You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)

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You're Under Arrest
Miles Davis You're Under Arrest front.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1985
RecordedJanuary 26, 1984 January 14, 1985
Studio Record Plant (New York City, New York)
Genre Fusion, jazz-funk
Length43:02
Label Columbia
Producer Miles Davis, Robert Irving III
Miles Davis chronology
Decoy
(1984)
You're Under Arrest
(1985)
Tutu
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Tom Hull B [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [4]

You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis, presenting a mixture of pop covers (including Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature"), and original material dealing with politics, racism, pollution and war. It is the first Davis album since On the Corner in 1972 to include electric guitarist John McLaughlin.

Contents

Background

During the recording sessions, bass player Darryl Jones introduced Sting to Davis, who was an idol of his. Sting was startled when Davis asked if he spoke French; after he said yes, Davis asked him to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone against a backing track. [5]

It marked the ending of Davis's 30-year association with Columbia Records, although the label released the 1984 recording Aura in 1989, and released many archival recordings after Davis died.

Track listing

Columbia – FC 40023

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Phone Call/Street Scenes" Miles Davis 4:34
2."Human Nature" John Bettis, Steve Porcaro 4:30
3."Intro: MD1/Something's On Your Mind/MD2"Miles Davis/Hubert Eaves III, James "D-Train" Williams/Miles Davis7:17
4."Ms. Morrisine"Miles Davis, Morrisine Tynes Irving, Robert Irving III 4:57
5."Katia Prelude"Miles Davis, Robert Irving III0:40
6."Katia"Miles Davis, Robert Irving III7:37
7."Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman 3:37
8."You're Under Arrest" John Scofield 6:14
9."Medley: Jean Pierre/You're Under Arrest/Then There Were None"Miles Davis/John Scofield/Robert Irving III, Miles Davis3:23

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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