Ivory is the ninth album by the American singer-songwriter Teena Marie, released on July 17, 1990. It was her last album for Epic Records. Marie supported the album with a North American tour.
Production
The album was produced primarily by Marie; she considered it to have a rawer sound than previous albums. ==Critical reception==
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times noted that "longtime fans should find the title cut inviting—it resembles one of those I-am-womanhood-personified poems that Nikki Giovanni used to write back in the early '70s." The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the ballads ... are crushed beneath the weight of Marie's tedious new age philosophizing." ==Track listing==