Performer: Melissa Manchester
Title: Mathematics
Country: US
Released: 1985
Style: Disco, Synth-pop, Vocal, Funk
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 530
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Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Manchester was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, to a musical family. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Studio album by. Melissa Manchester. The album spawned three singles: the uptempo title track "Mathematics" was the first single and peaked at in the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Manchester's last entry to date on that chart. The next two singles, the Hi-NRG track "Energy" (the only one to have a music video) and the ballad "Just One Lifetime", failed to chart. The album itself had limited success and continued Manchester's chart decline, peaking at a low No. 144 in the USA. To date, it is her last album to chart in that country.
Melissa Manchester – Mathematics. Genre: Electronic, Funk, Soul, Pop. Style: Disco, Synth-pop, Vocal, Funk. Mathematics (Cass, Album).
She talks to PopMatters about the pluses and minuses of her 1980s experience. Read the whole interview by Charles Donovan @ PopMatters here.
On her sole MCA album, Melissa Manchester gave melody and lyric equal billing with the synth-drums and other contemporary production techniques, rather than simply serving as a singer over dance tracks, as she had on Emergency.
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Melissa Manchester - Mathematics (1985). Melissa's sole album for MCA Records. Produced by Quincy Jones. Contains the flop singles "Mathematics" and "Energy". Despite being commercially unsuccessful, I still like this album. It's all very 80s sounding for sure. Gotta love the liner notes "Body by Jake".
A1 | Victims Of The Modern HeartGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Percussion – Paulinho Da CostaProducer, Synthesizer [Dx-7, Memory Moog, Prophet V], Arranged By [Rhythm] – George Duke |
4:16 |
A2 | MathematicsBacking Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine WatersDrum Programming, Programmed By [Guitar], Arranged By, Producer [Associate] – Robbie NevilProducer, Synthesizer, Drums, Backing Vocals – Brock WalshSoloist, Saxophone – Danny PelfreySynthesizer – Tommy FaragherSynthesizer, Saxophone – Larry WilliamsTrombone – Bill Reichenbach Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyTrumpet, Piccolo Flute, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant |
4:03 |
A3 | EnergyBacking Vocals – Richard Page, Steve GeorgeBass – Abraham LaborielDrums – Carlos VegaGuitar – Lee Ritenour, Michael LandauProducer, Guitar – Trevor VeitchSynthesizer, Keyboards – Richard GibbsSynthesizer, Keyboards, Arranged By – Greg Mathieson |
3:41 |
A4 | ShockedDrum Programming, Programmed By [Guitar], Backing Vocals, Arranged By, Producer [Associate] – Robbie NevilProducer, Drums, Backing Vocals – Brock Walsh |
3:36 |
A5 | All Tied UpBacking Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine WatersDrum Programming, Programmed By [Guitar], Arranged By, Producer [Associate] – Robbie NevilProducer, Drums, Backing Vocals – Brock WalshSaxophone – Larry WilliamsSynthesizer – Tom Faragher*Trombone – Bill Reichenbach Trumpet – Gary GrantTrumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey |
3:54 |
B1 | The DreamDrums – John Robinson Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Producer, Synthesizer [Synclavier 11, Memory Moog, Prophet V], Piano [Bass Yamaha Pf 15], Arranged By – George DukeSoloist, Guitar – Steve Lukather |
4:19 |
B2 | Restless LoveArranged By [Backing Vocals], Backing Vocals – Andrea Crouch*Arranged By [Synthesizer, Strings], Producer [Associate] – John Van TongerenBacking Vocals – Jean Johnson, Maxi Anderson, Rose Banks, Tata VegaDrum Programming, Programmed By [Guitar], Backing Vocals, Arranged By – Robbie NevilProducer, Synthesizer, Drums – Brock WalshSynthesizer – Tommy Faragher |
3:40 |
B3 | Thunder In The NightBacking Vocals – Tom Kelly, Tommy FunderburkDrum Programming – Martin PageGuitar – Dan Huff*Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming – Robbie Buchanan |
3:54 |
B4 | Night CreaturesBacking Vocals – Carl Carlwell*, Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy, Petsye PowellDrums – John Robinson Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Percussion – Paulinho Da CostaProducer, Synthesizer [Synclavier 11, Memory Moog Bass], Backing Vocals, Arranged By – George Duke |
3:59 |
B5 | Just One LifetimeArranged By [Strings] – George Del BarrioBass – Freddie WashingtonCello – Douglas Davis, Earl Madison, Ray Kelley, Ronald CooperHarp – Dorothy RemsenProducer, Synthesizer [Dx-7, Synclavier 11, Prophet V], Piano [Acoustic], Arranged By – George DukeSoloist, Guitar – Michael SembelloViola – Janet Lakatos, Roland Kato, Rollice Dale, Virginia MajewskiViolin – Alexander Horvath, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Bonnie Douglas, Brenton Banks, David Frisina, Ed Green , Irma Neumann, Karen Jones , Paul Shure, Reg Hill*, Stuart Canin |
4:04 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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MCA 5587 | Melissa Manchester | Mathematics (LP, Album) | MCA Records | MCA 5587 | US | 1985 |
MCA-5587 | Melissa Manchester | Mathematics (LP, Album) | MCA Records | MCA-5587 | Canada | 1985 |
MCC- 5587 | Melissa Manchester | Mathematics (Cass, Album) | MCA Records | MCC- 5587 | Canada | 1985 |
MCAC-5587 | Melissa Manchester | Mathematics (Cass, Album) | MCA Records | MCAC-5587 | US | 1985 |
P-13132 | Melissa Manchester | Mathematics (LP, Album, Promo) | MCA Records | P-13132 | Japan | 1985 |