title: Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album)
text: # Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album)
  
  Joy is a studio album by the American singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1988 on Elektra Records. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" category.
  
  Joy peaked at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the R&B chart, Pendergrass's highest placing on the chart since 1979's No. 1 album Teddy. It peaked at No. 45 on the UK Albums Chart.
  
  ## Production
  
  The album was produced by Reggie and Vincent Calloway, Nick Martinelli, Miles Jaye, and Pendergrass. It was mostly recorded at Victory Studios, in Philadelphia.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Los Angeles Times | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  The Chicago Tribune called the album "an accomplished meditation on romantic love and perhaps an exercise in imagination." The Washington Post praised the "dusky purr on slow-groove songs like '2 A.M.' and 'Love Is the Power'." The Los Angeles Times wrote that Pendergrass's "smoldering style has been replaced by a sleek, sophisticated sound that recalls the urbane elegance of Luther Vandross' best work."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Joy" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis) - 6:18
  * "2 A.M." (James S. Carter, Kevin J. Askins, Marvin Hammett) - 5:25
  * "Good to You" (Miles Jaye) - 5:13
  * "I'm Ready" (Jaye) - 5:12
  * "Love Is the Power" (R. Calloway, V. Calloway, Davis) - 6:16
  * "This Is the Last Time" (Gabriel Hardeman, Annette Hardeman, G Syier Hawkins Brown) - 6:27
  * "Through the Falling Rain (Love Story)" (Carter, Askins, Hammett) - 4:58
  * "Can We Be Lovers" (Carter, Freddie Williams) - 5:29
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Teddy Pendergrass - lead vocals
  * Charlene Hollaway, Cynthia Biggs, Annette Hardeman, G Syier Hawkins Brown,Elizabeth Hogue, Tenita Jordan - backing vocals
  * Gene Robinson, Jeff Lee Johnson, Randy Bowland, William "Doc" Powell - guitar
  * Miles Jaye - bass guitar, percussion, synthesizers, violin
  * Joel Davis - keyboards
  * Jerry Hey, Gary Grant - trumpet
  * Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
  * Marc Russo - saxophone
  * Daryl Burgee, J.T. Lewis - drums
  * Randy Cantor - synthesizers, strings
  * Douglas Grigsby III, Tom Barney - bass guitar
  * Donald Robinson - Rhodes, piano
  * John "Skip" Anderson - electric piano
  