Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)

Mistaken Identity
Studio album by Donna Summer
Released August 23, 1991
Recorded 1990–91; Unique Recording Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Pop, dance, soul, urban, new jack swing
Length 54:59
Label Atlantic
Producer Keith Diamond
Donna Summer chronology
Another Place and Time
(1989)		 Mistaken Identity
(1991)		 The Donna Summer Anthology
(1993)
Singles from Mistaken Identity
  1. "When Love Cries"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Work That Magic"
    Released: November 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]

Mistaken Identity is the fifteenth studio album by Donna Summer, released in 1991.

Since making her name as the biggest female star of the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different musical genres throughout the 1980s with varying degrees of success. For Mistaken Identity, Summer adopted a more urban style. The first released single "When Love Cries", peaked at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Once again her vocal prowess is on display with tracks like "Cry of A Waking Heart", "Friends Unknown", and "Heaven's Just A Whisper Away".

Before the release of the album, New York magazine printed an article about alleged statements she had made, which cast her in a homophobic light. Summer, who had always denied making the statements, held a press conference in regards to the article printed, and again denied ever making the statements. She sued the magazine (50 million) for libel, for printing the rumour as if it was fact. The case was settled out of court but the damage had been done.

The album was not a commercial success and failed to chart on both the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. It spent a single week on the US Billboard R&B Albums chart, at #97. Although "When Love Cries" did reach #18 on the Billboard R & B charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Ethnic"  Donna Summer, Keith Diamond, Paul Chiten, Anthony Smith, Larry Henley5:21
2."Body Talk"  Summer, Diamond, Chiten, Smith, Henley4:48
3."Work That Magic"  Summer, Diamond, Chiten, Smith, Henley5:00
4."When Love Cries"  Summer, Diamond, Chiten, Smith, Henley5:15
5."Heaven's Just A Whisper Away"  Diamond, Henley, Smith4:06
6."Cry Of A Waking Heart"  Betsy Cook, Bruce Woolley4:36
7."Friends Unknown"  Summer, Diamond, Smith, Vanessa Smith3:44
8."Fred Astaire"  Summer, Diamond, Smith, Donna Wyant4:40
9."Say A Little Prayer"  Summer, Diamond, Smith, Wyant4:07
10."Mistaken Identity"  Summer, Diamond, Smith, Wyant4:08
11."What Is It You Want"  Summer, Diamond, Wyant, Smith, Vince Lawrence, Dave Resnik4:40
12."Let There Be Peace"  Summer, Diamond3:59

Personnel

Production

Charts

Single
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Work That Magic" UK Singles Chart 74
"When Love Cries" US Billboard Hot 100 77
US R&B Singles 18

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, Bil. "Mistaken Identity > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Fox, Marisa (September 6, 1991). "Mistaken Identity". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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