Sweet Sensation is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1980 and produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features her biggest hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" which peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female and Best R&B Song, the former becoming her first career Grammy win. Sweet Sensation received gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Track listing All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.
Personnel Stephanie Mills – vocals Hubert Eaves III – keyboards James Mtume – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming Reggie Lucas – guitars, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer Ed Moore – guitars Basil Fearington – bass guitar Howard King – drums Gene Blanco – horn and string arrangements Wade Marcus – horn and string arrangements Tawatha Agee – backing vocals, vocal contractor Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals Brenda White King – backing vocals
Production Recorded and mixed at Sigma Sound Studios (New York, NY) James Dougherty – engineer, mixing Craig Michaels – assistant engineer Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) Glen Christensen – art direction, photography Stanley James – make-up, hair stylist
Charts
Weekly charts +Chart performance for Sweet Sensation Chart (1980) Peakposition
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Sweet Sensation Chart (1980) Position US Billboard 200 62 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 23
Singles Year Single Chart positions US USR&B USA/C US Dance UK1980 "Sweet Sensation" 52 3 — 5 — "Never Knew Love Like This Before" 6 12 5 5 4
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