# Mellow Madness > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mellow_Madness > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mellow_Madness.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Madness > Source revision: 1325823497 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Mellow Madness | type = studio | artist = [Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones) | cover = mellowquincy.jpg | alt = | released = August 1975 | recorded = 1975
Record Plant, Los Angeles and Westlake Audio | venue = | studio = | genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [R&B](/source/R%26B) | length = 44:07 | label = [A&M](/source/A%26M_Records) | producer = [Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones) | prev_title = [Body Heat](/source/Body_Heat_(Quincy_Jones_album)) | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = [I Heard That!!](/source/I_Heard_That!!) | next_year = 1976 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r141860|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review] |rev2 = ''[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Jazz_Record_Guide)'' | rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen |url-access=registration | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | page = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/114 114] }} }} '''''Mellow Madness''''' is a 1975 [studio album](/source/studio_album) by [Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones). It was Jones's first album recorded since treatment for a [cerebral aneurysm](/source/cerebral_aneurysm). The album introduced the R&B public to [The Brothers Johnson](/source/The_Brothers_Johnson), who co-wrote four of the album tracks.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r141860|label=Mellow Madness}} == Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = Featured musician(s) | total_length = | title1 = Is It Love That We're Missing? | writer1 = {{hlist|[George Johnson](/source/The_Brothers_Johnson)|Debbie Smith}} | extra1 = George Johnson (vocals) | length1 = 3:52 | title2 = Paranoid | writer2 = [Joe Green](/source/Joe_Greene_(American_singer)) | extra2 = [Leon Ware](/source/Leon_Ware) (vocals) | length2 = 2:55 | title3 = Mellow Madness | writer3 = {{hlist|[Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones)|[Tom Bahler](/source/Tom_Bahler)|Paulette McWilliams|[Al Ciner](/source/Al_Ciner)}} | extra3 = [Paulette McWilliams](/source/Paulette_McWilliams) (vocals) | length3 = 3:27 | title4 = Beautiful Black Girl | writer4 = {{hlist|Jones|Otis Smith}} | extra4 = [The Watts Prophets](/source/The_Watts_Prophets) (poetry recitation) | length4 = 6:12 | title5 = Listen (What It Is) | writer5 = {{hlist|G. Johnson|[Louis Johnson](/source/Louis_Johnson_(bassist))}} | extra5 = George Johnson and Paulette McWilliams (vocals) | length5 = 4:16 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Featured musician(s) | total_length = | title1 = Just a Little Taste of Me | writer1 = {{hlist|G. Johnson|L. Johnson}} | extra1 = George Johnson | length1 = 3:28 | title2 = [My Cherie Amour](/source/My_Cherie_Amour_(song)) | writer2 = {{hlist|[Stevie Wonder](/source/Stevie_Wonder)|[Henry Cosby](/source/Henry_Cosby)|[Sylvia Moy](/source/Sylvia_Moy)}} | extra2 = Leon Ware, [Minnie Ripperton](/source/Minnie_Ripperton), and Paulette McWilliams (vocals)
[Hubert Laws](/source/Hubert_Laws) (flute) | length2 = 5:25 | title3 = Tryin' to Find Out About You | writer3 = {{hlist|G. Johnson|L. Johnson}} | extra3 = [Harvey Mason](/source/Harvey_Mason) (drums) | length3 = 3:02 | title4 = Cry Baby | writer4 = {{hlist|Jones|Wah Wah Watson|[Robert Bryant](/source/Bobby_Bryant_(musician))}} | extra4 = [Wah Wah Watson](/source/Wah_Wah_Watson) (guitar, voice bag, vocals) | length4 = 4:29 | title5 = [Bluesette](/source/Bluesette) | writer5 = {{hlist|[Norman Gimbel](/source/Norman_Gimbel)|Jean "Toots" Thielemans}} | extra5 = [Jean "Toots" Thielemans](/source/Toots_Thielemans) (whistling, guitar solo)
[Frank Rosolino](/source/Frank_Rosolino) (trombone solo) | length5 = 7:01 }} == Personnel == * [Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones) – producer, arranger, keyboards, trumpet, background vocals '''Musicians''' * [Wah Wah Watson](/source/Wah_Wah_Watson), [George Johnson](/source/The_Brothers_Johnson) – guitars * [Toots Thielemans](/source/Toots_Thielemans) – guitar {{small|(track 10)}} * [Dennis Budimir](/source/Dennis_Budimir) – guitar {{small|(track 7)}} * [Louis Johnson](/source/Louis_Johnson_(bassist)) – bass guitar * [Chuck Rainey](/source/Chuck_Rainey) – bass guitar {{small|(track 10)}} * [Max Bennett](/source/Max_Bennett_(musician)) – bass guitar {{small|(track 7)}} * [Don Grusin](/source/Don_Grusin), [Dave Grusin](/source/Dave_Grusin), [Jerry Peters](/source/Jerry_Peters) – keyboards * [Mike Melvoin](/source/Mike_Melvoin) – keyboards {{small|(track 7)}} * Bill Lamb, [Chuck Findley](/source/Chuck_Findley) – trumpets * [Tom Bahler](/source/Tom_Bahler) – trumpet, background vocals * [Frank Rosolino](/source/Frank_Rosolino), [George Bohanon](/source/George_Bohanon) – trombones * [Ernie Krivda](/source/Ernie_Krivda), [Sahib Shihab](/source/Sahib_Shihab), [Jerome Richardson](/source/Jerome_Richardson) – saxophones * [Hubert Laws](/source/Hubert_Laws) – flute {{small|(track 7)}} * [Tommy Morgan](/source/Tommy_Morgan) – bass harmonica {{small|(track 6)}} * [Harvey Mason](/source/Harvey_Mason) – drums * [Grady Tate](/source/Grady_Tate) – drums {{small|(track 10)}} * [Ralph MacDonald](/source/Ralph_MacDonald) – conga, percussion * [Ian Underwood](/source/Ian_Underwood) – synthesizer programming * [Paulette McWilliams](/source/Paulette_McWilliams), [Jim Gilstrap](/source/Jim_Gilstrap), [Joe Green](/source/Joe_Greene_(American_singer)), Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Carolyn Willis, [Leon Ware](/source/Leon_Ware) – background vocals * [Minnie Riperton](/source/Minnie_Riperton) – background vocals {{small|(track 7)}} '''Technical personnel''' * Tom Bahler – assistant arranging * [Paul Riser](/source/Paul_Riser) – assistant arranging * Phil Schier – engineer * Joan DeCola – assistant engineer == Charts == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Chart positions{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p6851/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Quincy Jones US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-05-30}} |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:40px;"| [US](/source/Billboard_200) ! style="width:40px;"| [US
R&B](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) ! style="width:40px;"| US
Jazz |- || 1975 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Mellow Madness'' | 16 | 3 | 1 |} === Singles === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p6851/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Quincy Jones US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-05-30}} |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:40px;"| [US](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) ! style="width:40px;"| [US
R&B](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) ! style="width:40px;"| [US
Dance](/source/Hot_Dance_Club_Songs) |- ||1975 | style="text-align:left;"| "Is It Love That We're Missing?" | 70 | 18 | — |- ||1976 | style="text-align:left;"| "Mellow Madness" | — | 82 | — |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Quincy Jones}} {{Authority control}} Category:1975 albums Category:Quincy Jones albums Category:Albums arranged by Quincy Jones Category:Albums produced by Quincy Jones Category:A&M Records albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mellow Madness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Madness) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Madness?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.