Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album)

Sweet Sensation is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. Released in 1980, produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features her biggest hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" which peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female and Best R&B Song, the former becoming her first career Grammy win. Sweet Sensation received gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America for sells over 500,000 copies.[3]

Sweet Sensation
Studio album by Stephanie Mills
Released	April 16, 1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	R&B soul post-disco adult contemporary
Label	20th Century Fox
Producer	James Mtume Reggie Lucas
Stephanie Mills chronology
What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' (1979) Sweet Sensation (1980) Stephanie (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	(unrated)[2]

Track listing

• All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweet Sensation"		4:30
2.	"Try My Love"	Tawatha Agee Hubert Eaves III	3:50
3.	"I Just Wanna Say"		6:10
4.	"Wish That You Were Mine"		4:33
5.	"D-A-N-C-I-N'"	Edward Moore Howard King	5:41
6.	"Still Mine"		5:43
7.	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"		5:27
8.	"Mixture of Love"	Joe Mills John Simmons	4:25

Personnel

• Producer – James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
• Howard King – drums
• Basil Fearington – bass guitar
• James Mtume – keyboards
• Hubert Eaves III – keyboards
• Reggie Lucas – guitar
• Ed Moore – guitar
• James Mtume – percussion
• Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
• Tawatha Agee, Gwen Guthrie, Brenda White King, James Mtume, Reggie Lucas  – background vocals
• James Mtume and Reggie Lucas  – Rhythm arrangements
• Tawatha Agee, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas  – Vocal arrangements
• Tawatha Agee – Vocal contractor
• Gene Blanco – String and horn arrangements
• Wade Marcus – String and horn arrangements

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• Recorded and mixed at Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Engineered and mixed by James Dougherty
• Assistant engineer: Craig Michaels

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	16
US Billboard Top R&B Albums[4]	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[5][6]
		US	US R&B	US A/C	US Dance	UK
1980	"Sweet Sensation"	52	3	—	5	—
	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	6	12	5	5	4

References

1. Sweet Sensation review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
2. "Review: Stephanie Mills – Sweet Sensation" (PDF). Billboard. 85 (16). 19 April 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
3. "Stephanie Mills US certification history". riaa.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
4. "Stephanie Mills US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
5. "Stephanie Mills chart history". billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
6. "Stephanie Mills Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2009-08-26.