated to a jaw-droppingly glorious 2 minutes worth of midsection breakdown with Rodgers riffing his heart out building with incremental layers of Edwards bassline, strings & Norma Jean vocals until kicking back in at 4.04 with a full on crescendo & outro...
This is utterly utterly smile-inducing & it's such a crying shame this tune wasn't pressed to 12" as it is crying out for a full phatt pressing.