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Private Times...and the Whole 9!

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Released
  
October 16, 1990

Length
  
76:29

Artist
  
Al B. Sure!

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Recorded
  
1990

Private Times...and the Whole 9! (1990)
  
Sexy Versus (1992)

Release date
  
16 October 1990

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Producer
  
Al B. Sure! DeVanté Swing Kyle West DJ Eddie F Nevelle Hodge

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

  1. Hotel California - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 5:46
  2. Touch You - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 5:26
  3. So Special - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:37
  4. I Want to Know - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:10
  5. No Matter What You Do - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:15
  6. Shades of Grey - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:36
  7. Private Times - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:22
  8. Missunderstanding - (DJ Eddie F, Nevelle Hodge, Al B. Sure!) 4:34
  9. Channel J - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West, Chubb Rock) 4:53
  10. Had Enuf? - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:30
  11. Just for the Moment - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:21
  12. Sure! Thang - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:43
  13. You Excite Me - (Al B. Sure!) 4:53
  14. Hotel California (Bass Mix) - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 6:17
  15. Ooh This Jazz Is So - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:58

Songs

1Hotel California5:49
2Touch You5:30
3So Special5:40

References

Private Times...and the Whole 9! Wikipedia
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