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'''''Joy''''' is a studio album by the American singer [[Teddy Pendergrass]], released in 1988 on [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]. Production credits on the album were split between Reggie and [[Vincent Calloway]], [[Nick Martinelli]], [[Miles Jaye]] and Pendergrass himself.

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'''''Joy''''' is the tenth studio album by [[R&B]] singer [[Teddy Pendergrass]], released in 1988 on the [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] label. Production credits on the album were split between Reggie and [[Vincent Calloway]], [[Nick Martinelli]], [[Miles Jaye]] and Pendergrass himself.


''Joy'' peaked at #54 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and #2 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B chart]], Pendergrass' highest placing on this chart since 1979's #1 album ''[[Teddy (album)|Teddy]]''. The album also spawned two top three [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B singles]] in the chart-topping [[Joy (Teddy Pendergrass song)|title track]] (Pendergrass' second solo R&B #1, following "[[Close the Door (Teddy Pendergrass song)|Close the Door]]" in 1978) and "2 A.M." (#3). It was also the only solo Pendergrass album to reach the top 50 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]].
''Joy'' peaked at #54 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and #2 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B chart]], Pendergrass' highest placing on this chart since 1979's #1 album ''[[Teddy (album)|Teddy]]''. The album also spawned two top three [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B singles]] in the chart-topping [[Joy (Teddy Pendergrass song)|title track]] (Pendergrass' second solo R&B #1, following "[[Close the Door (Teddy Pendergrass song)|Close the Door]]" in 1978) and "2 A.M." (#3). It was also the only solo Pendergrass album to reach the top 50 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]].


==Critical reception==
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The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called the album "an accomplished meditation on romantic love and perhaps an exercise in imagination."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=John |title=Pop, Soul, and Sex |work=Chicago Tribune |date=28 Apr 1988 |page=17C}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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*Donald Robinson - [[Fender Rhodes|Rhodes]], [[piano]]
*Donald Robinson - [[Fender Rhodes|Rhodes]], [[piano]]
*John "Skip" Anderson - [[electric piano]]
*John "Skip" Anderson - [[electric piano]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


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Revision as of 12:13, 12 April 2023

Joy
Studio album by
Teddy Pendergrass
Released1988
RecordedQCA Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio; Kajem/Victory Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Length45:18
LabelElektra
ProducerTeddy Pendergrass, Miles Jaye, Nick Martinelli, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway
Teddy Pendergrass chronology
Workin' It Back
(1985) 		Joy
(1988) 		Truly Blessed
(1991)

Joy is a studio album by the American singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1988 on Elektra. Production credits on the album were split between Reggie and Vincent Calloway, Nick Martinelli, Miles Jaye and Pendergrass himself.

Joy peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the R&B chart, Pendergrass' highest placing on this chart since 1979's #1 album Teddy. The album also spawned two top three R&B singles in the chart-topping title track (Pendergrass' second solo R&B #1, following "Close the Door" in 1978) and "2 A.M." (#3). It was also the only solo Pendergrass album to reach the top 50 in the UK.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

The Chicago Tribune called the album "an accomplished meditation on romantic love and perhaps an exercise in imagination."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Joy" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis) - 6:18
  2. "2 A.M." (James S. Carter, Kevin J. Askins, Marvin Hammett) - 5:25
  3. "Good to You" (Miles Jaye) - 5:13
  4. "I'm Ready" (Jaye) - 5:12
  5. "Love Is the Power" (R. Calloway, V. Calloway, Davis) - 6:16
  6. "This Is the Last Time" (Gabriel Hardeman, Annette Hardeman) - 6:27
  7. "Through the Falling Rain (Love Story)" (Carter, Askins, Hammett) - 4:58
  8. "Can We Be Lovers" (Carter, Freddie Williams) - 5:29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Milward, John (28 Apr 1988). "Pop, Soul, and Sex". Chicago Tribune. p. 17C.
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