Released: November 10, 1984 [U.S. Billboard 200, num. 62; U.S. Top Black Albums, num. 14]
Recorded: January–February, 1984
Studio: Allen Zentz Recording (Hollywood, CA)
Label: Motown Records
Producer: Bill Wolfer; Vanity

01 | 00:00 … Flippin' Out | 5m00s
02 | 05:00 … Pretty Mess | 3m 44s
03 | 08:43 … Samuelle | 4m 14s
04 | 12:52 … Strap On "Robbie Baby" | 4m 12s
05 | 17:07 … Wild Animal | 4m 39s
06 | 21:45 … Mechanical Emotion, with Morris Day | 5m 05s
07 | 26:54 … Crazy Maybe | 5m 00s

// Singles ::
• "Pretty Mess" — Released: September 7, 1984 [U.S. Hot 100, num. 75; Hot Black Singles, num. 15]
• "Mechanical Emotion" — Released: November 26, 1984 [U.S. Hot 100, num. 107; Hot Black Singles, num. 23]
• "Samuelle" — Released: February 12, 1985 [did not chart]

// Personnel ::
• Vanity – lead vocals, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Bill Wolfer – keyboards, drum programming, synthesizers
• David Williams – rhythm guitar on "Wild Animal"
Ed Sanders – recording, mixing, additional vocals on "Flippin' Out"
• Robbie Bruce – male vocals on "Strap On 'Robbie Baby'"
• Julian Jackson – male vocals on "Crazy Maybe"
• Morris Day – male vocals on "Mechanical Emotion"

// Technical ::
Allen Zentz – mastering
Daniel Poulin – photography
The Buck – executive producer
Bill Wolfer – producer, arranger

birth name: Denise Katrina Matthews
born: January 4, 1959; Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
died: February 15, 2016 (age 57, renal/ kidney failure after years of kidney dialysis and a kidney transplant in 1997 caused by years of drug abuse); Fremont, California
note: dated Prince from 1982-1983
ethnicity: Polish/Jewish mother; African American, Hawaiian, Native American father

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