Born to Sing (En Vogue album)
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| Studio album by En Vogue | ||||
| Released | April 3, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | August—December 1989 at Starlight Sound | |||
| Genre | R&B, New jack swing, soul | |||
| Length | 50:59 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Denzil Foster (exec.), David Lombard (exec.), Thomas McElroy | |||
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Born to Sing is the debut studio album from American R&B group En Vogue, released in 1990 on Atlantic Records.
The album peaked at number twenty-one on the Billboard 200 chart. By October 1990, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.
Release and reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
The album peaked at twenty-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the third spot on the R&B Albums chart.[6] The album was certified gold in June 1990 and platinum by October that same year.[7]
Jose F. Promis of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, calling the work "a winner" though remarking that he felt tracks such as "Just Can't Stay Away" and "Part of Me" were duds.[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Party" | Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy | 1:10 |
| 2. | "Strange" | En Vogue, Foster, McElroy | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Lies" (feat. Debbie T.) | En Vogue, Foster, McElroy, Shaheed | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | Hughie Prince, Don Raye | 0:54 |
| 5. | "Hold On" | En Vogue, Foster, McElroy | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Part of Me" | En Vogue, Foster, McElroy | 5:58 |
| 7. | "You Don't Have to Worry" | Foster, McElroy | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Time Goes On" | Ellis, En Vogue, Foster, Herron, Jones, McElroy, Robinson | 5:05 |
| 9. | "Just Can't Stay Away" | Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy | 5:10 |
| 10. | "Don't Go" | Foster, McElroy | 5:45 |
| 11. | "Luv Lines" | Ellis, En Vogue, Foster, Jones, McElroy, Robinson | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Waitin' on You" (Bonus track on CD) | Foster, McElroy | 5:08 |
Chart history
Album
| Chart (1990)[6] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[8] | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 21 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | UK Singles Chart | ||
| 1990 | "Hold On" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| "Lies" | 38 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 44 | |
| "You Don't Have to Worry" | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 1991 | "Don't Go" | — | — | — | 3 | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
Information taken from AllMusic.[10]
- arranging – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
- art direction – Bob Defrin
- assistant engineering – Bob Fudjinski, John Jackson, Lynn Levy, James Williamson, Erik Wolf
- composing – Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson
- drum machine – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
- engineering – Steve Counter, Dale Everingham, Brian Gardner, Ken Kessie, Jeff Poe
- executive production – Denzil Foster, David Lombard
- keyboards – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
- mastering – Bernie Grundman
- photography – David Roth
- production – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
- rapping – Debbie T.
- saxophone – Grover Washington, Jr.
- vocals – Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson
- vocals (background) – Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson
Notes
- 1 2 Promis, Jose F. "allmusic ((( Born to Sing > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ DeKnock, Jan. "Review: Born to Sing". Chicago Tribune (June 28, 1990): pg. 7
- ↑ Hunt, Dennis (1990-06-17). "In Brief: : *** EN VOGUE, "Born to Sing," Atlantic.: Albums are rated from five stars (a classic) to one star (poor).". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: En Vogue". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ The new Rolling Stone album guide - Google Books. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- 1 2 "allmusic ((( Born to Sing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 30, 2010 : Search Results - En Vogue". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26138/en-vogue/
- ↑ "allmusic ((( Born to Sing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "allmusic ((( Born to Sing > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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