Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album)
# Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album)

Joy is a studio album by the American singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1988 on Elektra Records. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" category.

Joy peaked at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the R&B chart, Pendergrass's highest placing on the chart since 1979's No. 1 album Teddy. It peaked at No. 45 on the UK Albums Chart.

## Production

The album was produced by Reggie and Vincent Calloway, Nick Martinelli, Miles Jaye, and Pendergrass. It was mostly recorded at Victory Studios, in Philadelphia.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

The Chicago Tribune called the album "an accomplished meditation on romantic love and perhaps an exercise in imagination." The Washington Post praised the "dusky purr on slow-groove songs like '2 A.M.' and 'Love Is the Power'." The Los Angeles Times wrote that Pendergrass's "smoldering style has been replaced by a sleek, sophisticated sound that recalls the urbane elegance of Luther Vandross' best work."

## Track listing

* "Joy" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis) - 6:18
* "2 A.M." (James S. Carter, Kevin J. Askins, Marvin Hammett) - 5:25
* "Good to You" (Miles Jaye) - 5:13
* "I'm Ready" (Jaye) - 5:12
* "Love Is the Power" (R. Calloway, V. Calloway, Davis) - 6:16
* "This Is the Last Time" (Gabriel Hardeman, Annette Hardeman, G Syier Hawkins Brown) - 6:27
* "Through the Falling Rain (Love Story)" (Carter, Askins, Hammett) - 4:58
* "Can We Be Lovers" (Carter, Freddie Williams) - 5:29

## Personnel

* Teddy Pendergrass - lead vocals
* Charlene Hollaway, Cynthia Biggs, Annette Hardeman, G Syier Hawkins Brown,Elizabeth Hogue, Tenita Jordan - backing vocals
* Gene Robinson, Jeff Lee Johnson, Randy Bowland, William "Doc" Powell - guitar
* Miles Jaye - bass guitar, percussion, synthesizers, violin
* Joel Davis - keyboards
* Jerry Hey, Gary Grant - trumpet
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
* Marc Russo - saxophone
* Daryl Burgee, J.T. Lewis - drums
* Randy Cantor - synthesizers, strings
* Douglas Grigsby III, Tom Barney - bass guitar
* Donald Robinson - Rhodes, piano
* John "Skip" Anderson - electric piano
