I Want Your Love is the debut album by American dance/pop singer, Brenda K. Starr. While it was a small label release on Mirage Records, distributed by Atlantic Records, It featured her first Freestyle music hit, "Pickin' Up Pieces," which peaked at #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1986. Other noteworthy songs on the album include "Love Me Like The First Time", which would be recorded soon after by r&b/soul artist Stacy Lattisaw. While contemporary listeners will liken this album to the similar style of Latin Freestyle, many of the songs were produced in a sleeker, more polished, electro style. While the album itself was not a blockbuster success, Starr soon found herself on MCA Records for the release of her second, self titled, studio album.
Track listing "Suspicion" (Lotti Golden, Richard Scher) 5:18 "Pickin' Up Pieces" (Golden, Arthur Baker) 4:40 "Look Who's Cryin' Now" (Starr, Scher, Golden) 4:57 "I Want Your Love" (Nile Rodgers) 4:55 "Boys Like You" (Golden, Scher) 6:00 "I Can Love You Better" (Sturken, Rogers) 5:02 "Love Me Like the First Time" (Frank Wildhorn, Gary Benson) 3:19 "You're the One For Me" (Sturken, Rogers) 4:40 "Pickin' Up Pieces" (long version) 6:38 "Pickin' Up Pieces" (instrumental) 6:28 "Suspicion" (remix) 6:06 "Suspicion" (dub version) 5:12
Personnel Brenda K. Starr: Vocals, Rap MCA: Rap Bo Brown, BJ Nelson, Craig Derry, Will Downing, Lotti Golden, Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizelle, Evan Rogers: Vocal Backing Richard Scher: Keyboards, Synth Bass, Drum Programming, Simmons Drum Overdubs, Backing Vocals Andy Schwartz: Acoustic Piano G.E. Smith, Ira Siegel, Charlie Street, Skip McDonald: Guitars Carl Sturken: Guitars, Keyboards Doug Wimbish, John Nevin: Bass Arthur Baker: Bass, Drums Cosa: Congas
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