Payne & Pleasure

Payne & Pleasure
Studio album by
Freda Payne
Released1974
GenresPop, R&B
LabelABC/Dunhill
ProducerMcKinley Jackson
Freda Payne chronology
Reaching Out
(1973)		 Payne & Pleasure
(1974)		 Out of Payne Comes Love
(1975)
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Payne & Pleasure is Freda Payne's fifth American-released album and her first for the ABC/Dunhill label, released in 1974 (ABC owned Payne's previous label, Impulse! Records as well). The album was produced by McKinley Jackson. It consists of four songs co-written by Lamont Dozier's brother, Reginald ("Reggie"), along with three covers (the Carpenters' hit "I Won't Last a Day Without You," "The Way We Were" [from the film of the same name], and Leon Russell's "A Song for You"). The album was reissued on CD on November 17, 2009. The reissue contains a biographical essay (sourced by interviews with Freda Payne and Lamont Dozier) of Payne's life and career by A. Scott Galloway.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Yours to Have"Reginald Dozier, McKinley Jackson4:15
2."Didn't I Tell You"Reginald Dozier, Althea King3:28
3."I Get Carried Away"Reginald Dozier, Althea King4:19
4."Run for Your Life"McKinley Jackson, Barney Perkins3:29
5."Don't Wanna Be Left Out"Reginald Dozier, McKinley Jackson6:32
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shadows on the Wall"McKinley Jackson, Barney Perkins5:07
2."I Won't Last a Day Without You"Paul Williams, Roger Nichols4:29
3."The Way We Were"Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman3:42
4."A Song for You"Leon Russell5:52

Personnel

Musicians on "It's Yours to Have," "Didn't I Tell You," "Run for Your Life"

Musicians on "A Song for You," "Shadows on the Wall"

Musicians on "I Get Carried Away," "Don't Wanna Be Left Out," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," "The Way We Were"

Solo work by:

CD reissue credits

References

  1. ↑ "Payne & Pleasure". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ Freda Payne – Payne & Pleasure (liner notes): 1974.
  3. ↑ https://www.sessiondays.com/2018/02/1974-freda-payne-payne-pleasure/