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Busy Body is the third studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on November 25, 1983. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in January 1985. The album was released around the time Michael Jackson's Thriller album was in the charts. It hit the number position in the week of  April 13, 1984 on the US Billboard Album charts.[5]

Busy Body
Studio album by Luther Vandross
Released	November 25, 1983
Recorded	February–November 1983
Studio	Mediasound Studios (New York, NY) Minot Sound (White Plains, NY) Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	41:24
Label	Epic
Producer	Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Luther Vandross chronology
Forever, for Always, for Love (1982) Busy Body (1983) The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Singles from Busy Body
"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" Released: 1983 "I’ll Let You Slide" Released: 1983 "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Released: 1984 "Make Me a Believer" Released: 1984 "I Wanted Your Love" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	C+[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Luther Vandross – lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), all vocals (4), vocal arrangements
• Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, string arrangements (2, 7), horn arrangements (4, 7), rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (4, 6, 7)
• Marcus Miller – synthesizers (1-5, 7), bass guitar, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5)
• John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers (4, 6, 7)
• Doc Powell – guitar
• Georg Wadenius – guitar
• Yogi Horton – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Michael White – percussion (7)
• Steve Kroon – congas (1, 3, 5, 6, 7), bongos (2, 4)
• Jimmy Webb – horn and string arrangements (6)
• Alfred Brown – horn and string contractor (2, 4, 6, 7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 7)
• Robin Clark – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 5)
• Brenda White King – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
• Alfa Anderson – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 6)
• David Lasley – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Cheryl Lynn – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Patti Austin – backing vocals (6)
• Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (6)
• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals (6)

Production

• Marcus Miller – producer (1, 2, 3, 5)
• Luther Vandross – producer
• Larkin Arnold – executive producer
• Ray Bardani – recording, mixing
• Michael Barbiero – additional engineer
• Carl Beatty – additional engineer
• Michael Christopher – additional engineer, assistant engineer
• Paul Brown – assistant engineer
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer
• Harry Spiridakis – assistant engineer
• Steve Bates – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Kate Jansen – album administrator
• Dana Lester – album administrator
• George Corsillo – art direction, design
• Brian Hagiwara – front and back photography
• Harry Langdon – photography of Luther Vandross
• Shep Gordon – manager
• Daniel S. Markus – manager
• Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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