Always (Pebbles album)

Always is the second album of Pebbles. It was released in 1990 on MCA Records, and spawned two #1 R&B hits, "Giving You the Benefit" and "Love Makes Things Happen", a duet with Babyface, as well as the top 5 R&B hit "Backyard" with Salt-n-Pepa and the top 20 R&B hit "Always".

Track listing

1. "Giving You the Benefit" - 5:41 (Babyface, L.A. Reid)
2. "Backyard" (feat. Salt-n-Pepa) - 5:58 (Babyface, Reid, Salt)
3. "Love Makes Things Happen" (duet w/ Babyface) - 5:11 (Babyface, Reid)
4. "Say a Prayer for Me" - 5:15 (Babyface, Reid)
5. "Why Do I Believe" (Prelude) - 1:01 (Babyface)
6. "Give It to Me" - 4:11
7. "Why Do I Believe?" - 3:52 (Babyface)
8. "Always" - 5:28 (Pebbles, Danny Sembello)
9. "Stay With Me" - 4:36 (Kayo, Daryl Simmons)
10. "Good Thang" - 4:25 (Babyface, Kayo, Reid, Simmons)
11. "Giving You the Benefit" [Extended Club Mix] - 7:42 (Babyface, Reid)

Production

• Executive L.A Reid & Babyface, Perri Reid
• Producers: L.A. Reid & Babyface, Kayo, Donald Parks, Pebbles, Daryl Simmons
• Recorded & Engineered By Ron Christopher, Ryan Dorn, Jim Dutt, John Gass, Thom "TK" Kidd, Barney Perkins
• Assistant Engineers: Michael Alvord, Steve Battle, Mike Baumgartner, Kyle Bess, Rich Caughron, Jim Champagne, Milton Chan, Ross Donaldson, Fred Law, Ted Malia, Joe Shay, Donnell Sullivan, Michael White, Bill Zalin, Jim "Z" Zumpano
• Mixing: Jon Gass, L.A. Reid
• Mastering: Eddy Shreyer

Personnel

• Drums: Kayo, L.A. Reid
• Percussion: Kayo, L.A. Reid
• Bass: Babyface, Kayo
• Guitars: Babyface
• Keyboards: Babyface, Kayo, Danny Sembello, Daryl Simmons
• Backing Vocals: After 7, Babyface, Cherrelle, Johnny Gill, Bambi Jones, Kayo, Pebbles, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons, L.A. Reid, Karyn White

Chart

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