Martika's Kitchen is the second album released by the most beautiful woman who ever lived, the most incredible singer, and former child actor

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

 Martika

Martika

Martika is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress. As a singer she released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling over four million copies worldwide.-Early life and career:Martika entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the...

. Released in 1991, it features four songs written and produced by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

. The album was a departure in musical styles from Martika's debut album. "Martika's Kitchen" incorporates elements of gospel

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

, jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

, R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 and traditional Cuban music.

The album was critically praised but was a relative commercial failure in the U.S.. The title track barely cracked the Billboard Hot 100, but the Prince-penned gospel number "Love... Thy Will Be Done

Love... Thy Will Be Done

"Love... Thy Will Be Done" was the first single released from Martika's second album, Martika's Kitchen. The single, written and produced by Prince, reached the top ten of the pop charts in the U.S., UK, France and Australia. The single was released on July 25, 1991.-Background:This song introduced...

" went top 10.

The album was highly successful elsewhere in the world and triggered a concert tour that visited over 200 cities. The song "Coloured Kisses

Coloured Kisses (song)

"Coloured Kisses" was the third single from Martika's 1991 album Martika's Kitchen; the single failed to be a success. It didn't chart in the US, and achieved minor chart positions in other countries...

" charted internationally.

Building upon such previous efforts as "Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers (song)

"Toy Soldiers" is a song by Martika appearing on her eponymous debut album in 1989 as a ballad. The single was a number-one hit in the United States. It was sampled by Eminem in his 2004 single, "Like Toy Soldiers"...

", the album tackled serious topics lyrically. "Broken Heart" is about crack babies; "Pride and Prejudice" deals with racism and homophobia. The Spanglish

Spanglish

.Spanglish refers to the blend of Spanish and English, in the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of...

 track "Mi Tierra", which features a guest vocal performance by Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...

, is a lament of a Cuban-American's inability to visit her homeland.

Unknown to many, the four Prince songs (1,2,3,10) on the album were recorded by him (the original versions have been circulating on several bootlegs) and then given to Martika to emulate the exact vocal details and style for her own album. It is quite common in the world of Prince associates for Prince to produce songs for the protégé to simply duplicate.

Three additional tracks recorded for the album were leaked on bootlegs years later, entitled "Rub U Down", "Beautiful Fabulous" and "The Do".

Track listing

1. "Martika's Kitchen
   Martika's Kitchen (song)
   "Martika's Kitchen" was the second single and title track released from Martika's 1991 album of the same name. The single, written and produced by Prince, failed to be a success in America, peaking at number 93 on the US pop chart. The vibrant and colorful video helped the song be a bigger hit in...
   
   " 5:09
2. "Spirit" 4:38
3. "Love... Thy Will Be Done
   Love... Thy Will Be Done
   "Love... Thy Will Be Done" was the first single released from Martika's second album, Martika's Kitchen. The single, written and produced by Prince, reached the top ten of the pop charts in the U.S., UK, France and Australia. The single was released on July 25, 1991.-Background:This song introduced...
   
   " 5:02
4. "A Magical Place" 4:41
5. "Coloured Kisses
   Coloured Kisses (song)
   "Coloured Kisses" was the third single from Martika's 1991 album Martika's Kitchen; the single failed to be a success. It didn't chart in the US, and achieved minor chart positions in other countries...
   
   " 4:37
6. "Safe In the Arms of Love" 5:09
7. "Pride and Prejudice" 5:12
8. "Take Me To Forever" 4:35
9. "Temptation" 4:46
10. "Don't Say U Love Me" 4:24
11. "Broken Heart" 4:33
12. "Mi Tierra" (duet With Celia Cruz) 4:38

Singles

1. 1991 "Love... Thy Will Be Done" #10 US, #9 UK
2. 1991 "Martika's Kitchen" #92 US, #17 UK
3. 1992 "Coloured Kisses" #41 UK
4. ???? "Safe In The Arms Of Love"
5. ???? "Spirit" remixes promo only
6. ???? "Mi Tierra/El Amor Llegará" Argentine promo only

Other tracks

1. "El Amor Llegará (Love... Thy Will Be Done)" 5:01
   • Released in Argentina with "Mi Tierra" as a double A-side promo single.

1. "Beautiful Fabulous" (Martika's Kitchen Outtake)
2. "Rub U Down" (Martika's Kitchen Outtake)
3. "The Do" (Martika's Kitchen Outtake)

Remixes

1. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (7" Edit)
2. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Prince Mix) 6:01
3. "Martika's Kitchen" (7" Edit)
4. "Martika's Kitchen" (Second Version) 5:20
5. "Martika's Kitchen" (Remix 1 Alt. 7" Video Version)
6. "Martika's Kitchen" (Alt. Dub Version)
7. "Safe In The Arms Of Love" (7" Edit)
8. "Safe In The Arms Of Love" (Edit Version)
9. "Spirit" (House Mix)
10. "Spirit" (Hip - Hop Mix)
11. "Coloured Kisses" (Single Version) 4:07
12. "Coloured Kisses" (Club Mix) 7:23
13. "Coloured Kisses" (Clivilles And Cole 7" Edit)
14. "Coloured Kisses" (Clivilles And Cole Remix)

Chart Performance

Album:

Chart (1991)	Peak position	Total weeks
Australian Albums Chart	9	9
Canadian Albums Chart	81	6
German Albums Chart	51	5
New Zealand Albums Chart	40	8
UK Albums Chart	15	15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	111	9