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A1	Emotion Written-By – Cheryl Pitts, Ray Barnes, Webster Lewis	4:30
A2	Cryin' For Your Love Written-By – Hoyt Lindsey*, Troy Seals	3:35
A3	When The World Turns Blue (Melodies Of Love) Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings	4:50
A4	Wasted Time Written-By – Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Jim Ed Norman	5:20
B1	Sly Suite Written-By – Sylvester Stewart	7:00
B1a	Dance To The Music
B1b	I Want To Take You Higher
B1c	Everybody Is A Star
B1d	Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
B2	Armed And Extremely Dangerous Written-By – Allan Felder, Norman Harris	5:07
B3	Let Me Make You Cry A Little Longer Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings	5:59

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Andy Muson (tracks: A4, B3)
• Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar – Bob Mann (tracks: A3)
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – David Luell
• Arranged By – Bob Mann (tracks: A3, B3), Chris Dedrick (tracks: B1), Steve Tyrell (tracks: A3), Webster Lewis (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
• Art Direction, Design – George Osaki
• Artwork By [Hair Stylist] – Ed Salazar
• Artwork By [Makeup] – Natasha
• Artwork By [Wardrobe] – Allan Crowder, Pamela Young
• Backing Vocals – Kevin Amy, Merry Clayton, The Waters
• Bass – Neil Jason
• Cello – Frederick Seykora, Glenn Grab Jr.*
• Clavinet – Leon Pendarvis (tracks: B1)
• Concertmaster – Gordon Marron
• Conductor – Webster Lewis (tracks: A1)
• Design – Ron Larson Inc.*
• Drums – Allan Schwartzberg (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3), Ricky Lawson (tracks: A3)
• Electric Guitar – Jeff Mironov (tracks: A3)
• Electric Guitar [Solo], Acoustic Guitar [Solo] – Bob Mann (tracks: A4)
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Webster Lewis (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ross Pallone
• Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Eirik Wangberg*
• French Horn – Marilyn Robinson
• Guitar – Bob Mann (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3), Jeff Mironov (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Guitar [Solo] – Bob Mann (tracks: B3)
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Other [Production Assistant] – Gerg Cooper
• Percussion – Allan Schwartzberg (tracks: B3), Bob Zimmitti (tracks: A4), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2), Steve Tyrell (tracks: B2, B3)
• Photography – Norman Seeff
• Piano – Joe Sample (tracks: B3)
• Piano [Acoustic] – Joe Sample (tracks: A3), Webster Lewis (tracks: A4)
• Producer [Associate] – Bob Mann, Chris Dedrick, Webster Lewis
• Soprano Saxophone [Solo] – Ronnie Laws (tracks: A1)
• Synthesizer [Yamaha Cs 80] – Webster Lewis (tracks: A1)
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet – Kim Hutchcroft
• Trombone – Dick "Slyde" Hyde*
• Trumpet – Chuck Finley*, Gary Grant
• Typography [Lettering] – Mike Donaldson*
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bob Zimmitti (tracks: B2)
• Viola – Dan Neufeld, Linda Lipsett, Michael Nowak, Samuel Boghossian
• Violin – Bonnie Douglas, John Wittenberg, Ken Yerke*, Michelle Grab, Norman Carr, Paul Shure, Bobby Dubow*, Robert Lipsett

Notes

Includes a special credits sheet
Produced for Unison Productions, ltd.
Recorded at Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California
Mastered at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
© ℗ 1980 MCA Records, Inc.

Label variation. Slightly different layout and text used on this release as opposed to this copy.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCA-3200	Merry Clayton	Emotion ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-3200	US	1980
PMCA-100-001	Merry Clayton	Emotion ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	PMCA-100-001	Venezuela	1980
MCAC 3200	Merry Clayton	Emotion ‎(Cass, Album)	MCA Records	MCAC 3200	US	1980
202 466	Merry Clayton	Emotion ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	202 466	Brazil	1980
B0003059-02	Merry Clayton	Emotion ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Num, RE)	Hip-O Select, Geffen Records	B0003059-02	US	2004