Takin' My Time (After 7 album)

Takin' My Time
Studio album by After 7
Released August 25, 1992
Recorded 1991–1992
Studio Doppler Studios
Studio LaCoCo
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Larrabee Sound Studios
(West Hollywood, California)
Flyte Tyme Studios
(Edina, Minnesota)
Genre New jack swing[1]
Length 52:12
Label Virgin
Producer Daryl Simmons & Kayo
Dallas Austin
Randy Ran
After 7 chronology
After 7
(1989)		 Takin' My Time
(1992)		 Reflections
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Takin' My Time is the second studio album by R&B trio After 7. It peaked at #76 on the Billboard 200.[2] It was their first album to be released under Virgin Records after being acquired by EMI Music in 1992.[3] The album is notable for being their first and only album without any songs produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface. Instead, they contribute as writers, with Reid co-writing the songs "Can He Love U Like This" and "G.S.T.", and Babyface writing "Truly Something Special" and "Love By Day/Love By Night". The production was handed over to Daryl Simmons & Kayo, who co-produced and co-wrote many of the songs on their self-titled debut.

Other songs on the album were produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis associate Randy Ran (who was killed by motorcycle crash after finishing this album and 1746DCGA30035 in July 1992)[4] and producer Dallas Austin, who was fresh off the successes of the debut albums he worked on by Boyz II Men, Another Bad Creation and TLC. As a result, this gave Takin' My Time a decidedly "new jack swing" sound and feel. Three singles were released from the album; the first was "Kickin' It", followed by a medley of The Originals' song "Baby I'm for Real" and Bloodstone's "Natural High". The third single "Can He Love U Like This" featured a music video that was directed by Charles Stone III. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.[5]

Track listing

  1. "All About Love" (Dallas Austin, H. Randall Davis, Michael Weinstein) 4:47
  2. "Kickin' It" (Dallas Austin, H. Randall Davis, Langston Ell Richey) 4:52
  3. "Can He Love U Like This" (Daryl Simmons, Antonio "L.A." Reid) 5:19
  4. "Truly Something Special" (Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Boaz Watson) 5:01
  5. "Baby, I'm for Real/Natural High" (Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Charles McCormick) 5:08
  6. "Takin' My Time" (Interlude) 0:53
  7. "No Better Love" (Dallas Austin, H. Randall Davis) 4:15
  8. "Takin' My Time" (H. Randall Davis, Danny Williams) 5:24
  9. "G.S.T." (Toby Rivers, Kevin Roberson, Daryl Simmons, Antonio "L.A." Reid) 4:55
  10. "Love By Day, Love By Night" (Daryl Simmons, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Kevin Roberson) 4:54
  11. "He Said, She Said" (Dallas Austin, H. Randall Davis, Michael Weinstein) 4:05
  12. "Takin' My Time" (Reprise) 2:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. ↑ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  3. ↑ Cripps, Peter (July 17, 2012). "Sir Richard Branson eyes Virgin Records deal". London: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 9//11/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/1746dcga30035-mw0000847361
  5. ↑ Hogan, Ed. "Kevon Edmonds". Music Biography. allmusic.som. Retrieved 9//11/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ After 7 - Takin' My Time (CD liner notes). Virgin Records America, Inc. 0777 7 86349 2 2
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