Before the Rain (album)

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Before the Rain
Studio album by Eternal
Released	17 March 1997
Recorded	The Master Room
Genre	R&B, pop
Length	49:02
Label	EMI
Producer	Dennis Charles, Ronnie Wilson, Nigel Lowis, Simon Climie and Harvey Mason
Eternal chronology
Power of a Woman (1995) Before the Rain (1997) Greatest Hits (1997)

Before the Rain is the third album of Eternal and was released in 1997. The song "I Wanna Be the Only One" became Eternal's first number one hit in the United Kingdom.

The album also included the hit singles Don't You Love Me & Someday which was the theme to Disney's 1995 animated classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Before the Rain would also see for the very first time that both Kelle Bryan & Vernie Bennett would sing lead vocals alongside lead singer Easther Bennett and all three members would also co-write several of the songs on this album.

Promotion on this album would be halted after only two singles in favour of their Greatest Hits cd that was released only a few months after this, resulting in the album only going 1x Platinum in the U.K.

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Length
1.	"Don't You Love Me"	3:49
2.	"I Wanna Be the Only One"	4:18
3.	"How Many Tears"	4:37
4.	"Grace under Pressure"	4:41
5.	"Someday"	4:21
6.	"Think about Me"	4:39
7.	"Promises"	4:07
8.	"I'm Still Crying"	4:50
9.	"All My Love"	3:06
10.	"What Do You Mean When You Say"	4:58
11.	"Why Am I Waiting"	4:16
12.	"It's Never Too Late" (Interlude)	1:14
Japanese bonus tracks
13.	"12 Months"	unk.
14.	"I'll Take A Pass on Love"	unk.
15.	"I Wanna Be the Only One" with Easther on lead vocals	unk.

[edit] Charts

Chart	Date	Position	Certification
United Kingdom	March 1997	#3	Platinum [1]
The Netherlands	1997	#1	Gold [2]
Austria	August 17, 1997	#10 [3]
Norway	August 1997	#20 [4]
Switzerland	August 31, 1997	#21 [5]
Sweden	September 5, 1997	#33 [6]

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