Mistaken Identity is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on August 23, 1991, by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records. A musical departure for Summer, Mistaken Identity was her last release under Atlantic Records, and The album was a commercial failure and failed to chart, although it reached number 97 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The lead single, "When Love Cries, entered Billboard Hot 100 at number #77, but the second and final single "Work That Magic" failed to chart in the US.
Background
Since making her name as the biggest female star of the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different musical genres throughout the 1980s with varying degrees of success. For Mistaken Identity, Summer adopted a more urban style.
Commercial performance
The album was not a commercial success and failed to chart on both the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. However, it spent a single week on the US BillboardR&B Albums chart, at #97.[4]
Recorded at Unique Recording Studios, The Hit Factory, Electric Lady Studios, RPM Studios and My Blue Heaven Studios (New York City, New York); Interface Studios (Bayside, New York); Presence Studios (Westport, CT); Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California); Encore Studios (Burbank, California); Track Record Studios (North Hollywood, California); American Recording Co. (Calabasas, California).
Mastered at The Hit Factory.
Studio managers – Tony Drootin (Unique Studios, NY); Vicki Camblin (Rumbo Recorders, LA); Troy Germano (The Hit Factory, NY); Bob Mason (RPM Studios, NY); Daryl Simmons (Encore Studios, LA); John Russell (Presence Studios, CT).
