Karyn White (album)

Karyn White is the self-titled debut album from R&B singer Karyn White. Released in 1988, it went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for seven weeks the year after. It gave her four hits, "The Way You Love Me", "Superwoman", "Love Saw It" and "Secret Rendezvous". The former three were #1 singles on the R&B chart. A re-issue in late 1989 of "Secret Rendezvous" in the UK reached #22, as opposed to the original top 50 placing.

Track listing

1. "The Way You Love Me" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 4:56
2. "Secret Rendezvous" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 5:38
3. "Slow Down" (Harvey, Simmons, White) – 4:35
4. "Superwoman" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 5:49
5. "Family Man" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 4:07
6. "Love Saw It" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) (featuring Babyface) – 5:21
7. "Don't Mess with Me" (Babyface, Reid, Simmons) – 4:53
8. "Tell Me Tomorrow" (Rogers, Roman, White) – 4:54
9. "One Wish" (Prince, Scott) – 4:22

Personnel

• Karyn White: Lead & Backing Vocal
• Babyface: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Backing & Duet Vocal
• O'Bryan Burnette, Carmen Carter, Shaun Earl, Kim Eurisa, Nikki Harris, Bunny Hull, Debra Hurd, Sharon Robinson, Evan Rogers: Backing Vocals
• Steve Harvey, Jeff Lorber, Ian Prince: Keyboards, Programming
• Donald Griffin, Dann Huff: Guitars
• Kayo: Synthesized & Electric Bass, Synth Guitar
• Gary Meek: Sax
• Daryl Simmons: Drums, Percussion, Timbales

Chart Information

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)

References