''E.S.P. (Extra Sexual Persuasion)'' is a

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album released in 1983. In addition to her signature soul music songs, it also includes somewhat more

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and

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dance song production popular at the time such as "This Girl Could Be Dangerous", "Sexercise" and the title track.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for ''

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'', music critic

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gave the album a "B−" and wrote that, despite her mannerisms and persuasive parodies of

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, Jackson lacks the redeeming slow songs of her past work, and both "Slow Tongue" and the title track sound contrived.

Track listing

# "E.S.P." (

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, Steve Diamond, Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:58 # "Too Easy Being Easy" (

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, Millie Jackson,

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) – 7:00 # "This Girl Could Be Dangerous" (Wood Newton, Michael Noble) – 3:01 # I Feel Like Walkin' In The Rain" (A.C. Graham,

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) – 3:58 # "Sexercise (Pt.1)" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Millie Jackson, Randy Klein) – 3:00 # "Sexercise (Pt. 2)" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Millie Jackson, Randy Klein) – 2:41 # "You're Working Me" (David B. Lindsey) – 4:07 # "Slow Tongue" (Bruce Fischel, Vicky Germaise, Randy Klein) – 4:58 # "Why Me" (Millie Jackson, Wayne Perkins, Brad Shapiro) – 3:24

Personnel

*Pete Green – assistant engineer, mixing *

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– bass *Millie Jackson – vocals, producer *Jimmy Johnson – engineer *Carl Marsh – keyboards *

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– keyboards *

– guitar *Donna McElroy, Michael Mishaw, Vicky Hampton - background vocals *Ben Cauley, Charles Rose, Harrison Callaway Jr., Harvey Thompson - horns *Chris Popham – design *Brad Shapiro – producer *Regor Snikwah (actually Roger Hawkins) - drum programming *

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– photography

References

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