Tender Lover

Tender Lover is the second studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter and musician Babyface. It is the follow-up to his debut Lovers (1986). It was his first album with SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records) after the label entered into a distribution deal with Epic Records. Tender Lover is notable in that the album's singles received less attention from Quiet Storm radio programmers than tracks such as "Soon as I Get Home."

Tender Lover was a critical and commercial success, reaching number fourteen on the US Billboard 200 and opened at number one on the Top R&B Albums chart. Babyface received numerous nominations for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist at the 17th American Music Awards and three Grammy nominations, the top-ten US singles "Whip Appeal" received a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, "It's No Crime" for Best R&B Instrumental Performance and a nomination for Producer of the Year with L.A. Reid.

A couple of songs from this album have been covered by a few artists. Short-lived A&M Records group B.B.O.T.I. covered "Where Will You Go" from their first and only album Bad Boyz of the Industry in 1993. Singer Bobby Valentino covered "Soon As I Get Home" on his 2007 second album Special Occasion. "Soon as I Get Home" also appeared in the 2010 film, Our Family Wedding which starred Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera.

In some regions of Europe, Tender Lover was released with a different cover picture and simply titled Babyface.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	B^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Released midsummer 1989, it contained his debut Top 10 hit, "It's No Crime", which reached #7 on the U.S. Hot 100 and later single "Whip Appeal", which reached #6 in the same chart. To date, Tender Lover is his highest charting R&B album as it topped that chart for eight nonconsecutive weeks; "Tender Lover" and "It's No Crime" were #1 R&B singles from this album. On June 28, 2001, Tender Lover was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's No Crime"	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Antonio "L.A." Reid Daryl Simmons	4:02
2.	"Tender Lover"	Edmonds Reid Perri "Pebbles" Reid*	4:19
3.	"Let's Be Romantic"	Edmonds Simmons	5:01
4.	"Can't Stop My Heart"	Edmonds Reid Simmons	4:31
5.	"My Kinda Girl"	Edmonds Reid Simmons	4:39
6.	"Where Will You Go" (Prelude)	Edmonds	0:40
7.	"Whip Appeal"	Edmonds P. Reid	5:49
8.	"Soon as I Get Home"	Edmonds	5:09
9.	"Given a Chance"	Edmonds	4:21
10.	"Sunshine"	Edmonds	5:11
11.	"Where Will You Go"	Edmonds	5:09

2001 re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Tender Lover" (Dub L.A.)	Edmonds Reid P. Reid	5:53
13.	"My Kinda Girl" (12" Version / Scratch Mix)	Edmonds Reid Simmons	7:06
14.	"Whip Appeal" (12" Version / The Ultimate Whip)	Edmonds P. Reid	5:31

Perri "Pebbles" Reid is credited as Perri Smith in the original liner notes of Tender Lover.

Personnel

Babyface: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Kayo (Kevin Roberson): Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Synthesized Bass
De'rock (Daryl Simmons): Percussion
L.A. Reid: Drums, Percussion
Donald Parks: Fairlight Programming, DX7 Programming
After 7: Backing Vocals
Troop: Backing Vocals
Jon Gass: Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Engineer
David Rideau: Engineer
Donnell Sullivan: Assistant Engineer
Rich Caughron: Assistant Engineer
Joseph M. Palmaccio: Mastering

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position^[5]
US Billboard 200	14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Billboard 200^[6]	21
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	38

Singles

Year	Single	Chart position^[7]
Year	Single	US Pop	US R&B
1989	"It's No Crime"	7	1
1989	"Tender Lover"	14	1
1990	"My Kinda Girl"	30	3
1990	"Whip Appeal"	6	2

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)^[8]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

Babyface-Tender Lover at Discogs

References

↑ http://www.discogs.com/Babyface-Babyface/release/4158817. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Wynn, Ron. Babyface: Tender Lover > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Babyface". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
↑ Brackett, N.; Hoard, C.D. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 32. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
↑ "Babyface US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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↑ "Babyface US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
↑ "American album certifications – Babyface – Tender Lover". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

Babyface

Discography

Studio albums	Lovers (1986) Tender Lover (1989) A Closer Look (1991) For the Cool in You (1993) The Day (1996) Christmas with Babyface (1998) Face 2 Face (2001) Grown & Sexy (2005) Playlist (2007) Return of the Tender Lover (2015)

Duet albums	Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)

Other albums	Babyface Unplugged (1997) A Collection of His Greatest Hits (2000) Love Songs (2001) The Essential Babyface (2003) The Other Side of Cool (2005)

Singles	"I Love You Babe" "Love Saw It" "It's No Crime" "Whip Appeal" "My Kinda Girl" "Love Makes Things Happen" "Give U My Heart" "For the Cool in You" "Never Keeping Secrets" "And Our Feelings" "Rock Bottom" "When Can I See You" "Dream Away" "This Is for the Lover in You" "Every Time I Close My Eyes" "How Come, How Long" "There She Goes" "What If"

Featured singles	"Love Makes Things Happen" "Change the World" "Someone to Love"

Related articles	The Deele Jon B.

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