Don't Be Cruel (album)

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Don't Be Cruel
Studio album by Bobby Brown
Released	June 20, 1988
Recorded	1987–1988
Genre	R&B, New Jack Swing
Length	47:08
Label	MCA
Producer	Louil Silas, Jr., L. A. Reid, Gene Griffin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Bobby Brown chronology
King of Stage (1986) Don't Be Cruel (1988) Dance!...Ya Know It! (1989)

Don't Be Cruel is the second album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1988 on MCA Records. It includes the hit singles "Don't Be Cruel" and "My Prerogative", Brown's only number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Don't Be Cruel was the best-selling album in 1989 and eventually going seven times Platinum. This was the best selling "New Jack Swing" album at the time until Michael Jackson's 1991 album "Dangerous" was released. Bobby Brown was nominated for two Grammy Awards: one for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Best New Artist, winning the former for "Every Little Step in 1990.

"My Prerogative" was later covered by Britney Spears in 2004 on her Greatest Hits: My Prerogative album, and released as a single.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Cruel Prelude" – 0:39
2. "Don't Be Cruel" – 6:52 (#8 U.S.)
3. "My Prerogative" – 4:51 (#1 U.S.)
4. "Roni" – 5:58 (#3 U.S.)
5. "Rock Wit'cha" – 4:49 (#7 U.S.)
6. "Every Little Step" – 3:57 (#3 U.S.)
7. "I'll Be Good to You" – 4:25
8. "Take It Slow" – 5:22
9. "All Day All Night" – 4:40
10. "I Really Love You Girl" – 5:11
11. "Cruel Reprise" – 0:18

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	1

Preceded by Giving You The Best That I Got by Anita Baker

Billboard 200 number-one album January 21 - February 10, 1989 February 18 - March 10, 1989

Succeeded by Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson