I'll Give All My Love to You
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I'll Give All My Love to You is the second studio album
by American R&B
recording artist Keith Sweat
. It was released on June 12, 1990 and went to #1 on the Top R&B albums
chart and #6 on the Billboard 200
. It spawned Sweat's second and third #1 R&B hits: "Make You Sweat
" and the title track
(both Top 20 pop hits), while "Merry Go Round" and "Your Love Part 2" were Top 5 R&B hits.
This was also the last Keith Sweat album under Vincent Davis' Vintertainment label, which would soon sever ties with Elektra soon after the release of this album. On March 7, 1991, I'll Give All My Love to You was certified double platinum
by the Recording Industry Association of America
, for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The single "Make You Sweat" was certified gold by the RIAA on October 4, 1990, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.
gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "this album discusses love, lost, found and reclaimed, and lust over grinding, pounding synth grooves". In his consumer guide for The Village Voice
, critic Robert Christgau
gave the album a "dud" rating, indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought". Los Angeles Times
writer Connie Johnson stated "Sweat's debut album Make It Last Forever
caught fire largely because of producer Teddy Riley, and his absence is strongly felt on this Sweat-produced follow-up". Greg Sandow
of Entertainment Weekly
complimented Sweat's vocals and singing style, but wrote that "despite all this passion, there's no obvious pop hit on the record [...] Most of the tracks sound interchangeably slow and steamy". In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Alex Henderson called the album "a respectable disc that sounds consistently heartfelt and sincere", writing that "For all its high-tech production gloss and use of hip-hop elements, this self-produced CD reminds you that Sweat is quite aware of the great soul music of the 1970s".
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You
The Billboard 200 No. 6
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 1
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles
1990 Make You Sweat Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 5
1990 Make You Sweat Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 2
1990 Make You Sweat Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1
1990 Make You Sweat The Billboard Hot 100 No. 14
1990 Merry-Go-Round Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 2
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You The Billboard Hot 100 No. 7
1991 Your Love - Part 2 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 4
1991 Your Love The Billboard Hot 100 No. 71
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
recording artist Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
. It was released on June 12, 1990 and went to #1 on the Top R&B albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
chart and #6 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. It spawned Sweat's second and third #1 R&B hits: "Make You Sweat
Make You Sweat
"Make You Sweat" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Keith Sweat. As the leading single from the album, I'll Give All My Love to You, the hit song reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart...
" and the title track
I'll Give All My Love to You (song)
"I'll Give All My Love to You" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Keith Sweat. Taken as the second single from its namesake title album, the hit song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart...
(both Top 20 pop hits), while "Merry Go Round" and "Your Love Part 2" were Top 5 R&B hits.
This was also the last Keith Sweat album under Vincent Davis' Vintertainment label, which would soon sever ties with Elektra soon after the release of this album. On March 7, 1991, I'll Give All My Love to You was certified double platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
, for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The single "Make You Sweat" was certified gold by the RIAA on October 4, 1990, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.
Reception
In a review upon the album's release, Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "this album discusses love, lost, found and reclaimed, and lust over grinding, pounding synth grooves". In his consumer guide for The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, critic Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
gave the album a "dud" rating, indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought". Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
writer Connie Johnson stated "Sweat's debut album Make It Last Forever
Make It Last Forever (album)
Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks , and #5 on the Billboard 200...
caught fire largely because of producer Teddy Riley, and his absence is strongly felt on this Sweat-produced follow-up". Greg Sandow
Greg Sandow
Greg Sandow is an American music critic and composer. He is a graduate of Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in government, and of Yale University, with a master's degree in composition....
of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
complimented Sweat's vocals and singing style, but wrote that "despite all this passion, there's no obvious pop hit on the record [...] Most of the tracks sound interchangeably slow and steamy". In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Alex Henderson called the album "a respectable disc that sounds consistently heartfelt and sincere", writing that "For all its high-tech production gloss and use of hip-hop elements, this self-produced CD reminds you that Sweat is quite aware of the great soul music of the 1970s".
Track listing
- "Interlude (I'll Give All My Love to You)" – 0:53
- "Make You SweatMake You Sweat"Make You Sweat" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Keith Sweat. As the leading single from the album, I'll Give All My Love to You, the hit song reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart...
" – 5:15 - "Come Back" – 4:39
- "Merry Go Round" – 7:29
- "Your Love" – 5:53
- "Your Love, Pt. 2" – 5:51
- "Just One of Them Thangs" (Featuring Gerald Levert) – 6:12
- "I Knew That You Were Cheatin'" – 4:18
- "Love to Love You" – 4:50
- "I'll Give All My Love to YouI'll Give All My Love to You (song)"I'll Give All My Love to You" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Keith Sweat. Taken as the second single from its namesake title album, the hit song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart...
" – 5:36
Personnel
- Keith SweatKeith SweatKeith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
— Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Mixing - Teddy RileyTeddy Riley (new jack swing)Edward Theodore Riley , professionally known as Teddy Riley, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, keyboardist, and record producer credited with the creation of New Jack Swing. Through his production work with Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Doug E. Fresh, Today, Keith Sweat, Heavy D., Jane...
— Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing - Jacci McGhee — Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Gerald LevertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
— Performer - John Adams — Keyboards
- Thor Baldursson — Keyboards, Saxophone, Drum Programming
- Charles "Poogie" Bell, Jr. — Drum Programming
- Bobby Douglas — Keyboards
- Bobby Wooten — Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Charts
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album1990 I'll Give All My Love to You
I'll Give All My Love to You (song)
"I'll Give All My Love to You" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Keith Sweat. Taken as the second single from its namesake title album, the hit song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart...
The Billboard 200 No. 6
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 1
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles
1990 Make You Sweat Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 5
1990 Make You Sweat Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 2
1990 Make You Sweat Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1
1990 Make You Sweat The Billboard Hot 100 No. 14
1990 Merry-Go-Round Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 2
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1
1990 I'll Give All My Love to You The Billboard Hot 100 No. 7
1991 Your Love - Part 2 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 4
1991 Your Love The Billboard Hot 100 No. 71
External links
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