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Silk (album)

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Released
  
November 28, 1995

Genre
  
R&B

Label
  
Elektra

Recorded
  
1994–1995

Length
  
55:05

Producer
  
Silk (exec.), Tina Antoine, Rory Bennett, Mike Chapman, Dave Hall, John Howcott, Gary Jenkins, Gerald Levert, Myron McKinley, Edwin Nicholas, Emanuel Officer, Donald Parks, Soulshock & Karlin, Trent Thomas, Darin Whittington

Silk is the self-titled second studio album from American R&B group Silk, released November 28, 1995 on Elektra Records.

Contents

The album peaked at number forty-six on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and reception

The album peaked at forty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine at Allmusic called the groups vocals on the album "impressive." Erlewine also gave note to the production, which he referred to as "seamless without being overly slick." The ballad "How Could You Say You Love Me," and third single "Don't Rush" were praised by Upscale magazine.

Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.

  • art direction – Alli
  • assistant engineering – Gerardo Lopez
  • design – Alli
  • drum programming – Rory Bennett, John Howcott, Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas, Donald Parks
  • engineering – Tina Antoine, Jeff Bordett, Mike Chapman, John Howcott, Lisa Po-Ying Huang, Jay Lean, Paul Logus, Lee Mars, Carl Nappa, Alex Nesmith, Donald Parks, Jason Shablik, Ron A. Shaffer, Louie Teran, Darin Whittington
  • executive production – Silk
  • grooming – Dennis Mitchell
  • group – Silk
  • guitar – Craig B., Rob Cunningham, Charlie Singleton
  • keyboard programming – Rory Bennett, John Howcott, Gerald Levert, Myron McKinley, Edwin Nicholas, Donald Parks
  • keyboards – Mike Chapman, Gary Jenkins, Trent Thomas
  • make-up – Gwynnis Mosby
  • mixing – Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander, Rob Chiarelli, Jay Lean, Tony Maserati, Johnny Most, Ron A. Shaffer, Soulshock
  • multi-instruments – Myron McKinley, Darin Whittington
  • photography – Marc Baptiste
  • production – Tina Antoine, Rory Bennett, Mike Chapman, Dave Hall, John Howcott, Gary Jenkins, Karlin, Gerald Levert, Myron McKinley, Edwin Nicholas, Emanuel Officer, Donald Parks, Silk, Soulshock, Trent Thomas, Darin Whittington
  • sample programming – Mike Chapman
  • sequencing – Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas
  • stylist – Agnes Cammock
  • synthesizer – Gary Jenkins
  • vocal arranging – Horace Brown, Gordon Chambers, Karlin, Gerald Levert, Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Emanuel Officer, Soulshock
  • vocals (background) – Silk

    • References

    Silk (album) Wikipedia
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