Released November 19, 1991 Length 59:36 Release date 19 November 1991 | Recorded 1990–1991 Label Motown/Universal Records | |
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Genres Rhythm and blues, Pop music, New jack swing Similar |
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
Shanice inner child vinyl full album
Track listing
- "Keep Your Inner Child Alive" (interlude) – 1:24 (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
- "I Love Your Smile" – 4:19 (Walden, Jarvis La Rue Baker, Shanice, Sylvester Jackson)
- "Forever In Your Love" – 4:46 (Baker, Dakota, Walden)
- "I'm Cryin'" – 5:07 (Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
- "I Hate To Be Lonely" – 6:46 (Walden, Wilson, Louis Biancaniello)
- "Stop Cheatin' On Me" – 4:50 (Baker, Walden, Shanice, Sandy Griffith, Claytoven Richardson)
- "Silent Prayer" (duet with Johnny Gill) – 5:03 (Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
- "Peace in the World" – 4:26 (Baker, Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
- "Lovin' You" – 3:57 (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph)
- "You Ain't All That" – 4:36 (Walden, Shanice, Biancaniello, Mike Mani, Hathaway Pogue)
- "Shanice & Mookie Meet Homie" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, Janice Wilson)
- "You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard" – 3:39 (Baker, Shanice, Mani, Eric Daniels)
- "You Were The One" – 5:21 (Shanice, Crystal Wilson, Daryl Duncan, Kataya Anderson)
- "I Love Your Smile" (Hakeem's Mix) – 4:16 (Walden, Baker, Shanice, S. Jackson)
- "Goodnight" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, J. Wilson)
Personnel
Songs
1Keep Your Inner Child Alive (interlude)1:26
2I Love Your Smile4:19
3Forever in Your Love4:47