Sweet Sensation (album)

Sweet Sensation

Released

April 16, 1980

Recorded

1979–1980

Studio

Sigma Sound Studios
(New York City, New York)

What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin'
(1979)

Sweet Sensation
(1980)

Stephanie
(1981)

Sweet Sensation is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. Released in 1980, 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 sells over 500,000 copies.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweet Sensation"		4:30
2.	"Try My Love"	Tawatha Agee Hubert Eaves III	3:50
3.	"I Just Wanna Say"		6:10
4.	"Wish That You Were Mine"	Peabo Bryson	4:33
5.	"D-A-N-C-I-N'"	Edward Moore Howard King	5:41
6.	"Still Mine"		5:43
7.	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"		5:27
8.	"Mixture of Love"	Joe Mills J. Simmons	4:25

Producer – James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
Howard King – drums
Basil Fearrington – bass
James Mtume – keyboards
Hubert Eaves III – keyboards
Reggie Lucas – guitar
Ed Moore – guitar
James Mtume – percussion
Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
Tawatha Agee, Gwen Guthrie, Brenda White, James Mtume, Reggie Lucas – background vocals
James Mtume and Reggie Lucas – Rhythm arrangements
Tawatha Agee, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas – Vocal arrangements
Tawatha Agee – Vocal contractor
Gene Blanco – String and horn arrangements
Wade Marcus – String and horn arrangements

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	16
US Billboard Top R&B Albums^[3]	3

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]^[5]
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US A/C	US Dance	UK
1980	"Sweet Sensation"	52	3	—	5	—
1980	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	6	12	5	5	4

Stephanie Mills

Studio albums	Movin' in the Right Direction For the First Time What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin' Sweet Sensation Stephanie Tantalizingly Hot Love Has Lifted Me Merciless I've Got the Cure Stephanie Mills If I Were Your Woman Home Christmas Something Real Personal Inspirations Born for This!

Singles	"What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin" "You Can't Get Over" "Put Your Body in It" "Sweet Sensation" "Never Knew Love Like This Before" "Two Hearts" "Last Night" "Keep Away Girls" "Pilot Error" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Medicine Song" "King Holiday" "Stand Back" "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" "Rising Desire" "I Feel Good All Over" "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" "Secret Lady" "If I Were Your Woman" "Where Is the Love" "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)" "Home" "Comfort of a Man" "All Day, All Night" "Never Do You Wrong"

Related topics	Discography Maggie Flynn The Wiz

Book:Stephanie Mills

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