Released June 29, 1999 Genre Pop
R&B Label Capitol | Recorded 1998-1999 Length 51:05 | |
Producer Soulshock & Karlin, Arnold Hennings | ||
Tracie is the 1999 studio effort released from R&B singer Tracie Spencer. It was her first album in nine years on Capitol Records. The primary reason for the length of time between her studio albums was due to Capitol's constant changes. At the time, the label went through several CEO's and eventually shut down their urban music division from 1996-1999. When the record label got a new president in former Arista Records executive Roy Lott, he revived Capitol's long-struggling urban music division. Spencer acknowledged the changes within Capitol in the liner notes of Tracie. She stated: "I have seen a lot of changes occur at the tower, but that's just the way life goes. I have nothing but love and respect for my record company. Change is good".
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Although this is Spencer's first album in over a decade, this was not her first recording of new material. She recorded a couple of songs for the soundtracks of two films from the late 90's. She sang "I'll Be There For You" for the 1997 Nickelodeon film Good Burger as well as the DJ Quik produced "The Rain" for the 1998 Maya Angelou directed film Down in the Delta. She worked with the Danish R&B production team Soulshock & Karlin for all but one song on Tracie, with Dallas Austin protege Arnold Hennings providing his lone contribution "Love To You". Two singles were released from the album in 1999 with "It's All About You (Not About Me)" and "Still in My Heart", aided by music videos directed by Francis Lawrence and Kevin Bray, respectively. Tracie went to #114 on the Billboard 200 and #19 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart becoming her highest charting album on that chart.
Track listing
- "Interlude (All About Love)" (Carsten Shack, Kenneth Karlin, Tracie Spencer) - 1:32
- "If You Wanna Get Down" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, Tamara Savage) - 4:17
- "It's All About You (Not About Me)" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, Heavynn) - 4:14
- "Feelin' You" (Featuring Sonja Blade) (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Savage) - 4:32
- "Still in My Heart" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias) - 4:16
- "No Matter" ( C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, Wayne Anthony Hector, Alistair Tennant, Regi Hargis) - 4:20
- "Closer" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, W. A. Hector, A. Tennant) - 4:21
- "Nothing Broken but My Heart" (Diane Warren) - 4:46
- "Not Gonna Cry" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, Deanna Brown, Deidra Brown, Yamma Brown) - 4:26
- "It's on Tonight" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, Trevor Smith, Harry Wayne Casey) - 4:20
- "Love to You" (Arnold Hennings, Sir Spence) - 4:36
- "Unbelievable" (C. Schack, K. Karlin, T. Spencer, P. Biker) - 5:05