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Inner Child (album)

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Released
  
November 19, 1991

Length
  
59:36

Release date
  
19 November 1991

Recorded
  
1990–1991

Artist
  
Shanice

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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Producer
  
Narada Michael Walden, Hakeem Abdulsamad, Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels, Mike Mani

Inner Child (1991)
  
21... Ways to Grow (1994)

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Pop music, New jack swing

Similar
  
21 Ways to Grow, Shanice, Ultimate Collection, Every Woman Dreams, Discovery

Inner Child is the second studio album by American R&B singer Shanice, released November 19, 1991 on Motown Records. The album peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.

Contents

The lead single "I Love Your Smile" peaked at #2 Pop and #1 R&B charts. The album also features the remake of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Lovin' You" which hit #59 on the R&B Singles chart in the summer of 1992. Shanice would cover the song for a second time on her 2006 album Every Woman Dreams.

Her other two singles, "I'm Cryin''" and her duet with Johnny Gill, "Silent Prayer", also proved to be successful on the R&B charts. The album was certified Gold making it Shanice's most successful album.

The UK album version features track 14 - I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Remix) – 4:23

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Track listing

  1. "Keep Your Inner Child Alive" (interlude) – 1:24 (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
  2. "I Love Your Smile" – 4:19 (Walden, Jarvis La Rue Baker, Shanice, Sylvester Jackson)
  3. "Forever In Your Love" – 4:46 (Baker, Dakota, Walden)
  4. "I'm Cryin'" – 5:07 (Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  5. "I Hate To Be Lonely" – 6:46 (Walden, Wilson, Louis Biancaniello)
  6. "Stop Cheatin' On Me" – 4:50 (Baker, Walden, Shanice, Sandy Griffith, Claytoven Richardson)
  7. "Silent Prayer" (duet with Johnny Gill) – 5:03 (Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
  8. "Peace in the World" – 4:26 (Baker, Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  9. "Lovin' You" – 3:57 (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph)
  10. "You Ain't All That" – 4:36 (Walden, Shanice, Biancaniello, Mike Mani, Hathaway Pogue)
  11. "Shanice & Mookie Meet Homie" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, Janice Wilson)
  12. "You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard" – 3:39 (Baker, Shanice, Mani, Eric Daniels)
  13. "You Were The One" – 5:21 (Shanice, Crystal Wilson, Daryl Duncan, Kataya Anderson)
  14. "I Love Your Smile" (Hakeem's Mix) – 4:16 (Walden, Baker, Shanice, S. Jackson)
  15. "Goodnight" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, J. Wilson)

Personnel

  • Shanice: Vocals, Spoken Word, Synthesizers
  • Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels, Mike Mani, Claytoven Richardson: Keyboards, Programming, Vocal Backing
  • Vernon "Ice" Black, Corrado Rustici, Ric Wilson: Guitars
  • Joel Smith: Bass
  • Narada Michael Walden: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming, Drums, Percussion
  • Branford Marsalis: Sax
  • Johnny Gill: Spoken Word
  • Jarvis La Rue Baker, Kitty Beethoven, Zorana Edun, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Skyler Jett, Ellen Keating, Alyssa Lala, Tony Lindsey, Crystal Wilson: Vocal Backing
  • String Arrangements By Jerry Hey

    • Songs

    1Keep Your Inner Child Alive (interlude)1:26
    2I Love Your Smile4:19
    3Forever in Your Love4:47

    References

    Inner Child (album) Wikipedia
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