Recorded 2011–2012 I Missed Us
(2012) Still
(2016) Release date 17 April 2012 Genre Contemporary R&B | Length 48:58 Artist SWV Label Mass Appeal Entertainment | |
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Released April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17) Studio Audio Vision Studios
(Miami, Florida)
The Hampton Studio
Wyatt Studio
(New Jersey)
Southside Studios
The Black Room
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Freedom Studios
(Virginia Beach, Virginia) Producer Cainon Lamb
Bryan-Michael Cox
Carvin & Ivan
Michael "Big Mike" Clemons Similar SWV albums, Contemporary R&B albums | ||
Swv co sign
I Missed Us is the fourth studio album by American R&B group SWV released on April 17, 2012. This marks the group's first studio album since their disbandment in 1997. The album's lead single "Co-Sign" was released to radio stations December 15, 2011. The second single "Love Unconditionally" was released on May 8, 2012. The album's third single, "All About You" wasn't released until February 25, 2014, after their reality show SWV Reunited aired. It also includes their remake of the Patti LaBelle classic, "If Only You Knew" which earned them a Grammy nomination (their second career nod) in Best Traditional R&B Performance.
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Swv i missed us
Background
I Missed Us is SWV's first album release in over a decade, following 1997's A Special Christmas and their disbandment the following year "amid plenty of dissension, to pursue individual projects and focus on their families". Michael J. Feeney of NY Daily News wrote the "road to recording “I Missed Us” wasn’t easy". Whilst discussing the break-up, group member Leanne Lyons said; “there were times we weren’t speaking” because "we allowed people to tear us apart". In addition to this, she explained; "we tried to do our own thing individually, then we realized we’re much stronger together" and that they "had to go through a transition of maturity".
After a failed reunion for a comeback album, the group reunited for a few performances, notably the 2008 BET Awards before commencing work on the album in 2011. Clemons said "it felt really good to be recording with my sisters again" and that "the title of the album, ‘I Missed Us’ says it all. We missed the fans, but we also really missed each other”. Lyons said, "we wanted to bring love back. We wanted to take people through the process of love,”. She described the album as having a “youthful feel, but very damn grown.”
Commercial performance
I Missed Us debuted at number twenty-five on the US Billboard 200 and number six on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first week sales of 14,000 units. As of 2013 it has sold 61,000
Personnel
Songs
1Co-Sign3:43
2All About You3:41
3Show Off3:45