We Come in Peace with a Message of Love
{{Infobox album
| name = We Come in Peace with a Message of Love
| type = Album
| artist = Curtis Mayfield
| cover = We Come in Peace.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = May–July 1984
| venue =
| studio = Curtom Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
| length = 37:51
| label =
| producer = Curtis Mayfield, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
| prev_title = Honesty
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Live in Europe
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |title=We Come in Peace With a Message of Love Curtis Mayfield |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-come-in-peace-with-a-message-of-love-mw0002025206 |website=AllMusic |access-date=26 May 2023}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=588}}
|rev3 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |pages=523, 525}}
}}
We Come in Peace with a Message of Love is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released 1985.{{cite news |last1=Yandel |first1=Gerry |title=Whatever Happened To... |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 17, 1985 |page=B1}}{{cite news |last1=Toombs |first1=Mikel |title='I'm still around,' says Curtis Mayfield |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=October 19, 1989 |page=D9}} The first single was "Baby It's You".{{cite magazine |last1=George |first1=Nelson |title=The Rhythm & the Blues |magazine=Billboard |date=Jun 15, 1985 |volume=97 |issue=24 |page=53}} Mayfield recorded a new version of "We Got to Have Peace".{{cite book |last1=Werner |first1=Craig |title=Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul |date=2007 |publisher=Crown}}
Track listing
All songs written by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = We Come in Peace
| extra1 = Mayfield
| length1 = 8:30
| title2 = Baby It's You
| writer2 = Mayfield, Benny Scott, Edward Gregory, Joseph Scott
| extra2 = Mayfield
| length2 = 5:48
| title3 = Bodyguard
| writer3 = Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
| extra3 = Mayfield
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Breakin' in the Streets
| extra4 = Mayfield
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = Everybody Needs a Friend
| extra5 = Mayfield
| length5 = 4:51
| title6 = This Love is True
| extra6 = Mayfield
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = We Got to Have Peace
| extra7 = Mayfield
| length7 = 4:40
}}
Personnel
- Curtis Mayfield - vocals, guitar, Linn drum sequencing
- Edward Gregory, Joseph "Lucky" Scott, Bobby Eli, Norman Harris - guitar
- Tracy Mayfield, Joseph "Lucky" Scott, Jimmy Williams - bass
- William Green, Carlton Kent, Eugene Curry, Buzz Amaro - keyboards
- Theodis Rodgers - piano, Prophet V synthesizer
- Earl Young, Morris Jennings - drums
- Glen "Bongo" Davis, Master Henry Gibson - congas
- Hank Ford - saxophone
- Nella Rigell-Colson - harp
References
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Category:Curtis Mayfield albums
Category:Curtom Records albums