Sneakin' Out

{{Infobox album

| name = Sneakin' Out

| type = Studio album

| artist = Stacy Lattisaw

| cover = Stacy Lattisaw Sneakin Out.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 10, 1982

| recorded = November 1981 – January 1982

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Soul|R&B|pop}}

| length = 40:54

| label = Cotillion/Atlantic
90002

| producer = Narada Michael Walden

| prev_title = With You

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Sixteen

| next_year = 1983

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11415/review}}

}}

Sneakin' Out is the fourth studio album by American singer Stacy Lattisaw. Released on August 10, 1982, by Cotillion Records, Lattisaw was 15 years old at the time of this release. The single, "Don't Throw it All Away", peaked at number nine on the U.S. R&B chart in 1982.

Track listing

"Sneakin' Out" – 5:50
"Guys Like You (Give Love a Bad Name)" – 4:03
"Memories" – 4:08
"Tonight I'm Gonna Make You Mine" – 3:04
"Hey There Lonely Boy" – 3:54
"Don't Throw It All Away" – 4:04
"Attack of the Name Game" – 6:25
"I'm Down for You" – 5:10
"I Could Love You So Divine" – 4:16

Personnel

Stacy Lattisaw – lead and backing Vocals
Narada Michael Walden – drums, keyboards, percussion, piano
Randy Jackson – bass
Frank Martin – keyboards, synthesizer
Corrado Rustici, "Joe-Bob" Castelle Blanch – guitar
Sheila Escovedo – percussion
Michael Gibbs – tenor saxophone
Gary Herbig – alto saxophone
Marc Russo – trumpet
Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Cathy Miller, Kelly Kool, Myrna Mathews, Roy Galloway – backing vocals

Legacy

This album is noted for featuring future American Idol judge Randy Jackson on bass. Also the song "Attack of the Name Game" would later be sampled by Mariah Carey as part of her 1999 number-one pop hit "Heartbreaker."

Charts

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! Chart (1982)

! Peak
position{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4730/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Stacy Lattisaw US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-08-02}}

Billboard 200

| align=center|55

Billboard Top R&B Albums

| align=center|11

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Chart positions{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p4730/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Stacy Lattisaw US singles chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=2011-08-02}}
style="font-size:smaller;" ! US Hot 100 ! US R&B
rowspan="3"\|1982 \| align="left"\| "Don't Throw It All Away" \| 101 \| 9
align="left"\| "Attack of the Name Game" \| 70 \| 14
align="left"\| "Hey There Lonely Boy" \| 108 \| 71

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4730/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Stacy Lattisaw US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-08-02}}

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! US
Hot 100

! US
R&B

rowspan="3"|1982

| align="left"| "Don't Throw It All Away"

| 101

| 9

align="left"| "Attack of the Name Game"

| 70

| 14

align="left"| "Hey There Lonely Boy"

| 108