Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones's first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, who co-wrote four of the album tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
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Quincy Jones – producer, arranger, keyboards, trumpet, background vocals
Musicians
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Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson – guitars
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Toots Thielemans – guitar
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Dennis Budimir – guitar
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Louis Johnson – bass guitar
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Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
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Max Bennett – bass guitar
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Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, Jerry Peters – keyboards
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Mike Melvoin – keyboards
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Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley – trumpets
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Tom Bahler – trumpet, background vocals
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Frank Rosolino, George Bohanon – trombones
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Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab, Jerome Richardson – saxophones
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Hubert Laws – flute
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Tommy Morgan – bass harmonica
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Harvey Mason – drums
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Grady Tate – drums
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Ralph MacDonald – conga, percussion
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Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
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Paulette McWilliams, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Green, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Leon Ware – background vocals
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Minnie Riperton – background vocals
Technical personnel
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Tom Bahler – assistant arranging
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Paul Riser – assistant arranging
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Phil Schier – engineer
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Joan DeCola – assistant engineer
Charts
Singles
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| 1975 | "Is It Love That We're Missing?" | 70 | 18 | — |
| 1976 | "Mellow Madness" | — | 82 | — |