Passion Play is the tenth album by Teena Marie

Teena Marie

Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...

, released in 1994. Marie had parted company with Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 following disappointing sales of her 1990 album Ivory

Ivory (Teena Marie album)

Ivory is the ninth album by Teena Marie, released in 1990. It was Marie's last album for Epic Records and was a commercial failure, only reaching #27 on the US Black Albums chart and #132 on the Billboard Albums chart...

, and Passion Play was released on her own independent label

Independent record label

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, Sarai. Without the backing of a major label, the album received only limited distribution, sold modestly and failed to chart, despite being highly-regarded by Marie's hardcore fans. The CD has long been out of print

Out of print

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 and is one of the most sought-after items in Marie's catalogue.http://www.angelfire.com/la/dyt/passionplay.html

Passion Play contains guest contributions from Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

 ("Main Squeeze") and rapper Yo-Yo

Yo-Yo (rapper)

Yo-Yo is a Grammy-nominated American hardcore rapper and actress. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protege of gangsta rapper Ice Cube...

 ("Sweet on You"). It also includes a cover of the Linda Jones

Linda Jones

Linda Jones was an American soul singer.Jones was born in Newark, New Jersey. She started singing in her family's gospel group the Jones Singers at the age of six...

classic "Hypnotized". "Warm as Momma's Oven" was released as a single, but did not chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Teena Marie, except where noted.

1. "Warm as Momma's Oven" (Marie, Doug Grigsby)
2. "Main Squeeze" (Marie, Grigsby) Feat. Lenny Kravitz
3. "Wild Horses"
4. "Smooth Tip"
5. "Hypnotized Prelude"
6. "Hypnotized" (Poindexter, Spolan)
7. "Parking Music"
8. "Sweet on You" (Marie, Grigsby, Slikk)
9. "Slow Grind" (Marie, Grigsby)
10. "Climb the Walls"
11. "Breakfast in Bed" (Marie, Grigsby)
12. "Passion Play" (Marie, Grigsby)
13. "Pretty Man"
14. "The Air I Breathe"