Merciless (Stephanie Mills album)

Merciless is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1983 and Stephanie's second release on Casablanca Records.[2] The album features two Billboard R&B hits "Pilot Error", a cover version of Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", and "My Body" written by singer Luther Vandross. Merciless received a nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984.

Merciless
Studio album by Stephanie Mills
Released	August 20, 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Studio	The Hit Factory Automated Sound Studios (New York) Cherokee Recording Studios The Record Plant Bossa Nova Hotel (Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B post-disco soul
Label	Casablanca
Producer	David Wolfert Gary Klein Phil Ramone
Stephanie Mills chronology
Love Has Lifted Me (1982) Merciless (1983) I've Got the Cure (1984)
Singles from Merciless
"Pilot Error" Released: 1983 "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (Prince) - 4:12
2. "Never Get Enough of You" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:31
3. "Eternal Love" (Jay Asher, Paul Jabara) - 4:41
4. "His Name is Michael" (featuring Peggi Blu) (Cassandra Mills, Michael Sembello, Stephanie Mills) - 3:18
5. "Here I Am" (David Wolfert, Henry Gaffney) - 4:13
6. "My Body" (Luther Vandross) - 4:06
7. "Do You Love Him?" (Barbara Morr, Betsy Durkin Matthes) - 3:47
8. "Pilot Error" (Peter Kingsbery) - 5:07
9. "Since We've Been Together" (Ralph Schuckett, Richard Kleinberg) - 3:13

• track source[3]

Personnel

• Stephanie Mills - lead and backing vocals
• Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus - bass
• Carlos Vega, Ed Greene, John Robinson - drums
• Buzz Feiten, Carlos Rios, David Wolfert, Michael Sembello, Thom Rotella - guitar
• Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee - keyboards, piano
• Lenny Castro, Victor Feldman - percussion
• Danny Sembello, Ed Walsh, Ian Underwood, Johnny Mandel, Nyle Steiner - synthesizer
• Cruz Sembello, Frank Floyd, Lani Groves, Michael Sembello, Myrna Smith, Peggi Blu, Yvonne Lewis - backing Vocals
• David Wolfert - arrangements
• Eddie Karam, Johnny Mandel - arrangement on "Do You Love Him?"

Technical

• Brad Leigh, Brian McGee, Jay Rifkin, John Arrais, Lee De Carlo, Marie Ostrosky, Peter Chaiken - engineer

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	104
US Billboard Top R&B Albums[5]	12

References

1. Kantor, Justin. Merciless review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
2. Stephanie Mills - Album Discography|Allmusic
3. Stephanie Mills - Merciless (LP, Album).discogs
4. "Stephanie Mills US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
5. Stephanie Mills - Chart history.Billboard