Brian McKnight (album)

Brian McKnight
Studio album by Brian McKnight
Released June 23, 1992 (1992-06-23)
Genre R&B
Length 63:15
Label Mercury
Producer Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes
Brian McKnight chronology
Brian McKnight
(1992)		 I Remember You
(1995)
Singles from Brian McKnight
  1. "The Way Love Goes"
    Released: March 1992
  2. "Goodbye My Love"
    Released: September 1992
  3. "One Last Cry"
    Released: March 1993
  4. "After the Love"
    Released: August 1993

Brian McKnight is the debut studio album of R&B singer Brian McKnight released in 1992 by Mercury Records. It features his then-highest charting single, "One Last Cry", which reached number thirteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold 500,000 copies.[1] The album itself was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]

Brian McKnight received positive reviews from most music critics. Entertainment Weekly writer Havelock Nelson, gave the album an A-rating citing that "McKnight is the most comforting R&B singer-songwriter to emerge since Keith Washington early last year."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Yours"Brian McKnight, Gerry Brown, Henrik Marquart4:42
2."The Way Love Goes"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes5:07
3."Goodbye My Love"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes4:24
4."Love Me, Hold Me"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Victor Brooks4:56
5."After the Love"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes5:27
6."One Last Cry"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Melanie Barnes4:55
7."Never Felt This Way"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes5:36
8."I Couldn't Say"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes5:45
9."Stay The Night"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes5:34
10."Is The Feeling Gone"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Edward Martin4:02
11."I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen5:05
12."Oh Lord"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes4:24
13."My Prayer"Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes3:18

Personnel

  • Brandon Barnes - keyboards (tracks 2 and 9)
  • James Blair - drums (track 12)
  • Gerry Brown - backing vocals (track 1)
  • Cedric Dent - piano (track 10)
  • Claire Fischer - strings (tracks 6 and 10)
  • Louis Johnson - bass guitar (tracks 2 and 4)
  • Kipper Jones - backing vocals (track 11)
  • Ricky Lawson - drums (tracks 5, 8, and 9)
  • Fred McFarlane - keyboards (track 11)
  • Julie McKnight - backing vocals (track 4)
  • B. J. Nelson - backing vocals (track 11)
  • Kelly O'Neal - saxophone (track 12)
  • John R. Robinson - drums (track 10)
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar (track 10)
  • Take 6 - backing vocals (track 10)
  • Darryl Tibbs - percussion (track 12)
  • Wah Wah Watson - electric guitar (tracks 1 and 2)
  • Vanessa Williams - backing vocals (track 1)
  • John Willis - lead guitar (track 9), acoustic guitar (track 6)
  • Brian McKnight - keyboards, bass

References

  1. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. BPI Communications. 106 (3): 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "American certifications – Mc Knight, Brian – Brian Mc Knight". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53917
  4. ↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311410,00.html
  5. ↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311410,00.html
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