Before the Rain (album)

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, Jr.
Eternal chronology
Power of a Woman
(1995)		 Before the Rain
(1997)		 Greatest Hits
(1997)
Singles from Before the Rain
  1. "Someday"
    Released: August 5, 1996
  2. "Don't You Love Me"
    Released: February 24, 1997
  3. "I Wanna Be the Only One"
    Released: May 19, 1997

Before the Rain is the third album by the British R&B vocal group Eternal. It was released in March 1997 and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 300,000 copies.

Contents

Overview

The album includes the single "I Wanna Be the Only One" (a duet with BeBe Winans) which became Eternal's first and only number one hit in the United Kingdom. Other hit singles include "Don't You Love Me" and "Someday", which was the theme to Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Before The Rain received a positive response from music critics and fans and it gained Eternal a MOBO Award. "How Many Tears" was scheduled for release but plans were dropped due to the release of the Greatest Hits. This was the last album to feature Kéllé Bryan, who was sacked in 1998.

Track listing

Japanese Bonus Tracks

  1. "Finally" (On the Japanese Edition this was placed as the First Track)
  2. 13. "12 Months"
  3. 14. "I'll Take A Pass On Love"
  4. 15. "I Wanna Be The Only One" (This version features only Easther on lead vocals)

Charts

# Title Length
1. "Don't You Love Me" (Cynthia Biggs/Carolyn Mitchell/Terence Dudley/Christopher Kellum) 3:49
2. "I Wanna Be the Only One" (duet with BeBe Winans) (BeBe Winans/Rhett Lawrence) 4:18
3. "How Many Tears" (St. Paul Peterson/Oliver Leiber) 4:37
4. "Grace under Pressure" (Bruce Forest/John Themis/Beverley Skeete/Derek Green/Andy Whitmore) 4:41
5. "Someday" (featuring Eric Clapton) (Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz) 4:21
6. "Think about Me" (featuring Basil Reynolds) (Michelle Lewis) 4:39
7. "Promises" (Easther Bennett/Vernie Bennett) 4:07
8. "I'm Still Crying" (Nigel Lowis/Kéllé Bryan/Graham Plato) 4:50
9. "All My Love" (featuring G-Man) (Nigel Lowis/Kéllé Bryan/Graham Plato) 3:06
10. "What Do You Mean When You Say" (Vernie Bennett) 4:58
11. "Why Am I Waiting" (Easther Bennett/Harvey Mason, Jr./Robert Gerald/Denis Ingoldsby) 4:16
12. "It's Never Too Late" (Interlude) (Easther Bennett) 1:14
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]  

References

  1. ^ BPI.co.uk Certification Before the Rain Retrieved: October 29, 2006
  2. ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  3. ^ AustrianCharts.at Before the Rain page. Retrieved: October 28, 2006
  4. ^ NorwegianCharts.com Before the Rain page. Retrieved: October 29, 2006
  5. ^ SwissChart.com Before the Rain page. Retrieved: October 28, 2006
  6. ^ SwedishCharts.com Before the Rain page. Retrieved: October 29, 2006