Take It to the Streets (Curtis Mayfield album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Take It to the Streets
| type = Album
| artist = Curtis Mayfield
| cover = Take It to the Streets.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded = December 1989–April 1990
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 37:39
| label = Curtom
| producer = Curtis Mayfield
| prev_title = People Get Ready: Live at Ronnie Scott's
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = New World Order
| next_year = 1996
}}
Take It to the Streets is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1990 on Curtom Records.{{cite news |last1=Mills |first1=David |title=Curtis Mayfield, Back With a 'Superfly' Sound |work=The Washington Post |date=23 Sep 1990 |page=G8}}{{cite news |last1=Seigal |first1=Buddy |title=Mayfield's hit influence in black music continues |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=October 17, 1989 |page=D5}} "He's a Fly Guy" first appeared on the soundtrack to I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.{{cite news |last1=Hoekstra |first1=Dave |title=Mayfield News |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=March 15, 1990 |department=Features |page=45}} The album peaked at No. 59 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.{{cite web |title=Curtis Mayfield |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/curtis-mayfield/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard |access-date=4 March 2023}}
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Take It to the Streets Review by Alex Henderson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-it-to-the-streets-mw0000623287 |website=AllMusic |access-date=4 March 2023}}
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Kening |first1=Dan |title=Curtis Mayfield Take It to the Streets |work=Chicago Tribune |date=12 Apr 1990 |page=19D}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=588}}
|rev4 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |pages=523, 525}}
}}
The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a solid return from one of Chicago's most distinguished musical sons."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Curtis Mayfield, except "Got to Be Real" and "Don't Push" by Michael Brown and Tony Brown
| title1 = Homeless
| length1 = 7:31
| title2 = Got to Be Real
| length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Do Be Down
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Who Was That Lady?
| length4 = 4:55
| title5 = On and On
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = He's a Fly Guy
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = Don't Push
| length7 = 4:23
| title8 = I Mo Git U Sucka
| length8 = 4:59
}}
Personnel
- Curtis Mayfield - guitar, keyboards, arrangements, orchestration, final mix, vocals
- Gary Thompson, Tony Brown - guitar
- Lebron Scott - bass guitar
- Michael Brown - keyboards
- Carlos Glover - drum programming
- Luis Stefanell - percussion
- The True Saints - backing vocals
- Angela King - backing vocals
;Technical
- Curtis Mayfield, Nina Easton - cover concept and design
- Andrew Wilson - photography
References
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