Vanity 6 - Vanity 6
Label:
Catalog#:
9 23716-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1988
Genre:
Electronic,
Funk / Soul
Style:
Electro,
Synth-pop,
Funk,
Disco
Tracklist
| 1 | Nasty Girl | 5:10 | ||
| Written By - Vanity 6 | ||||
| 2 | Wet Dream | 4:12 | ||
| Written By - Vanity 6 | ||||
| 3 | Drive Me Wild | 2:31 | ||
| Lead Vocals, Written-By - Susan Moonsey | ||||
| 4 | He's So Dull | 2:32 | ||
| Written By - Dez (2) , Vanity | ||||
| 5 | If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) | 5:34 | ||
|
Lead Vocals -
Brenda Bennett
Written By - Terry Lewis , Vanity 6 | ||||
| 6 | Make Up | 2:40 | ||
| Lead Vocals, Written-By - Susan Moonsey | ||||
| 7 | Bite The Beat | 3:12 | ||
|
Lead Vocals, Written-By -
Brenda Bennett
Written By - Jesse Johnson | ||||
| 8 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 5:24 | ||
| Written By - Vanity | ||||
Credits
Featuring [Musicians] -
Time, The
Lead Vocals - Vanity (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8)
Producer, Arranged By - Jamie Starr , Vanity 6
Lead Vocals - Vanity (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8)
Producer, Arranged By - Jamie Starr , Vanity 6
Notes
LP originally released in 1982.
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Reviews & Discussion
An essential funk/synthpop album, which is the perfect epitomy of Prince's then brilliant producer talent. My personal highlights here are Nasty Girl and I A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up). The first seems to have been, well, a big "inspiration" for the Neptunes-produced "I'm A Slave For You" by Britney (listen to the rhythm!) - but you can also find references to this huge funk cut in other r'n'b tracks, such as Joyce 'Fenderella' Irby's "Let's Do It". The second is worth the listen for Prince part alone (he plays the part of an 'irresistible bitch' having an argument with the Vanity 6 girls).
Classic funk! So what if Vanity was replaced by Apollonia when she didn't make the final cut to star opposite Prince in Purple Rain? The 'heart & soul' of Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 were in the writing and production of the songs - handled of course by Prince (as Jamie Starr) and Jam & Lewis of the then fledgling Time. All that withstanding, this one's worth listening to just to hear Vanity and Brenda catfighting via the phone with another girl (voice supplied by a vocoded Prince)... this is when Prince and his entourage were truly at their best.