Released October 26, 1993 Artist Tevin Campbell Label Qwest Records | Length 49:22 Release date 26 October 1993 | |
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Recorded December 1992 – August 1993 Studio Various
Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
Ocean Way Recording, Larrabee Sound Studios, Elumba Recording Studios, The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California)
Louis Biancaniello's Homesite 13 Studio (Novato, California)
Quad Studios (New York City)
Encore Studios (Burbank, California)
Olympic Studios (London) Producer Quincy Jones (exec.), Benny Medina (exec.), Babyface, Prince, Daryl Simmons, Narada Michael Walden I'm Ready
(1993) Back to the World
(1996) Nominations Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Male Genres Contemporary R&B, Rhythm and blues, Soul music Similar Back to the World, The Best of Tevin Campbell, Tevin Campbell, Back on the Block, TEVIN | ||
I'm Ready is the second studio album by singer Tevin Campbell, released on October 26, 1993. With this album, Campbell showed his skill as a soul singer.
Contents
Reception
The album sold over 2 million copies, reaching double Platinum status, and yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career, the #1 R&B single "Can We Talk". The album produced 3 more charting singles with "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". To date this has been Tevin's biggest selling album and many considered this album to be the high mark of his career despite the fact he was only 16 when he recorded the album. The album was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards: 1994 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – Male ("Can We Talk"), 1995 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – Male ("I'm Ready"), and Best Rhythm & Blues Album. Prince was credited as Paisley Park for his contributions to the album as a songwriter, arranger, and producer.
Track listing
- "Can We Talk" (Babyface, Daryl Simmons) – 4:44
- "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" (Burt Bacharach, Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:30
- "Interlude" – 0:13
- "The Halls Of Desire" (Prince) – 4:36
- "I'm Ready" (Babyface) – 4:45
- "What Do I Say" (Dakota, Johnny Gill, Walden) – 4:55
- "Uncle Sam" (Prince, Paula Sherield) – 3:57
- "Interlude" – 0:29
- "Paris1798430" (Prince) – 3:37
- "Always In My Heart" (Babyface, Simmons) – 5:40
- "Interlude" – 0:09
- "Shhh" (Prince) – 4:55
- "Brown Eyed Girl" (Campbell, Dakota, Walden) – 3:48
- "Infant Child" (Walden) – 2:42
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
Songs
Can We Talk4:46
Don't Say Goodbye Girl4:30
Interlude0:15