Album · 1975
Nasty Gal
by Betty Davis
Nasty Gal is an album by Betty Davis, released in 1975, with 10 tracks.
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Album · 1975
by Betty Davis
Nasty Gal is an album by Betty Davis, released in 1975, with 10 tracks.
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10 tracks · 40 min
Nasty Gal is the third and final studio album by American funk musician Betty Davis. It was released in 1975 on Island Records and was Davis' first album on a major label. It failed commercially upon release, and after the failure of this album Island Records shelved her planned follow-up, Is It Love or Desire? Under pressure by the record company, Davis abandoned her music career altogether shortly after this album's release. It was reissued on Light in the Attic Records in 2009 on CD, and again in 2018 on colored vinyl in conjunction with record club Vinyl Me, Please, which has rekindled interest in the album by music critics and fans, generating favorable retrospective reviews. Background
After the underground success of her previous two records, Davis toured extensively with a backup band called "Funk House" that included Nicky Neal, Larry Johnson, Fred Mills, and Carlos Morales. Her tours were marked by her exuding sexuality. When ABC acquired her previous label Just Sunshine and its parent distributor Blue Thumb Records, Island Records approached Davis with a buyout offer. After accepting, Davis started working on new material for an album. On Davis' previous two albums, she relied on a multitude of session musicians, but felt a close connection with Funk House, so she chose to record the album with them instead.
