As Serious as a Heart-Attack

As Serious as a Heart-Attack is a 1971 spoken word album by Melvin Van Peebles. This is Van Peebles third studio record. The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in the 1973 film version of Van Peebles' musical Don't Play Us Cheap.

As Serious as a Heart-Attack
Studio album by
Melvin Van Peebles
Released1971
Recorded1971
GenreSpoken word
LabelA&M
ProducerMelvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles chronology
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
(1970)		 As Serious as a Heart-Attack
(1971)		 What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?!
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles

Countryside 1
  1. "Rufus & Ruby"
  2. "Mothers Prayer"
  3. "The Country Brother & The City Sister"
  4. "Chippin"

Cityside 2
  1. "Just Don't Make No Sense"
  2. "Dearmistuh"
  3. "Love, That's America"
  4. "I Remember"
  5. "My Pal Johnny"

Information

Musicians
  • Rhetta Hughes - Guest Vocalist on "Mother's Prayer"
  • Doug Carn - Keyboards
  • John Boudreaux Jr. - Drums
  • Tom Scott, Albert Hall, Jr. - Horns
  • William Henderson - Strings
  • Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Rhetta Hughes, Jessica Smith - backing vocals

Engineers
  • Robert Appère: Recording And Mix
  • Dick Burns: Mix
  • Produced And Conceived By Melvin Van Peebles
  • All Words And Music By Melvin Van Peebles
  • All Selections Published By Almo Music Corp./Yeah Inc., Ascap,
  • Except "Love That's, America," Colgems Music, Ascap
  • Art Direction: Roland Young
  • Album Design: Chuck Beeson
  • Photography: Jim McCrary
  • A&M Records, Inc.

References
  1. As Serious as a Heart-Attack at AllMusic



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