Come Get It! is the debut album by Rick James and the Stone City Band. It was released in April 1978 via the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The singles "You and I" and "Mary Jane" propelled Come Get It! to gold status.

Critical reception

Rolling Stone, in a retrospective, praised "You and I", writing that "James unleashed his brash 'punk-funk' movement with this gloriously strutting single, which boasted a colossal synth-bass groove, James' boa-tossing vocal panache and double-entendres directed at his ex-wife."

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Rick James

Side A

  1. "Stone City Band, Hi!" – 3:30
  2. "You and I" – 8:04
  3. "Sexy Lady" – 3:52
  4. "Dream Maker" – 5:16

Side B

  1. <li value=5> "Be My Lady" – 4:48</li>
  2. "Mary Jane" – 4:57
  3. "Hollywood" – 7:27
  4. "Stone City Band, Bye!" – 1:10

2014 digital remaster bonus track

  1. <li value=9> "You and I" (Extended M+M Mix) – 9:55</li>

2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus tracks

  1. <li value=9> "You and I" (Extended M+M Mix) – 9:55</li>
  2. "You and I" (Extended M+M Instrumental) – 9:13

Personnel

  • Rick James – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, bass
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr. - Keyboards
  • Billy Nunn – keyboards
  • Bobby Nunn – keyboards
  • Freddy Rapillo – guitar
  • Andy Rapillo – bass
  • Mike Caputy – drums
  • Randy and Mike Brecker – horns
  • Richard Shaw – bass
  • Lorenzo Shaw – drums
  • Flick, Berry, Steve Williams – horns
  • Levi Ruffin – background vocals
  • Jackie Ruffin – background vocals
  • Bobby Nunn – background vocals
  • Billy Nunn – background vocals
  • Sascha Meeks – background vocals
  • Richard Shaw – background vocals
  • Vanessa Brooks Nunn – background vocals
  • Joey Diggs – background vocals
  • Anthony Caesar – background vocals
  • Roger Brown – background vocals
  • Calvin Moore – background vocals
  • Bennie McCullough – background vocals
  • Chuck Madden, Shelly – engineers

Charts

Weekly charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (1978)

! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position

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Year-end charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (1978)

! scope="col"| Position

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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 83

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! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)

| 24

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Singles

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart positions

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! style="width:40px;"| US

! style="width:40px;"| US<br />R&B

! style="width:40px;"| US<br />Dance

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||1978

| style="text-align:left;"| "You and I"

| 13

| 1

| 3

|-

||1978

| style="text-align:left;"| "Mary Jane"

| 41

| 3

| —

|-

|}

Certifications

References

  • Rick James-Come Get It! at Discogs