You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)
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| You're Under Arrest | ||||
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| Released | April 1985 | |||
| Recorded | January 26, 1984 – January 14, 1985 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | Fusion, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Miles Davis, Robert Irving III | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Tom Hull | B[2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[4] |
You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis, presenting a mixture of pop covers (including Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature"), and original material dealing with politics, racism, pollution and war. It is the first Davis album since On the Corner in 1972 to include electric guitarist John McLaughlin.
During the recording sessions, bass player Darryl Jones introduced Sting to Davis. Jones had played in Sting’s band, and arranged the meeting as Sting had idolized Davis. Sting was startled when Davis asked if he spoke French; after Sting said yes, Davis asked him to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone over a pre-recorded musical track that was included as the album's first song.[5]
The album was one of Davis's final albums with Columbia Records after a 30-year association before moving to Warner Bros. However, the Davis album Aura was recorded in 1984 for Columbia but not released until 1989, and Columbia released many archival recordings after Davis died in 1991.
