Female Trouble (album)
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| Female Trouble | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Label | EMI America | |||
| Producer | Dan Hartman, Nona Hendryx | |||
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Female Trouble is an album by the American musician Nona Hendryx, released in 1987.[1][2] It was her first album for EMI America.[3] The album is dedicated to Winnie Mandela.[4] "Why Should I Cry?" was the first single.[5] Female Trouble peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard 200.[6]
Female Trouble was produced mostly by Dan Hartman and Hendryx; Hendryx was unable to find a producer to helm the entire album.[7][8] Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jellybean Johnson, and the System also contributed to the album.[9][7][10] "Baby Go-Go" was written by Prince; it contains backing vocals from George Clinton and Mavis Staples.[5] "Winds of Change (Mandela to Mandela)", a duet with Peter Gabriel, was inspired by letters sent to Nelson Mandela by Winnie.[5] Bass player T. M. Stevens raps on "Big Fun".[11]
