Marcella (album)

Marcella is the debut studio album by British-based American musician Marcy Levy, who in her later career would perform under the name Marcella Detroit.

Marcella
Studio album by Marcy Levy
Released	1982
Genre	Pop
Label	Epic
Producer	Frank Rand, John Boylan; co-produced by Richard Feldman
Marcy Levy chronology
Marcella (1982) Jewel (1994)
Singles from Marcella
"Close to Her" Released: 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Background

Detroit aka Levy began working on her debut solo album with producer David Foster in the mid-1970s signed to RSO Records, whilst she was touring with Eric Clapton. The album was primarily an R&B-oriented record, which Detroit felt was an attempt to "pigeonhole" her by RSO Records.[2] For unknown reasons, the album was not finished. Detroit later stopped touring with Clapton to focus more on her own solo career. Whilst working on singing and songwriting for numerous artists including Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Chaka Khan, Belinda Carlisle, and Al Jarreau, she was also working on her own solo album, and Marcella was finally released in 1982 and failed to appear on any major charts. After the commercial failure of the album, Epic Records refused her tour allowance with John Mellencamp, and she was later dropped by the label.[3]

The song "Love Side" was covered by Rita Coolidge on her 1984 album Inside the Fire with the title "Hit Me on the Loveside".

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Close to Her"	4:09
2.	"First Invasion"	4:14
3.	"All My Love"	4:22
4.	"Waiting on You"	3:18
5.	"Life Is on the Line"	4:31

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Can't Stand It"	3:28
2.	"Get to Know You"	3:56
3.	"I Can't Wait That Long"	3:46
4.	"To You"	3:47
5.	"Love Side"	5:12

References

1. "Marcella - Marcy Levy : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
2. Marcella Detroit - 2013 Huffington Post Interview
3. "Marcella Detroit - Biography". Marcella-Detroit.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.