Today Marks The 42nd Anniversary of Teena Marie’s 5th Studio Album “Robbery” Originally Released on September 18, 1983.
“Robbery” is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Teena Marie, released in 1983 on Epic Records.
The album reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Black LPs chart and at #119 on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart.
Three songs were released as singles from the album "Fix It", "Midnight Magnet" and "Dear Lover".
"Fix It" reached #21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and at #41 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
"Midnight Magnet" reached #36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
"Dear Lover" reached #77 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
The album was released after a two year hiatus after Teena Marie got into a heated legal battle with Motown Records over her contract and disagreements about releasing her new material. The lawsuit resulted in "The Brockert Initiative", which made it illegal for a record company to keep an artist under contract without releasing new material for that artist. In such instances, artists are able to sign and release with another label instead of being held back by an unsupportive one.
The album was written and produced by Marie herself and features contributions from Patrice Rushen, Paulinho da Costa, and Steve Ferrone among others. However, the album did not repeat the success of her last Motown release It Must Be Magic in 1981.
In 2012, the album was re-released in a remastered and expanded CD edition containing four additional tracks.
Track-listing
1. Robbery
2. Playboy
3. Shadow Boxing
4. Midnight Magnet
5. Fix It
6. Ask Your Momma
7. Dear Lover
8. Stop the World
9. Cassanova Brown
10. Playboy (US 12" Remix)
11. Fix It (US 12" Remix)
12. Fix It (Instrumental)(US 12" Remix)
13. Midnight Magnet" (US 12" Instrumental)
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology.
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