Released August 30, 1994 Length 63:13 | Recorded 1991–1994 Label LaFace | |
Genre R&B
hip hop soul
New jack swing Producer Sean "Puffy" Combs (exec.)
L.A. Reid (exec.)
Al B. Sure!
Chucky Thompson
DeVante Swing
Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell
Kiyamma Griffin
Dave Hall
Isaiah Lee
Brian Alexander Morgan
Darryl Pearson
Alexander Richbourg | ||
Usher is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on August 30, 1994, by LaFace Records. As executive producer, Sean "Puffy" Combs mostly did the production work on this album, as well as the additional production that were provided by Chucky Thompson, DeVante Swing and Al B. Sure!, among others. The album debuted at number 167 on the US Billboard 200. The release of the album was accompanied by the supported of three singles: "Can U Get wit It", "Think of You" and "The Many Ways". To date, the album has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States.
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Reception
Billy Johnson Jr. of Yahoo! Music called the debut album "an enjoyable ride." Anderson Jones of Entertainment Weekly in a less-than-enthusiastic review of the album called the songs "sophomoric" and "remarkably dull."
Singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.