You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis album)

You're Under Arrest
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	September 9, 1985
Recorded	January 26, 1984 – January 10, 1985 at Record Plant Studio, New York
Genre	Fusion, jazz-funk
Length	43:02
Label	Columbia
Producer	Miles Davis and Robert Irving III
Miles Davis chronology
Decoy (1984) You're Under Arrest (1985) Tutu (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[2]

You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album features Davis' interpretations of two contemporary pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".

During the recording sessions, bass player Darryl Jones introduced Sting to his longtime idol Miles Davis. Sting was startled when Davis asked him if he could speak French, and since he did, Miles asked him to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone against a backing track.^[3]

It marked the ending of Davis's 30-year association with Columbia Records, although the label released the 1984 recording Aura in 1989, and would release many archival recordings in later years.

Track listing

1. "One Phone Call"/"Street Scenes" (Davis) 4:34
2. "Human Nature" (John Bettis, Steve Porcaro) 4:30
3. "MD 1"/"Something's On Your Mind"/"MD 2" (Davis, Hubert Eaves III, James "D-Train" Williams) 7:17
4. "Ms. Morrisine" (Davis, Morrisine Tynes Irving, Robert Irving III) 4:57
5. "Katia Prelude" (Davis, Irving III) 0:40
6. "Katia" (Davis, Irving III) 7:37
7. "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman) 3:37
8. "You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield) 6:14
9. "Jean Pierre"/"You're Under Arrest"/"Then There Were None" (Davis, Irving III, Scofield) 3:23

Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet, "Police Voices, Davis Voices" on track 1, synthesizer on tracks 5 and 6
• John McLaughlin – guitar on tracks 4, 5 and 6
• John Scofield – guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9
• Bob Berg – soprano saxophone on track 1, tenor saxophone on track 8 and 9
• Al Foster – drums on tracks 1, 7, 8 and 9
• Vince Wilburn, Jr. – drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
• Robert Irving III – synthesizers, celesta, organ, clavinet
• Darryl Jones, aka "The Munch" – bass
• Steve Thorton – percussion, Spanish voice on track 1
• Sting (credited as Gordon Sumner) – French policeman's voice on track 1
• Marek Olko – Polish voice on track 1
• James "J.R." Prindiville – handcuffs on track 1

Production

Produced by Miles Davis and Robert Irving III

Co-produced by Vince Wilburn, Jr.

Producer: Dr. George Butler

Engineer: Ronald F. Lorman

Mixing Engineer: Tom Swift

Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York City

Production Coordination: Jim Rose

Art Direction: Lane/Donald

Illustration: Miles Davis

Photography: Anthony Barboza

References