She Works Hard for the Money

by Summer

Overview

Donna Summer's brassy, matter-of-fact mezzo does not play the sexy sanctified diva, and her musicians' crisp, loud beats don't evoke rapture or delirium. Instead, she and her rhythm men live up to the title of "She Works Hard for the Money." Here's praise for a waitress' 12-hour workday that sums up Summer's own post-dance queen job status, as well as disco fans' own spotlighted lives and maintains the pressure, from the steel-and-synth riffs of "Stop, Look & Listen" to the impatient tenderness of "People, People." No one writes about love with as mesmeric a sense of wonder as Summer confesses in "Love Has a Mind of Its Own," "Unconditional Love," and "I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)." ~ Michael Freedberg

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Island/Def Jam
UPC:	0042281226526
Rank:	63157

Tracks

1. She Works Hard for the Money
2. I Do Believe I Fell in Love
3. He's a Rebel
4. Unconditional Love
5. People, People
6. Stop, Look & Listen
7. Tokyo
8. Love Has a Mind of Its Own
9. Woman

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Donna Summer   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Musical Youth   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Matthew Ward   Guest Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ray Parker, Jr.   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Roberta Kelly   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lenny Castro   Congas,Conductor
Jerry Hey   Horn
Nathan East   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Mary Ellen Bernard   Vocals (Background)
Marty Walsh   Guitar
Mike Baird   Drums
Michael Boddicker   Synthesizer
Dick Hyde   Horn
Gary Grant   Horn
Gary Herbig   Saxophone
Charles Loper   Horn
Michael Omartian   Piano,Guitar,Accordion,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Simmons Drums
Michael Baird   Drums
John Gilston   Drums
Dara Lynn Bernard   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mary Bernard   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Charlie Loper   Horn
Dara Bernard   Vocals (Background)
Pamela Quinlan   Vocals (Background)
Chuck Findley   Horn
Jay Graydon   Guitar

Technical Credits

John Guess   Engineer,Mixing,Recording
John Gilston   Drum Programming,Programming
Michael Boddicker   Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Bruce Sudano   Composer
Donna Summer   Composer
Steve Hall   Mastering
Michael Omartian   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Recording Arranger
Ross Pallone   Assistant Engineer
Chris Whorf   Cover Design
Art Hotel   Cover Design
Harry Langdon   Photography
Larry Fergusson   Assistant Engineer
Jack Graydon   Composer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Greg Phillinganes   Composer
Jay Graydon   Composer,Songwriter