Busy Body (album)
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ReleasedNovember 25, 1983
RecordedFebruary–August 1983
Studio
- Mediasound Studios (New York City, New York)
- Minot Sound (White Plains, New York)
- Warner Bros. Studios (Burbank, California)
- Westlake Studios, (Los Angeles, California)
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| Released | November 25, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | February–August 1983 | |||
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| Length | 41:24 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Busy Body is the third studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on November 25, 1983. It hit the number one position on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the week of April 13, 1984[5] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in January 1985.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wanted Your Love" | Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller | 5:42 |
| 2. | "Busy Body" | Vandross, Miller | 4:45 |
| 3. | "I'll Let You Slide" | Vandross, Miller | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Make Me a Believer" | Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr. | 5:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "For the Sweetness of Your Love" | Vandross, Miller | 7:28 |
| 6. | "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye?" (Duet with Dionne Warwick) | Steve Goldman | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" | Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett, Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder | 9:18 |
Personnel
- Luther Vandross – lead vocals (1–3, 5–7), backing vocals (1–3, 5–7), all vocals (4), vocal arrangements
- Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, string arrangements (2, 7), horn arrangements (4, 7), rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (4, 6, 7)
- Marcus Miller – synthesizers (1–5, 7), bass guitar, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1–3, 5)
- John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers (4, 6, 7)
- Doc Powell – guitars
- Georg Wadenius – guitars
- Yogi Horton – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Michael White – percussion (7)
- Steve Kroon – congas (1, 3, 5–7), bongos (2, 4)
- Jimmy Webb – horn and string arrangements (6)
- Alfred Brown – horn and string contractor (2, 4, 6, 7)
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
- Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2, 5–7)
- Robin Clark – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 5)
- Brenda White King – backing vocals (1–3, 5–7)
- Alfa Anderson – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 6)
- David Lasley – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Cheryl Lynn – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (3, 5)
- Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (5, 6)
- Patti Austin – backing vocals (6)
- Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (6)
- Dionne Warwick – lead vocals (6)
Production
- Larkin Arnold – executive producer
- Marcus Miller – producer (1–3, 5)
- Luther Vandross – producer
- Ray Bardani – recording, mixing
- Michael Barbiero – additional engineer
- Carl Beatty – additional engineer
- Michael Christopher – additional engineer, assistant engineer
- Paul Brown – assistant engineer
- Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
- Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer
- Harry Spiridakis – assistant engineer
- Steve Bates – mix assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Kate Jansen – album administrator
- Dana Lester – album administrator
- George Corsillo – art direction, design
- Brian Hagiwara – front and back photography
- Harry Langdon – photography of Luther Vandross
- Shep Gordon – management
- Daniel S. Markus – management
- Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company
