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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''''' is the tenth studio album by American [[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]].

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Joy
Studio album by
Teddy Pendergrass
ReleasedMay 10, 1988
Recorded1987–88
StudioQCA Studios
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
Kajem/Victory Studios
(Philadelphia)
Cherokee Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
GenreR&B, quiet storm, new jack swing
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 the tenth studio album by American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1988 on the 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 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.

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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

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