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Robbery album by Teena Marie was released Jul 12, 2005 on the Legacy label. A protracted absence from the studio (a one-year release gap in the '80s was equal to a five-year gap in the early 2000s) caused by a notorious legal dispute with Motown did little to stall Teena Marie's momentum. Robbery, Marie's fifth album and first for Epic, didn't perform nearly as well on the pop chart as 1981's It Must Be Magic, but the devout black following remained, which obviously had no problem with Marie's discreet slipping of a little more rock and Latin jazz into her R&B. Robbery CD music Epic wisely let their new acquisition do her thing -- it's the first album written completely by Marie, and the gradual development in her sound would pay off tenfold with 1984's crossover hit "Lovergirl." (Meanwhile, Marie's ex label was nurturing D.O.A. projects like Monalisa Young's Knife and High Inergy's Groove Patrol. ) So is Robbery merely transitional? Not at all. While directing a rotating cast of support, including but not limited to the Average White Band's Steve Ferrone, go-to Brazilian percussionist Paulinho da Costa, and undervalued keyboard wiz Patrice Rushen, Marie comes up with a set of songs that rivals anything she did for Motown. ...See Full Description

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	Trk	Song	Time	Price	Buy MP3
	1	Robbery See All 4	5:23	$0.99
	2	Playboy See All 5	5:20	$0.99
	3	Shadow Boxing See All 11	6:47	$0.99
	4	Midnight Magnet See All 4	6:03	$0.99
	5	Fix It See All 7	4:44	$0.99
	6	Ask Your Momma See All 4	5:25	$0.99
	7	Dear Lover See All 13	5:15	$0.99
	8	Stop the World See All 7	4:16	$0.99
	9	Casanova Brown See All 7	5:56	$0.99
	10	Playboy See All 5	5:48	$0.99
	11	Midnight Magnet See All 4	5:56	$0.99
	12	Fix It See All 7	8:16	$0.99
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good album
One of my favorite Teena M. albums. I have always loved Shadow Boxing and Midnight Magnet. One thing about Teena that's great - she composes and produces much of her own music. And her lyrics are interesting and not cheesy.
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great cd
sound is better than original version. classic ballads that still sound great today as well as a great remix of playboy.
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Robbery: REMIXED, REMASTERED, and REMARKABLE!
Without a doubt, Teena put her heart, foot, and soul in this concept album. After listening to the torch ballads "Dear Lover" and "Cassanova Brown" alone, I became a bonafied Teena Marie fan for life. I have every Teena Marie CD in my music collection as a result of experiencing Teena's genius on this CD, and Robbery remains my all time favorite CD by her. If you don't have this CD, it's truly one must have that shouldn't remain overlooked.
By Anthony (Menifee, CA, USA)
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A Remixed Robbery!
This album appeared in 1983 after Teena Marie's infamous Motown lawsuit and is today as it was then, an R&B masterpiece. Opening with the urgent and desperate rock guitar-infused title cut, we, the listener, are taken on a musical journey of the stuff Soul Music is made of. Also included here for the first time are remixed and instrumental extended versions of the classic Dance joint, "Playboy," along with the extended version of the album's first hit single, "Fix It." If you're a lover of classic Old School R&B, then this is Old School to it's purest degree. If you're a newer fan of Lady Tee's music, this album, aside of her Motown catalog items is an excellent place to start. Her singing is superb (as it always is) and this is a woman that successfully writes, arranges, produces and performs nearly ALL of her material singlehandedly. No other woman (other than Angela Winbush) has been able to successfully do this and Teena Marie has danced circles around Winbush anyway. Marie is a pioneer of the original firsts of women producers of R&B music. NO ONE can EVER duplicate her sound nor even her success. Robbery is a MUST HAVE in any R&B lover's library of classic Old School Funk and balladry. 'Nuff said.
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Teena's grand endeavor
This was the first creative-control effort for Teena and is packed with the fruits of her labor. So many fab memories on this one, and so-o-o-o-o funky! This entire project is infectious so I will not bother with a "Faves" list. This is a good place to start though if you are looking to add her to your collection of 80's funk-filled jams and balladry.
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Label	Legacy
Orig Year	1982
CD Universe Part number	6877624
Catalog number	93817
Discs	1
Release Date	Jul 12, 2005
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Teena Marie
Engineer	Robert Brooks
Recording Time	69 minutes
Personnel	Paulinho Da Costa - percussion Nathan East Steve Ferrone - drums Ricky Lawson John "4 Daddman" Robinson Anthony Jackson - bass instrument Teena Marie - vocals Todd Cochran - synthesizer John A. Bokowski Jr. - Fender Rhodes piano Also: Paul Jackson Jr., Stanley Clarke, Patrice Rushen