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Pressure Cookin' is the third album by American singing trio Labelle, released in August 1973. This release was their first and only for RCA Records, and was critically raved due to the songs that songwriter and member Nona Hendryx composed. The album is also notable for being the first album released following lead singer Patti LaBelle giving birth to her only child, son Zuri Edwards (she recorded the album while still pregnant with Zuri).

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  • Pressure Cookin’ (engl. für: Kochen unter Druck) ist das dritte Musikalbum des amerikanischen Funk-Soul-Trios Labelle. Es war im August 1973 das einzige Album, das sie bei RCA Records veröffentlichten. Bei Veröffentlichung wurde das Album aufgrund der von Nona Hendryx komponierten und getexteten Lieder von den Kritikern hoch gelobt. Unter den erwähnenswerten Stücken sind das im Stil des Psychedelic Soul arrangierte Medley von Thunderclap Newmans Something in the Air und Gil Scott-Herons The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, in dem alle drei Bandmitglieder Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx und Sarah Dash jeweils eine Strophe rappen. Alle drei teilen sich auch die führende Gesangsstimme im als Biografie angelegten (Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood. Das Stück basiert auf der Geschichte von alten Freunden des Trios aus der Anfangszeit ihrer Karriere, die jedoch auf dem Weg zur eigenen Berühmtheit den Kontakt zu den Sängerinnen verloren haben. RCA Records veröffentlichte zwar sowohl das funk-rockige Goin' On a Holiday als auch das durch Santanas Sound beeinflusste Let Me See You in the Light als Singles, doch weder diese beiden Veröffentlichungen noch das Album selbst konnten sich in den Charts platzieren. Trotz des anfänglichen Misserfolgs wurde Pressure Cookin’ zum Klassiker und wird als ein für eine Frauenband revolutionäres Album angesehen, da sie in ihren Songs soziale und politische Themen thematisierten. (de)
  • Pressure Cookin' is the third album by American singing trio Labelle, released in August 1973. This release was their first and only for RCA Records, and was critically raved due to the songs that songwriter and member Nona Hendryx composed. The album is also notable for being the first album released following lead singer Patti LaBelle giving birth to her only child, son Zuri Edwards (she recorded the album while still pregnant with Zuri). Among notable songs were "Something in the Air"/"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", in which all three bandmates, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash each shared a rap, the biographical "(Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood", which was inspired by the events following former member Cindy Birdsong ditching the group during its Blue Belles tenure to join The Supremes and which featured all three members having notable lead vocal parts, mainly from Dash, while Hendryx sang in the beginning and Patti LaBelle sang the following verses, the soulful ballad "Last Dance" and the bossa nova-inspired "Let Me See You in the Light". Despite RCA releasing the Stevie Wonder composition, "Open Up Your Heart", the album failed to become a success. In spite of its initial failure, the album has gone on to become a cult classic and is considered a revolutionary album because few female groups talked so openly about social issues and other topics. Wonder was uncredited due to contractual reasons - the production credit was listed as "Vicki Wickham and friend". Musicians on this track included members out of a Philadelphia-based band, Buff, and others from a Latin-black band from Queens called Harlem River Drive. Several of them would morph to become Labelle's road band, including guitarist, Eddie Martinez. (en)
  • Pressure Cookin' è il terzo album del gruppo musicale statunitense Labelle, pubblicato nel 1973 dalla RCA Records. (it)
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  • Pressure Cookin' (en)
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  • Vicki Wickham; and "friend" on "Goin' On a Holiday" (en)
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  • Pressure Cookin' è il terzo album del gruppo musicale statunitense Labelle, pubblicato nel 1973 dalla RCA Records. (it)
  • Pressure Cookin’ (engl. für: Kochen unter Druck) ist das dritte Musikalbum des amerikanischen Funk-Soul-Trios Labelle. Es war im August 1973 das einzige Album, das sie bei RCA Records veröffentlichten. (de)
  • Pressure Cookin' is the third album by American singing trio Labelle, released in August 1973. This release was their first and only for RCA Records, and was critically raved due to the songs that songwriter and member Nona Hendryx composed. The album is also notable for being the first album released following lead singer Patti LaBelle giving birth to her only child, son Zuri Edwards (she recorded the album while still pregnant with Zuri). (en)
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  • Pressure Cookin’ (de)
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  • Pressure Cookin' (en)
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