This Mother's Daughter


This Mother's Daughter is a 1976 studio album by Nancy Wilson. Produced by Eugene McDaniels, the album is more jazz-funk and jazz-fusion oriented than Wilson's earlier records, and features musicians such as Blue Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Dave Grusin, George Duke, and Hugh McCracken. Grusin serves as arranger for most of the tracks, with additional arrangements by Duke and McCracken. This Mother's Daughter is Wilson's first album with all 10 tracks being original songs. The album's themes are centered on love, relationships and motherhood.
In an AllMusic review, Jason Ankeny calls This Mother's Daughter "the most soulful record cut by Nancy Wilson during her Capitol tenure," and says that McDaniels' "subtle but ingenious jazz-funk flourishes are essential to the project's immediacy and appeal." Ankeny hails Wilson's performance as "sophisticated yet saucy."

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "From You To Me To You" – 3:54
  2. "Love Has Smiled on Us" – 3:48
  3. "I Don't Want a Sometimes Man" – 3:48
  4. "Tree of Life" – 4:19
  5. "China" – 3:40

Side 2

  1. "Now" – 4:54
  2. "This Mother's Daughter" – 3:55
  3. "He Never Had It So Good" – 3:10
  4. "When We Were One" – 3:55
  5. "Stay Tuned" – 4:35

Personnel

From the original liner notes:

Technical personnel