Candy Rain (album)
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| Released | March 28, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
| Length | 44:47 | |||
| Label | Uptown/MCA | |||
| Producer | Andre Harrell (exec.), Heavy D (exec.), Trackmasters, Kenny Greene, Dave Cintron | |||
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| Singles from Candy Rain | ||||
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Candy Rain is the debut studio album from American R&B group Soul for Real, released on March 28, 1995 by Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records.
The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 1995 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA after sales exceeding one million copies in the United States.
Release and reception[edit]
Candy Rain peaked at twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 and number five on the R&B Albums chart.[1] The album was certified platinum by August 1995.[2]
While Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic did call the group "undoubtedly fine singers," he didn't feel they were strong enough to make some of the weaker material on the album very convincing.[3]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Candy Rain" | Samuel Barnes, Dwight Myers, Jean-Claude Olivier, Terri Robinson | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Every Little Thing I Do" | Barnes, Raymond Calhoun, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 4:17 |
| 3. | "All in My Mind" | Belasco, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 3:56 |
| 4. | "If You Want It" | Barnes, Dave Cintron, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 3:34 |
| 5. | "I Wanna Be Your Friend" | Barnes, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | William Withers, Jr. | 1:15 |
| 7. | "Spend the Night" | Barnes, Andre Dalyrimple, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 3:53 |
| 8. | "I Don't Know" | Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 8:03 |
| 9. | "If Only You Knew" | Cynthia Biggs, Kenny Gamble, Myers, Olivier, Dexter Wansel | 5:50 |
| 10. | "Thinking of You" | Cintron, Kenny Greene | 4:48 |
| 11. | "Piano Interlude" | 0:37 |
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[8] | ||||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | ||
| 1994 | "Candy Rain" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 1995 | "Every Little Thing I Do" | 17 | — | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| "If You Want It" | — | 43 | 53 | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel[edit]
Information taken from Allmusic.[9]
- arranging – Heavy D, Terri Robinson
- art direction – Brett Wright
- assistant engineering – Ben Arindell, Chris Curran, Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
- assistant mixing – Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
- bass – Terri Robinson
- composing – Pete Belasco
- drum programming – Poke
- engineering – Bill Esses, Mikael Ifuersen, Richard Travali
- executive production – Andre Harrell, Heavy D
- guitar – James E. Rohlehr
- keyboards – Dave Cintron, Alexander Richbourg
- loops – Poke
- make-up – Melanie Harris
- mastering – Michael Sarsfield
- mixing – Bill Esses, Tony Maserati, Richard Travali
- photography – Mark Contratto
- production – Heavy D, Poke, Red Hot Lover Tone
- production coordination – Debra Young
- saxophone – Sylvester Scott
- vocal arrangement – Kenny Greene
- vocals – Andre Dalyrimple, Brian Dalyrimple, Christopher Dalyrimple, Jason Dalyrimple, Terri Robinson
- vocals (background) – Desiree Dalyrimple, Nicole Dalyrimple, Kenny Greene, Red Hot Lover Tone, Terri Robinson
- vocoder – Dave Cintron, Darin Whittington
Notes[edit]
- ^ "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - July 14, 2010 : Search Results - Soul for Real". RIAA. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ "Soul For Real, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Soul For Real, BLP". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
External links[edit]
- Candy Rain at AllMusic
- Candy Rain at Discogs
