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Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album)

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Sweet Sensation

Studio album by

Stephanie Mills

Released

April 16, 1980

Recorded

1979–1980

Studio

Sigma Sound, New York City

James Mtume

Reggie Lucas

Stephanie Mills chronology

What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
(1979)

Sweet Sensation
(1980)

Stephanie
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Billboard	(unrated)^[2]

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 USBillboard 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.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.

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"		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 John Simmons	4:25

Personnel[edit]

Stephanie Mills – vocals
Hubert Eaves III – keyboards
James Mtume – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer
Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
Reggie Lucas – guitars, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer
Ed Moore – guitars
Basil Fearington – bass guitar
Howard King – drums
Gene Blanco – horn and string arrangements
Wade Marcus – horn and string arrangements
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals, vocal contractor
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
Brenda White King – backing vocals

Recorded and Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios (New York, NY)
James Dougherty – engineer, mixing
Craig Michaels – assistant engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
Glen Christensen – art direction, photography
Stanley James – make-up, hair stylist

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart performance for *Sweet Sensation*
Chart (1980)	Peak position
USBillboard 200^[4]	16
USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	3

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for *Sweet Sensation*
Chart (1980)	Position
USBillboard 200^[6]	62
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	23

Singles[edit]

Year	Single	Chart positions^[8]^[9]
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

References[edit]

^ Sweet Sensation reviewatAllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

^ "Review: Stephanie Mills – Sweet Sensation" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 16. April 19, 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2020 – via American Radio History.

^ "Stephanie Mills US certification history". riaa.com. Retrieved August 26, 2009.

^ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

^ "Stephanie Mills Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

^ "Stephanie Mills chart history". billboard.com. Retrieved August 26, 2009.

^ "Stephanie Mills Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 26, 2009.

v t e 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!
Compilations	In My Life: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (1985–1993)
Singles	"What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" "Never Knew Love Like This Before" "Two Hearts" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Medicine Song" "King Holiday" "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" "I Feel Good All Over" "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" "If I Were Your Woman" "Where Is the Love" "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)" "Home" "This Christmas" "We Are Family"
Related topics	Discography Maggie Flynn The Wiz

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