Beautiful (Teena Marie album)

2013 studio album by Teena Marie

Beautiful

Studio album by

Teena Marie

Released| January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15)
Genre|

* R&B
* soul

Length| 63:18
Label| Universal
Producer|

* Teena Marie
* Doug Grigsby
* Stan Davis

Teena Marie chronology
| Congo Square
(2009)  | Beautiful
(2013)  |

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 69/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Beautiful is the fourteenth and final studio album by American musician Teena Marie. It was posthumously released in January 2013 under Universal Music. The album was recorded shortly before the singer's death in December 2010 and temporarily shelved. It was eventually completed over the next two years by Marie's daughter, Alia Rose.[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Luv Letter"| Teena Marie| 4:37
2.| "Sweet Tooth"| Zipporah Garnett, Teena Marie, Alia Rose| 5:36
3.| "Rare Breed"| Doug Grigsby, Teena Marie, Alia Rose| 4:37
4.| "Love Starved"| Teena Marie| 4:44
5.| "Definition of Down"| Doug Grigsby, Teena Marie, Darlene M. Ortiz| 4:49
6.| "Maria Bonita (For My Mother)"| James Allen, Lee Cadena, Teena Marie| 5:15
7.| "Beautiful (For Alia)"| Doug Grigsby, Teena Marie, Alia Rose| 5:44
8.| "The Long Play"| Greg Dalton, Doug Grigsby, Donnell Spencer Jr., Teena Marie| 6:30
9.| "Carte Blanche"| Doug Grigsby, Teena Marie, Daphne Wayans| 5:18
10.| "Give Me Your Love"| Curtis Mayfield| 4:56
11.| "Wild Horses"| Doug Grigsby, Teena Marie| 5:17
12.| "The Perfect Feeling"| Teena Marie| 5:48
13.| "Ooo Baby Baby"| Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore| 4:43

## References

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1. ^ "Beautiful Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
2. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Beautiful - Teena Marie". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
3. ^ Baltin, Steve (2013-01-14). "Teena Marie's Last Record Is 'Beautiful' - Album Premiere". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

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Teena Marie

Studio albums|

* Wild and Peaceful (1979)
* Lady T (1980)
* Irons in the Fire (1980)
* It Must Be Magic (1981)
* Robbery (1983)
* Starchild (1984)
* Emerald City (1986)
* Naked to the World (1988)
* Ivory (1990)
* Passion Play (1994)
* La Doña (2004)
* Sapphire (2006)
* Congo Square (2009)
* Beautiful (2013)

Singles|

* "Square Biz"
* "Lovergirl"
* "Ooo La La La"

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