Tasty
Studio album by
Patti LaBelle
ReleasedMay 19, 1978[1]
Recorded1978
StudioThe Automatt (San Francisco, California).
GenreSoul, disco
Length47:12
LabelEpic
ProducerDavid Rubinson
Patti LaBelle chronology
Patti LaBelle
(1977) 		Tasty
(1978) 		It's Alright with Me
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Tasty is the second solo album released by recording artist Patti LaBelle, her second solo album with Epic Records. Compared to the success of her debut album, released the previous year, the album performed only modestly well but featured the popular tunes "Eyes in the Back of My Head", which became a club hit, the Latin soul flavored "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)", the David Lasley composition "I See Home" (covered a year later by Tina Turner) and the ballad "Little Girls". "Eyes in the Back of My Head" became an international hit reaching the top five of the Italian singles chart. The album also featured covers of songs by Boz Scaggs, The Drifters and Roy Hamilton in addition to a couple songs co-written by LaBelle herself, including "Teach Me Tonight" and "Quiet Time".

Track listing

  1. "Save the Last Dance for Me" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) - 5:05
  2. "Monkey See Monkey Do" (Michael Franks) - 5:12
  3. "Little Girls" (Allee Willis) - 6:46
  4. "You Make It Hard to Say No" (Boz Scaggs) - 5:35
  5. "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) - 5:21
  6. "Quiet Time" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) - 5:05
  7. "Don't Let Go" (Jesse Stone) - 4:06
  8. "I See Home" (Allee Willis, David Lasley) - 5:57
  9. "Eyes in the Back of My Head" (Pete Wingfield) - 5:25
2014 remaster[3]
10. "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)" [Single Version] - 3:26
11. "Little Girls" [Single Version] - 3:58
12. "Eyes in the Back of My Head" [12" Disco Version] - 8:00
13. "Save the Last Dance for Me" [12" Disco Version] - 7:14

Personnel

Production

2014 Reissue Credits

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak

position

US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[4] 39
US Billboard 200[5] 129
US Cashbox Top 75 R&B Albums[6] 34
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[7] 171
US Record World R&B LP Charts[8] 29
US Record World Album Chart[9] 116

References

  1. ^ WebVoyage Record View 1
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Cherry Red Records - Patti Labelle - Tasty: Expanded Edition - Big Break Records". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  4. ^ "Patti LaBelle Billboard Chart History". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Patti LaBelle Billboard Chart History". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). 1978-07-01.
  7. ^ "Cashbox Magazine" (PDF). 1978-07-01.
  8. ^ "Record World Magazine" (PDF). 1978-07-22.
  9. ^ "Record World Magazine" (PDF). 1978-07-29.
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