I Want Your Love (album)

I Want Your Love is the debut album by American dance/pop singer, Brenda K. Starr. While it was a small label release on Mirage Records, distributed by Atlantic Records, It featured her first Freestyle music hit, "Pickin' Up Pieces," which peaked at #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1986. Other noteworthy songs on the album include "Love Me Like The First Time", which would be recorded soon after by r&b/soul artist Stacy Lattisaw. While contemporary listeners will liken this album to the similar style of Latin Freestyle, many of the songs were produced in a sleeker, more polished, electro style. While the album itself was not a blockbuster success, Starr soon found herself on MCA Records for the release of her second, self titled, studio album.

Track listing

 * 1) "Suspicion" (Lotti Golden, Richard Scher) 5:18
 * 2) "Pickin' Up Pieces" (Golden, Arthur Baker) 4:40
 * 3) "Look Who's Cryin' Now" (Starr, Scher, Golden) 4:57
 * 4) "I Want Your Love" (Nile Rodgers) 4:55
 * 5) "Boys Like You" (Golden, Scher) 6:00
 * 6) "I Can Love You Better" (Sturken, Rogers) 5:02
 * 7) "Love Me Like the First Time" (Frank Wildhorn, Gary Benson) 3:19
 * 8) "You're the One For Me" (Sturken, Rogers) 4:40
 * 9) "Pickin' Up Pieces" (long version) 6:38
 * 10) "Pickin' Up Pieces" (instrumental) 6:28
 * 11) "Suspicion" (remix) 6:06
 * 12) "Suspicion" (dub version) 5:12

Personnel

 * Brenda K. Starr: Vocals, Rap
 * MCA: Rap
 * Bo Brown, BJ Nelson, Craig Derry, Will Downing, Lotti Golden, Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizelle, Evan Rogers: Vocal Backing
 * Richard Scher: Keyboards, Synth Bass, Drum Programming, Simmons Drum Overdubs, Backing Vocals
 * Andy Schwartz: Acoustic Piano
 * G.E. Smith, Ira Siegel, Charlie Street, Skip McDonald: Guitars
 * Carl Sturken: Guitars, Keyboards
 * Doug Wimbish, John Nevin: Bass
 * Arthur Baker: Bass, Drums
 * Cosa: Congas