Masterpiece Theatre (album)
Encyclopedia
Masterpiece Theatre is a studio album by American
R&B
group En Vogue
, released in 2000 by Elektra Records
. They took famous classical music ("masterpieces") and put their own R&B flavor on it. It was originally set to be titled "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Cool".
The first single was "Riddle", remixed for radio by Stargate. "Riddle" was set to be followed by a mini-film containing the En Vogue Love Suite ("Love U Crazay" "Sad But True" "Love Won't Take Me Out" "Que Sera, Sera") but plans fell through. Plans for the second single "Love U Crazay" were scrapped after weak commercial performance of the album in the US.
The album was originally set to include a track called "I Love You More" (also in a remixed form), which were leaked on the initial advance version of the album. However, due to uncleared sample of "The Godfather" theme, the two versions of the songs were replaced by the addition of "Love U Crazay". Another song "It's On" was also on the album sampler, but was removed from the final album for unknown reasons.
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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...
group En Vogue
En Vogue
En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...
, released in 2000 by Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
. They took famous classical music ("masterpieces") and put their own R&B flavor on it. It was originally set to be titled "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Cool".
The first single was "Riddle", remixed for radio by Stargate. "Riddle" was set to be followed by a mini-film containing the En Vogue Love Suite ("Love U Crazay" "Sad But True" "Love Won't Take Me Out" "Que Sera, Sera") but plans fell through. Plans for the second single "Love U Crazay" were scrapped after weak commercial performance of the album in the US.
The album was originally set to include a track called "I Love You More" (also in a remixed form), which were leaked on the initial advance version of the album. However, due to uncleared sample of "The Godfather" theme, the two versions of the songs were replaced by the addition of "Love U Crazay". Another song "It's On" was also on the album sampler, but was removed from the final album for unknown reasons.
Track listing
- "RiddleRiddle (En Vogue song)"Riddle" is a song by En Vogue. It was released as the lead single from the group's fourth studio album Masterpiece Theater. "Riddle" was the first and last single from the album. The song became a Top 40 hit in a few countries, it gained more success in Belgium where it became a Top 20 hit...
" - "No No No (Can't Come Back)"
- "Falling in Love"
- "Suite Intro"
- "Love U Crazay"
- "Sad But True"
- "Love Won't Take Me Out"
- "Whatever Will Be Will Be"
- "Suite Outro"
- "Beat of Love"
- "Latin Soul"
- "Work It Out"
- "Those Dogs"
- "Number One Man"
Charts
| Country | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| US | Billboard 200 | 67 |
| US R&B | Billboard R&B | 33 |
| UK | UK Album Chart | 139 |
| Germany | Media Contorl Charts | 22 |
| Netherlands | MegaCharts | 56 |
| Austria | Austria Top 40 | 28 |
| Ireland | Irish Album Chart | 150 |
External links
- Masterpiece Theatre at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...