Released October 16, 1990 Length 76:29 Artist Al B. Sure! Label Warner Bros. Records | Recorded 1990 Release date 16 October 1990 | |
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Genres Contemporary R&B, New jack swing, Rhythm and blues Nominations Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Male Similar Al B Sure! albums, New jack swing albums |
Private Times...and the Whole 9! is the second album by Al B. Sure!, released on October 16, 1990 under Uptown Records with distribution handled by Warner Bros. Records. It was the final album by Sure! to be released under Uptown Records, and the second after In Effect Mode not to be distributed under Uptown's parent company MCA Records.
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Reception
Though not as successful as his debut album In Effect Mode, Private Times achieved a level of popularity, making it to #20 on the Billboard 200 chart and #4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart. Two singles reached the Top 5 on the R&B Singles chart; "Missunderstanding" reached #1, and "No Matter What You Do," a duet with Diana Ross, peaked at #4.
"No Matter What You Do" was included on Ross' internationally successful multi-platinum album "The Force Behind the Power," giving Sure! valuable exposure in Pan-Asian nations and across continental European territories. Prior to that time, Al B. Sure! hadn't had much visibility outside of the States.
Track listing
- Hotel California - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 5:46
- Touch You - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 5:26
- So Special - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:37
- I Want to Know - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:10
- No Matter What You Do - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:15
- Shades of Grey - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:36
- Private Times - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:22
- Missunderstanding - (DJ Eddie F, Nevelle Hodge, Al B. Sure!) 4:34
- Channel J - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West, Chubb Rock) 4:53
- Had Enuf? - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:30
- Just for the Moment - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:21
- Sure! Thang - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:43
- You Excite Me - (Al B. Sure!) 4:53
- Hotel California (Bass Mix) - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 6:17
- Ooh This Jazz Is So - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:58
Songs
1Hotel California5:49
2Touch You5:30
3So Special5:40