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Face to Face (Evelyn King album)

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Background
History
Track listing
Personnel
Charts
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Face to Face
| type = Studio album
| artist = Evelyn "Champagne" King
| cover = Facetofacealbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 7, 1983
| recorded = 1982–1983
| venue =
| studio = Sunset Sound Factory
Sunter Sound
Devonshire Sound Studio (Hollywood, California)
American Artists Studios
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
| genre = R&B, post-disco, new wave
| length = 62:33
| label = RCA Victor
Funky Town Grooves (re-issue)
| producer = André Cymone
Leon Sylvers III
Foster Sylvers
Joey Gallo
| prev_title = Get Loose
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = So Romantic
| next_year = 1984

}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} ^[1]
}}

Face to Face is the sixth album released by R&B singer Evelyn "Champagne" King on RCA Records in 1983. It was produced by André Cymone, Leon Sylvers III, Foster Sylvers, and Joey Gallo.

Background

Straying from the post-disco sound prominent in her most commercially successful releases I'm in Love and Get Loose she embarked on a "punk funk" sound,^[2] moving towards the musical territory of Prince and the alike. In charge of the album production and musical direction was Leon Sylvers III, SOLAR Records producer known for his work for Shalamar and The Whispers, and Andre Cymone, a former bass player for Prince, replacing Kashif and Paul Lawrence Jones III.

History

The album peaked at #24 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #91 on the Billboard 200. It produced the hit singles "Action", "Shake Down", and "Teenager". The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2011 by Funky Town Grooves Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Action
| writer1 = Leon Sylvers III, Dana Meyers
| length1 = 5:50
| title2 = Face to Face
| writer2 = André Cymone
| length2 = 4:55
| title3 = Shake Down
| writer3 = Foster Sylvers, Rickey Smith, Pamela Phillips-Oland
| length3 = 6:20
| title4 = Tell Me Something Good
| writer4 = Terry Murphy, Pamela Phillips-Oland, Wilmer Raglin
| length4 = 5:10
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Don't It Feel Good
| writer5 = André Cymone
| length5 = 4:07
| title6 = Makin' Me So Proud
| writer6 = Terry Murphy, Pamela Phillips-Oland
| length6 = 4:17
| title7 = Givin' You My Love (What Cha Gonna Do With It)
| writer7 = William Bryant II, Tina Scott, D'Marie Warren, Roberta Stiger, Karon Floyd
| length7 = 3:40
| title8 = Teenager
| writer8 = André Cymone
| length8 = 3:40
| title9 = Let's Get Crazy
| writer9 = André Cymone
| length9 = 3:59
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2011 Remastered FunkyTown Grooves Bonus Tracks
| title10 = Shake Down
| note10 = Dub Version
| length10 = 6:49
| title11 = Teenager
| note11 = 12 inch Version
| length11 = 5:16
| title12 = Action
| note12 = 7 inch Version
| length12 = 3:28
| title13 = Shake Down
| note13 = 7 inch Version
| length13 = 3:54
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2012 Remastered BBR Bonus Tracks
| title10 = Shake Down
| note10 = 12" M & M Dub Mix
| length10 = 0:00
| title11 = Teenager
| note11 = 12 inch Version
| length11 = 0:00
| title12 = Action
| note12 = Single Version
| length12 = 0:00
| title13 = Shake Down
| note13 = Single Version
| length13 = 0:00
| title14 = Teenager
| note14 = Single Version
| length14 = 0:00
| title15 = Shake Down
| note15 = 12" M & M Dance Mix
| length15 = 0:00
}}

Personnel

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Lead and Backing Vocals
Foster Sylvers - Bass, Backing Vocals
Leon Sylvers III - Keyboards, Percussion
Joey Gallo, William Bryant II - Keyboards, Synthesizer Bass
Marlo Henderson, Micki Free - Guitar
Ricky Smith - Bass, Keyboards
Terry Murphy - Keyboards
Wardell Potts, Jr. - Drums
Jorge Bermudez, Terrence F. Floyd, Theodore Welch - Percussion
Dana Meyers, Karon Floyd, Doris Ann Rhodes, Germain Brooks, Sheila Rankin - Backing Vocals

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	91
U.S. Billboard Top Black LPs	24

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]	US Dance ^[3]
1983	"Action"	75	16	13
1984	"Shake Down"	107	12	34
1984	"Teenager"	—	28	—

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r2233888 |tab=review |label=Face to Face > review |first=Alex |last=Henderson |accessdate=2012-08-01 }}
2. ^{{cite journal |title= STARS... BITS & PIECES |journal=Ebony Jr. |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |date=Mar 1985 }}
3. ^¹²³{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p93992/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Evelyn "Champagne" King|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=2009-08-11}}

External links

Face to Face at Discogs

4 : 1983 albums|Evelyn "Champagne" King albums|RCA Records albums|Albums produced by Leon Sylvers III

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