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Track List
01) The Belle of St. Mark
02) Shortberry Strawcake
03) Noon Rendezvous
04) Oliver's House
05) Next Time Wipe the Lipstick Off Your Collar
06) The Glamorous Life
07) The Glamorous Life (club edit)
01) The Belle of St. Mark
02) Shortberry Strawcake
03) Noon Rendezvous
04) Oliver's House
05) Next Time Wipe the Lipstick Off Your Collar
06) The Glamorous Life
07) The Glamorous Life (club edit)
5:12
4:46
3:55
6:20
3:52
9:03
6:34
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First Released
1984
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The Glamorous Life (full title Sheila E. In The Glamorous Life) is the first album by Sheila E..
Credits on the album state that the album was "directed by Sheila E. and The Starr Company", but in fact all six tracks were produced, written, and arranged by Prince (with input and help from Sheila E.).
Prince urged Sheila E. to record a solo album starting in February 1984, when she came to visit him at Sunset Sound during sessions that yielded songs that ended up on the Around The World In A Day album, following a friendship which had begun almost six years earlier.
She wasn't very comfortable singing lead vocals, although she had sung background vocals for other artists; Prince and Sheila E. began by recording Erotic City (in late March 1984), which was used as the b-side of Let's Go Crazy, before he had her record vocals over some tracks he had originally tentatively intended for Apollonia 6.
Prince suggested she shorten her stage name from Sheila Escovedo to Sheila E., and took the finished tapes to his management company, who introduced Sheila E. to Warner Bros
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When Sheila Escovedo started going by Sheila E. and soared to the top of the R&B charts with 1984's "The Glamorous Life," those who didn't know anything about her background assumed that she was just another Vanity or another Apollonia -- in other words, a sexploitive Prince disciple who was entertaining but had limited ability as a vocalist. It's true that the singer/drummer/percussionist doesn't have a great voice, but anyone who was hip to her work with Azteca, Pete Escovedo (her father), and George Duke knew that she was an excellent musician. As a drummer/percussionist, Escovedo has major chops -- and even though she doesn't have a mind-blowing vocal range, she has no problem getting her points across on her debut solo album, The Glamorous Life. Produced by Prince, this is one of the best albums that came out of the Purple One's Minneapolis funk-rock empire in the 1980s. The hit title song is a classic, and the same goes for the quirky, new wave-ish "Oliver's House," the Latin-tinged "The Belle of St. Mark," and the funky instrumental "Shortberry Strawcake." Although Prince's stamp is all over this LP, Escovedo did most of the writing herself. The Glamorous Life isn't the only excellent album that Escovedo provided in the 1980s, but it's definitely the most essential.
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Available in:
The Glamorous Life (full title Sheila E. In The Glamorous Life) is the first album by Sheila E..
Credits on the album state that the album was "directed by Sheila E. and The Starr Company", but in fact all six tracks were produced, written, and arranged by Prince (with input and help from Sheila E.).
Prince urged Sheila E. to record a solo album starting in February 1984, when she came to visit him at Sunset Sound during sessions that yielded songs that ended up on the Around The World In A Day album, following a friendship which had begun almost six years earlier.
She wasn't very comfortable singing lead vocals, although she had sung background vocals for other artists; Prince and Sheila E. began by recording Erotic City (in late March 1984), which was used as the b-side of Let's Go Crazy, before he had her record vocals over some tracks he had originally tentatively intended for Apollonia 6.
Prince suggested she shorten her stage name from Sheila Escovedo to Sheila E., and took the finished tapes to his management company, who introduced Sheila E. to Warner Bros
User Album Review
When Sheila Escovedo started going by Sheila E. and soared to the top of the R&B charts with 1984's "The Glamorous Life," those who didn't know anything about her background assumed that she was just another Vanity or another Apollonia -- in other words, a sexploitive Prince disciple who was entertaining but had limited ability as a vocalist. It's true that the singer/drummer/percussionist doesn't have a great voice, but anyone who was hip to her work with Azteca, Pete Escovedo (her father), and George Duke knew that she was an excellent musician. As a drummer/percussionist, Escovedo has major chops -- and even though she doesn't have a mind-blowing vocal range, she has no problem getting her points across on her debut solo album, The Glamorous Life. Produced by Prince, this is one of the best albums that came out of the Purple One's Minneapolis funk-rock empire in the 1980s. The hit title song is a classic, and the same goes for the quirky, new wave-ish "Oliver's House," the Latin-tinged "The Belle of St. Mark," and the funky instrumental "Shortberry Strawcake." Although Prince's stamp is all over this LP, Escovedo did most of the writing herself. The Glamorous Life isn't the only excellent album that Escovedo provided in the 1980s, but it's definitely the most essential.
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