Come Get It!


Come Get It! is the debut album by Rick James and the Stone City Band. It was released in April 1978 via the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The singles "You and I" and "Mary Jane" propelled Come Get It! to gold status.

Critical reception

Rolling Stone, in a retrospective, praised "You and I", writing that "James unleashed his brash 'punk-funk' movement with this gloriously strutting single, which boasted a colossal synth-bass groove, James' boa-tossing vocal panache and double-entendres directed at his ex-wife."

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Rick James
Side A
  1. "Stone City Band, Hi!" – 3:30
  2. "You and I" – 8:04
  3. "Sexy Lady" – 3:52
  4. "Dream Maker" – 5:16
Side B
  2. "Be My Lady" – 4:48
  3. "Mary Jane" – 4:57
  4. "Hollywood" – 7:27
  5. "Stone City Band, Bye!" – 1:10
2014 digital remaster bonus track
  2. "You and I" – 9:55
2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus tracks
  2. "You and I" – 9:55
  3. "You and I" – 9:13

Personnel

  • Rick James – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, bass
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr. - Keyboards
  • Billy Nunn – keyboards
  • Bobby Nunn – keyboards
  • Freddy Rapillo – guitar
  • Andy Rapillo – bass
  • Mike Caputy – drums
  • Randy and Mike Brecker – horns
  • Richard Shaw – bass
  • Lorenzo Shaw – drums
  • Flick, Berry, Steve Williams – horns
  • Levi Ruffin – background vocals
  • Jackie Ruffin – background vocals
  • Bobby Nunn – background vocals
  • Billy Nunn – background vocals
  • Sascha Meeks – background vocals
  • Richard Shaw – background vocals
  • Vanessa Brooks Nunn – background vocals
  • Joey Diggs – background vocals
  • Anthony Caesar – background vocals
  • Roger Brown – background vocals
  • Calvin Moore – background vocals
  • Bennie McCullough – background vocals
  • Chuck Madden, Shelly – engineers