1995 studio album by Soul for Real
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
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
Title Lyrics Music Producer(s) 1. "Candy Rain " 4:34 2. "Every Little Thing I Do " 4:17 3. "All in My Mind" Heavy D Alexander Richbourg Olivier Alexander Richbourg Poke Heavy D (co. ) 3:56 4. "If You Want It" Heavy D Olivier Barnes Dave Cintron Heavy D Poke (co. ) Red Hot Lover Tone (co. ) Dave Cintron (co. ) 3:34 5. "I Wanna Be Your Friend" Heavy D Poke (co. ) Red Hot Lover Tone (co. ) 4:00 6. "Ain't No Sunshine " Bill Withers Withers Heavy D 1:15 7. "Spend the Night" Heavy D Poke (co. ) Red Hot Lover Tone (co. ) 3:53 8. "I Don't Know" 8:03 9. "If Only You Knew" 5:50 10. "Thinking of You" Kenny Greene Kenny Greene Cintron Heavy D (co. ) 4:48 11. "Piano Interlude" Heavy D 0:37
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
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
^ "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