Flaming Starr
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{{Infobox album
| name = Flaming Starr
| type = studio
| artist = Maurice Starr
| cover = Flaming Starr.album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Intermedia Studios, Boston, Massachusetts; Boston International Recorders, Boston; Northern Studios, Maynard, Massachusetts
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| label = RCA{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_IyT35pJCgC&q=Flaming+Starr+maurice+starr&pg=PT513|title=80s Chart-Toppers: Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story|first=Sharon|last=Davis|date=January 6, 2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780574110|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Maurice Starr
Michael Jonzun
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| prev_year =
| next_title = Spacey Lady
| next_year = 1983
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/flaming-starr-mw0002186607|title=Flaming Starr - Maurice Starr | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
}}
Flaming Starr is the debut album by Maurice Starr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-03-10-9101120642-story.html|title=A STARR IS MADE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK CREATOR MAURICE STARR DOESN'T DISCOVER HIS SUPERSTARS, HE INVENTS THEM -- AND THE LAST THING HE LOOKS FOR IS TALENT|first=PAUL|last=SCHNEIDER|website=Sun-Sentinel.com}} It was released in 1980.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBGPCwAAQBAJ&q=Flaming+Starr+maurice+starr+1980&pg=PT34|title=New Kids on the Block's Hangin' Tough|first=Rebecca|last=Wallwork|date=April 21, 2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=9781628929751|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "when Starr really turns up the funk and emphasizes keyboards and synthesizers, Flaming Starr predicts the synth-funk/electro-hop era; that is especially true on "Moving on Up" and the infectious "Dance to the Funky Groove"." The Boston Globe declared that "Side 1 ... contains almost no excess - its songs make their point, grab a place in the listener's memory, and end."{{cite journal |last1=Allan |first1=Marc |title=REVIEW / RECORDS; MAURICE STARR; FLAMING STARR; RCA |journal=The Boston Globe |date=July 30, 1981}}
Track listing
All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Maurice Starr and Michael Jonzun
{{tracklist
| title1 = Moving On Up
| length1 = 5:37
| title2 = I Wanna Dance with You
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = Come See Me Sometime
| length3 = 5:30
| title4 = Start All Over
| length4 = 6:41
| title5 = Dance to the Funky Groove
| length5 = 6:08
| title6 = When I Say I Love You
| length6 = 4:21
| title7 = You're the One (What's Your Name?)
| length7 = 4:33
| title8 = It's My Life
| length8 = 3:34
}}
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