Suddenly is the debut studio album by American jazz bass-guitarist Marcus Miller, released in 1983.[2][3][4]
| Suddenly | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | August–December 1982 | |||
| Studio | Minot Sound, White Plains, New York; Celebration Recording Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 43:23 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Marcus Miller, Michael Colina, Ray Bardani | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The album was re-released in 1999.
Track listing edit
All tracks composed by Marcus Miller except where noted.
- "Lovin' You"
- "Much Too Much"
- "Suddenly" (Miller, Mainor Ramsay)
- "Just For You"
- "The Only Reason I Live"
- "Just What I Needed"
- "Let Me Show You"
- "Be My Love" (Miller, Luther Vandross)
- "Could It Be You"
Personnel edit
- Marcus Miller – lead and backing vocals, bass guitars, keyboards, guitars, clarinet, drum programming
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion
- Mike Mainieri - vibraphone
- Yvonne Lewis, Luther Vandross, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White King - backing vocals
- David Sanborn - alto saxophone
- Buddy Williams, Yogi Horton, Harvey Mason - drums
- Nick Moroch - acoustic guitar
- Dean Crandall, Lewis Paer - 2-string bass guitar
- Eric Bartlett - cello
- Anca Nicolau, Carol Pool, Eriko Sato, Guillermo Figueroa, Joanna Jenner, Kineko Barbini, Martha Caplin-Silverman, Naoko Tanaka, Robert Chausow, Ruth Waterman - violin
- Maureen Gallagher, Valerie Haywood - viola
- Michael Colina - string arrangements on "Just For You" and "Could It Be You"
Production
- Ray Bardani – recording and mixing engineer
- Daniel Christopher – assistant engineer
- Eddie Osario – assistant engineer
- Michael Morongell – assistant engineer
- Phil Burnett – assistant engineer
- Steven Remote – assistant engineer
- Wayne Yurgelin – assistant engineer
- George Holz – front cover photography
References edit
- ^ Hogan, Ed. Suddenly at AllMusic
- ^ "Top album picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 26 March 1983. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Ratiner, Tracie (2008). Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music. Gale Cengage Learning. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7876-9614-6. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Gregory, Hugh (1995). Soul Music A-z. Da Capo Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-306-80643-8. Retrieved 3 August 2020.