Amii Stewart (album) explained

Amii Stewart
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Amii Stewart
Cover:	Amii Stewart - Amii Stewart (1983 album).jpg
Released:	1983
Recorded:	1983
Genre:	R&B, Dance-pop, Disco
Label:	RCA Victor
Producer:	Simon Boswell
Prev Title:	I'm Gonna Get Your Love
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Try Love
Next Year:	1984

Amii Stewart is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1983 which includes hit single "Working Late Tonight" as well as covers of two songs from Donna Summer's unreleased 1981 album I'm a Rainbow. In 2015, Funky Town Grooves announced they would be reissuing the album on CD for the first time ever.

Cover version

Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan covered "Working Late Tonight" in Turkish the same year as "Uykusuz her gece" ("Every Night Without Sleep") on her album Süperstar 83.^[1]

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Working Late Tonight" (Mario Capuano, Simon Boswell)- 4:04
2. "Nobody but Me" (Leslie Mándoki) - 3:30
3. "Sweet Emotion" (Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay) - 3:47
   • Originally recorded by Donna Summer for her unreleased I'm a Rainbow album (1981, released 1996).
4. "Don't Ask Me Why" (Leslie Mándoki) - 3:35
5. "Take a Heart" (Miki Dallon) - 3:28

Side B:

1. "Beginning of the End" (Gerard McMahon, Tom Bahlen) - 3:56
2. "You to Me" (Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay) - 4:41
   • Originally recorded by Donna Summer for her unreleased I'm a Rainbow album (1981, released 1996).
3. "Say Goodbye to Love" (Simon Boswell) - 4:02
4. "Once Again" (Vili Lakatos) - 3:43

Personnel

• Amii Stewart - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Corrado Rustici - guitar
• Simon Boswell - guitar, synthesizer
• Vili Lakatos - piano, synthesizer
• Stefano Senesi - synthesizer
• Aldo Banfi - Synclavier
• Dario Massari - Fairlight programming
• Jeremy Meek - bass
• James Lane - drums
• Mel Collins - saxophone
• Charles Cannon, Douglas Meakin, Simona Pirone - backing vocals
• Leandro Leandri, Raffaele Cricchi, Sandro Secondino, Vincent Messina - fingersnaps on "Take a Heart"

Production

• Simon Boswell - Producer, Arranger, Mixing
• Leandro Leandri - Engineer, Mixing
• Raffaele Chicchi, Sandro Secondino - Assistant Engineers
• Guido Di Toma - Mastering (half-speed)

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Notes and References

1. http://my.opera.com/zapata55/blog/2008/02/12/our-golden-songs-orjinal-of-36-turkish-hits Our Golden Songs Orjinal Of 36 Turkish Hits (Müzik)
2. http://www.discogs.com/Amii-Stewart-Amii-Stewart/release/916617 Amii Stewart- Amii Stewart (1983) LP @Discogs.com