arranged by [horn arrangements] Daniel LeMelle
arranged by [horn arrangements] Rick James
arranged by [string arrangements] Daniel LeMelle
arranged by [string arrangements] Reggie Andrews
arranged by [string arrangements] Rick James
art direction [original lp] Johnny Lee
art direction [reissue] Vartan
bass, percussion Oscar Alston
concertmaster [string session] Charles Veal Jr.
contractor [string] Rollice Dale
coordinator [reissue, photo coordination] Ryan Null
coordinator [reissue, production coordinator] Monique McGuffin
design concept [cover concept] Rick James
design [original lp, logo] Norman Moore
design [original lp] Ginny Livingston
design [reissue] Mathieu Bitton
drums Lanise Hughes
drums Steve Price
engineer [mixing] Bobby Brooks
engineer [mixing] Tom Flye
engineer [recording assistant] Michael Johnson
engineer [recording assistant] Tony Autore
engineer [recording] Bobby Brooks
engineer [recording] Rick Sanchez
engineer [recording] Tom Flye
flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Daniel LeMelle
guitar, percussion Tom McDermott
handclaps Aaron Dublin
handclaps California St. Clair
handclaps Daniel LeMelle
handclaps Levi Ruffin Jr.
handclaps Lisa Sarna
handclaps Oscar Alston
handclaps Teena Marie
handclaps Victor Reed
horns Punk Funk Horns
keyboards, clavinet, organ [hammond b3] Erskine Williams
lead vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, drums, timbales, timpani Rick James
liner notes Craig Werner
mastered by [digitally] Suha Gur
percussion Armando Peraza
percussion Bugsy Wilcox
percussion Nate Hughes
percussion Raul Rekow
photography by [original lp] Ron Slenzak
producer, arranged by Rick James
supervised by [reissue] Harry Weinger
synthesizer [string ensemble], synthesizer [obx], backing vocals Levi Ruffin Jr.
trombone, flute John Ervin
trumpet Fernando Harkless
trumpet Roy Poper
trumpet, piccolo flute, flugelhorn Cliff Ervin
vibraphone [vibes] Donny Keider
vocals [singer] Ja'net DuBois
vocals [singer] Jackie Ruffin
vocals [singer] JoAnne McDuffie
vocals [singer] Julia Tillman Waters
vocals [singer] Lawrence Hilton Jacobs
vocals [singer] Levi Ruffin Jr.
vocals [singer] Lisa Sarna
vocals [singer] Marci Thomas
vocals [singer] Maxine Willard Waters
vocals [singer] Pattie Brooks
vocals [singer] Rick James
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Records
Copyright (c) Motown Records
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Made By UML
Recorded At Record Plant, Sausalito
Recorded At Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Mixed At Westlake Audio
Mastered At Universal Mastering Studios
Published By Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Release dating from 2002 to approximately 2005, made by UML.
Later versions with same cat #:
Copies made by [l381697], dating from approximately 2005 to 2009.
Copies made by [l479093], dating from 2009 or later.

Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito, California & Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood California, December 1980-January 1981.
Mixed down at West Lake Audio, Los Angeles, California.

Original LP and 12-inch mixes digitally mastered from the original flat two-track analog master tapes at Universal Mastering Studios-East.

Publishing
1 to 4, 6 to 9: © 1981 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP).
5, 10: © 1981 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI).

UMe ℗ © 2002 Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barcode: 0 44006 40232 1
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN USA BY UML (Mould / Hub)
Matrix / Runout: 440 064 0232 01! B
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L005
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0374