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Merciless (Stephanie Mills album)

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Track listing
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{{Infobox album
| name = Merciless
| type = studio
| artist = Stephanie Mills
| cover = Stephaniemillsmerciless.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 20, 1983
| recorded = 1982–1983
| venue =
| studio = The Hit Factory
Automated Sound Studios
(New York)
Cherokee Recording Studios
The Record Plant
Bossa Nova Hotel
(Los Angeles)
| genre = {{flatlist|

R&B
post-disco
soul}}

| length =
| label = Casablanca
| producer = {{flatlist|

David Wolfert
Gary Klein
Phil Ramone}}

| prev_title = Love Has Lifted Me
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = I've Got the Cure
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Merciless
| type = studio
| single1 = Pilot Error
| single1date = 1983
| single2 = How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
| single2date = 1983
}}
}}

Merciless is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1983 and Stephanie's second release on Casablanca Records.^[1] The album features two Billboard R&B hits "Pilot Error", a cover version of Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", and "My Body" written by singer Luther Vandross. Merciless received a nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984.

Track listing

"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (Prince) - 4:12
"Never Get Enough of You" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:31
"Eternal Love" (Jay Asher, Paul Jabara) - 4:41
"His Name is Michael" (featuring Peggi Blu) (Cassandra Mills, Michael Sembello, Stephanie Mills) - 3:18
"Here I Am" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:13
"My Body" (Luther Vandross) - 4:06
"Do You Love Him?" (Barbara Morr, Betsy Durkin Matthes) - 3:47
"Pilot Error" (Peter Kingsbery) - 5:07
"Since We've Been Together" (Ralph Schuckett, Richard Kleinberg) - 3:13

track source^[2]

Personnel

Stephanie Mills - lead and backing vocals
Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Carlos Vega, Ed Greene, John Robinson - drums
Buzzy Feiten, Carlos Rios, David Wolfert, Michael Sembello, Thom Rotella - guitar
Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee - keyboards, piano
Lenny Castro, Victor Feldman - percussion
Danny Sembello, Ed Walsh, Ian Underwood, Johnny Mandel, Nyle Steiner - synthesizer
Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, Cruz Sembello, Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Michael Sembello, Myrna Smith, Peggi Blu, Yvonne Lewis, David Wolfert - backing Vocals
David Wolfert - arrangements
Eddie Karam, Johnny Mandel - arrangement on "Do You Love Him?"

Technical

Brad Leigh, Brian McGee, Jay Rifkin, John Arrais, Lee De Carlo, Marie Ostrosky, Peter Chaiken - engineer

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	104
US Billboard Top R&B Albums^[4]	12

References

1. ^Stephanie Mills - Album Discography|Allmusic
2. ^Stephanie Mills - Merciless (LP, Album).discogs
3. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4918/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Stephanie Mills US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-05-07}}
4. ^Stephanie Mills - Chart history.Billboard

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