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1988 studio album by Teddy Pendergrass
Joy Released May 10, 1988 Recorded QCA Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio ; Kajem/Victory Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre R&B Length 45 :18 Label Elektra Producer Teddy Pendergrass, Miles Jaye , Nick Martinelli , Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway
Joy 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 200R&B chart , Pendergrass' highest placing on this chart since 1979's #1 album Teddy 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 .
Track listing
"Joy " (Reggie Calloway , Vincent Calloway , Joel Davis) - 6:18
"2 A.M." (James S. Carter, Kevin J. Askins, Marvin Hammett) - 5:25
"Good to You" (Miles Jaye) - 5:13
"I'm Ready" (Jaye) - 5:12
"Love Is the Power" (R. Calloway, V. Calloway, Davis) - 6:16
"This Is the Last Time" (Gabriel Hardeman , Annette Hardeman) - 6:27
"Through the Falling Rain (Love Story)" (Carter, Askins, Hammett) - 4:58
"Can We Be Lovers" (Carter, Freddie Williams) - 5:29
Personnel
Teddy Pendergrass - lead vocals
Charlene Hollaway, Cynthia Biggs, Annette Hardeman, Elizabeth Hogue, Tenita Jordan - backing vocals
Gene Robinson, Jeff Lee Johnson, Randy Bowland, William "Doc" Powell - guitar
Miles Jaye - bass guitar , percussion , synthesizers , violin Joel Davis - keyboards
Jerry Hey , Gary Grant - trumpet Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone Marc Russo - saxophone Daryl Burgee, J.T. Lewis - drums
Randy Cantor - synthesizers, strings
Douglas Grigsby III, Tom Barney - bass guitar
Donald Robinson - Rhodes , piano
John "Skip" Anderson - electric piano
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