You, Me And He is a Blues album by Mtume, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked.
About
The band’s last album before breaking up in 1986, <i>You, Me and He</i> wisely capitalized on “Juicy Fruit,” Mtume’s smash hit from the previous year, which was easily one of the most brilliant songs of the '80s. “C.O.D. (I’ll Deliver)” is a blatant recapitulation of “Juicy Fruit,” but you won’t find anyone complaining about that. The beat is as leisurely as it is steely, and it possesses the listener in such an insidious way that you halfway expect it to go on forever. Nothing else on the album matches “Juicy Fruit” for pure perfection, but the theme is more or less continued on “I Simply Like,” “Prime Time,” and “To Be or Not Bop That Is the Question,” a slew of tracks that presage the impending supremacy of West Coast hip-hop. If Mtume had an overarching strength, it was their ability to build pauses into their beats. In an era where people expected pop songs to be unrelentingly busy, “You Are My Sunshine” and “You, Me and He” courageously let the drama build through the use of slow motion and negative space.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)4:00
- A2You Are My Sunshine4:24
- A3You, Me And He4:23
- A4I Simply Like5:03
Side B
- B1Prime Time5:45
- B2Tie Me Up5:18
- B3Sweet For You And Me (Monogamy Mix)5:23
- B4To Be Or Not To Bop That Is The Question (Whether We Funk Or Not)5:03
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Jump Blues
- synthetic
- groovy
- club
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bernie WorrellSYNTHESIZER
- Clarence BriceGUITAR
- Curt JonesBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR GUITAR
- David FrankSYNTHESIZER
- Dunn Pearson Jr.SYNTHESIZER
- Frank ElmoHORNS
- Gary Mudbone CooperBACKING VOCALS
- Ira SiegelRHYTHM GUITAR
- James MtumeBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS BAND, LEAD VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS
- Jimmy HeathHORNS
- Kevin RobinsonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR GUITAR
- MtumeLEAD VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS
- Philip FieldBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS BAND, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS
- Raymond JacksonBASS, GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, BASS, GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER
- Stan HarrisonHORNS
- Steve BeckerDRUMS
- TawathaBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS BAND, LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Edward MooreGUITAR, SOLOIST SOLOIST, GUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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