Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
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Artist: Sheila E.Brand: SHEILA E.
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-07-11
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Belle of St. Mark
- Shortberry Strawcake
- Noon Rendezvous
- Oliver's House
- Next Time Wipe the Lipstick off Your Collar
- Glamorous Life
- Glamorous Life [Club Edit][*]
Music reviews of The Glamorous Life
Music Review: Sheila E.'s Slammin' Debut ala His Royal Badness @ The Height Of His Purple Reign!!
Rating: 5 Stars
During the magical summer of 1984, Prince Rogers Nelson,
a young upstart musical genius out of Minneapolis had finally
come into his own on the world pop/rock stage with a blockbuster
semi-biographical movie "Purple Rain" and it's amazing innovative
soundtrack which was well atop the POP and R&B charts for weeks,
would go on to sell 16 million copies, and win an Oscar for best soundtrack!
To say that the world was his oyster at this time would be a gross understatement!
Always sharp & industrious, the prolific musical mastermind had already given the
world one of the funkiest bands this side of the 70's in THE TIME as well as
two sexy girl groups (Vanity 6 / Apollonia 6) who had potent hits at the time
but proved to be more dispensable. He decided to add another formidible protege'
to his purple roster in the summer of '84 with the addition of one Sheila Escovedo
or "Sheila E." as she was coined by him. Sheila E. had been a respected percussionist
on the jazz scene, playing behind greats like George Duke and others.
She had also toured and did session work with pop greats like Lionel Richie,
The Jacksons and others. She heralded from a respected musical family, so her pedrigree
was well documented within the industry. But Prince being Prince, he had a definite
vision for how this dynamic female drummer/percussionist would fit within his
"Purple Empire", and so in addition to giving her a new name & persona, he also
found a way to utilize some excess tracks he had in reserve.
As he did on The Time's 1981 self-titled debut, Prince (aka Jaime Starr)
produced, composed, arranged and performed most every instrument on every track
that you hear within this album and placed Sheila E. in the starring role of
"The Glamorous Life"!!--the rest, as they say, was history!
The title track is a tour de force in both Minneapolis and 80's funk!
This joint used to set the club off back in summer/fall of 1984 along with
another Prince/Sheila E. collab which I wish could've been on this album called
"Erotic City", which Prince used as a B-Side to "Let's Go Crazy".
When those two songs came on back in my club and house party days, it was all over!
(Does anybody remember dances like The Prep, The Smurf, The Bedrock, The Cabbage Patch, etc.??)
In addition to the title track, other slammin' tracks on here are "The Belle Of St. Mark"
which was pure 1984 Prince and Sheila E.'s second single from this gold plus-selling album.
The stank-funky instrumental "Strawberry Shortcake", the groovin' fun funk of "Oliver's House"
and the drama-filled slow jams "Noon Rendevouz" and "Next Time, Wipe That Lipstick Off Your Collar"
close out the rest of this memorable debut with a bang!
This album was short, sweet, funky & to the point....
Just enough to make you tune in for the next Sheila E. chapter,
which was 1985's "Romance 1600", which featured another Prince/Sheila E.
collab called "Love Bizarre" which was a huge hit.
Anybody lucky enough to see Prince during his amazing Purple Rain Tour of '84/'85
knew that Sheila E. and her band (formed after this album was released),
were the opening act to Apollonia 6, The Time, and the headliner, his royal badness, PRINCE himself!
I saw that show 3 times in Miami, Orlando and Tallahassee, FL in early 1985...
one of the best shows I've seen in a history of great concerts!
This album is still a funk essential!--Buy It! (-:
Description of The Glamorous Life
No Description AvailableNo Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: SHEILA E.
Title: GLAMOROUS LIFE
Street Release Date: 07/06/1987
Genre: SOUL/R & B
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