Album
Serious
1986 · Electronic, Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Serious is a Soul & Funk album by Donna Allen, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 37 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- synthetic
- swaggering
- hedonistic
U.S. 7" retail release: circa October 1986 (new release reviewed in Oct. 18 issue of Billboard)
• Billboard Hot Black Singles chart debut: 15 Nov 1986
• Billboard Hot 100 chart debut: 14 Feb 1987
U.S. 12" retail release: circa November 1986
• charted as an import in Holland on 29 Nov 1986
• Billboard Hot Dance/Disco 12" Singles Sales chart debut: 13 Dec 1986
Released on TSR in Germany in late 1986 (11-86 mastering dates on some records).
First UK release via Priority/CBS was scheduled for the last week of March 1987; chart debut occurred in mid-April.
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Bob RegelEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Bob RegelEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER
- Bob RogelEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Charles ParryEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Charles ParryEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER
- Fernando PrunaEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Fernando PrunaEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER
- Lou PacePRODUCER
- Lou PacePRODUCER, WRITTEN BY
- Lou PaceWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER
- Philip WestENGINEER [VOCALS]
- Robert RogelEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Songwriting
- Donna Allen
- The Blitz
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 37 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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