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1971 studio album by Melvin Van Peebles
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As Serious as a Heart-Attack is a 1971 spoken word album by
Melvin Van Peebles . This is Van Peebles third studio record. The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in Van Peebles' 1973 film
Don't Play Us Cheap .
Track listing
All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles
Countryside
"Rufus & Ruby"
"Mothers Prayer"
"The Country Brother & The City Sister"
"Chippin"
Cityside
"Just Don't Make No Sense"
"Dearmistuh P"
"
Love, That's America "
"I Remember"
"My Pal Johnny"
Personnel
Musicians
Rhetta Hughes - guest vocalist on "Mother's Prayer"
Doug Carn - keyboards
John Boudreaux Jr. - drums
Tom Scott , Albert Hall Jr. - horns
William Henderson - strings
Clydie King ,
Venetta Fields , Rhetta Hughes, Jessica Smith - backing vocals
Engineers
Robert Appère - recording and mix
Dick Burns - mix
Produced And Conceived By Melvin Van Peebles
All Words And Music By Melvin Van Peebles
All Selections Published By Almo Music Corp./Yeah Inc., Ascap,
Except "Love That's, America," Colgems Music, Ascap
Art Direction: Roland Young
Album Design: Chuck Beeson
Photography:
Jim McCrary
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