I've Got the Music in Me (album)

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I've Got the Music in Me
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Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedFebruary 24–26, 1975
StudioSheffield Lab Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Rhythm and blues, disco, funk
Length28:59
Label Sheffield Lab
Producer Bill Schnee
Thelma Houston chronology
Thelma Houston
(1972)
I've Got the Music in Me
(1975)
Any Way You Like It
(1976)

I've Got the Music in Me is the third album by Thelma Houston featuring Pressure Cooker.

Contents

It was recorded live to master disc and was released by Sheffield Lab in 1975, Cat# Lab-2. Featuring the vocals of Thelma Houston and session players including Larry Knechtel, Lincoln Mayorga, Larry Carlton, Jim Gordon, Tom Scott, Michael Omartian and others.

Track listings

  1. "I've Got the Music in Me" – (Bias Boshell) – 2:44
  2. "Reggae Tune" (Instrumental) (Andy Fairweather Low) – 3:21
  3. "To Know You Is to Love You" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 3:57
  4. "Pressure Cooker" (Instrumental) (Mike Melvoin, Bill Schnee) – 4:24
  5. "Don't Misunderstand" (Gordon Parks) – 3:21
  6. "Step in Time" (Instrumental) (Michael Omartian, Mark Tulin) – 3:22
  7. "Dish Rag (Instrumental) (Michael Omartian) – 3:35
  8. "Got to Get You into My Life"/"I've Got the Music In Me" (Reprise) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Bias Boshell) – 4:15

Personnel

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