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Nearing the end of her troubled tenure at Arista, Melissa Manchester settled for cheesy but cheerful, synth-drenched dance-pop. Extraordinarily, it was this fluff that won her first Grammy, in the form of "You Should Hear How She Talks About You." But apart from a baffling re-recording of "Come in from the Rain," there are guilty pleasures to be found on Hey Ricky, not least its sassy title track. It's just that it's a world away from the unaffected, compelling artist Manchester had set out to be ten years before. ~ Charles Donovan
Personnel: Melissa Manchester (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); David Gates (vocals, guitar); Millie Whiteside, Lani Groves, Robin Beck, Tom Snow, Ula Hedwig (vocals, background vocals); Hamish Stuart (vocals); Dean Parks (guitar, acoustic guitar); David Spinozza, Jim Henken, Hugh McCracken, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather (guitar); Steve Cagan (strings, horns); Arif Mardin (strings, synthesizer); Cengiz Yaltkaya (strings); Don Brooks (harmonica); David Manchester (bassoon); Larry Williams (saxophone, synthesizer); Larry E. Williams (alto saxophone, synthesizer); Robbie Buchanan (piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Stuart Elster (piano); Bob Christianson (synthesizer); Ed Green , Ed Greene, Sinclair Rogers Lott, Jeff Porcaro, Sinclair Lott (drums); Sammy Figueroa (percussion).
Arranger: Arif Mardin.
Hey Ricky Music | List Price | $11.99 (You save $1.50) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Vocal, Contemporary Pop Vocals | | Label | Wounded Bird | | Orig Year | 1982 | | All Time Sales Rank |  30415  | | CD Universe Part number | 7117040 | | Catalog number | 9574 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 25, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Arif Mardin | | Personnel | Dean Parks - guitar, acoustic guitar
Dean Parks - guitar, acoustic guitar
Jeff Porcaro
Larry Williams - saxophone, synthesizer
Steve Lukather - guitar
Larry Williams - saxophone, synthesizer
Michael Landau
Hugh McCracken
Robbie Buchanan - piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Lani Groves
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