Compositions (Anita Baker album)

Compositions
Studio album by Anita Baker
Released June 12, 1990
Recorded 1990 Encore Studios
Studio Ultimo (Sound Lab 1) Oceanway
Genre
Length 50:27
Label Elektra
Producer Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker chronology

Giving You the Best That I Got
(1988)		 Compositions
(1990)		 Rhythm of Love
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
Rolling Stone [4]

Compositions is the fourth album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The album peaked at #5 on Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in 1990, making it Baker's third platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards. Compositions marked the final album and collaboration between Baker and longtime producer Michael J. Powell.

Track listing

  1. "Talk to Me" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 5:03
  2. "Perfect Love Affair" (Baker, Joel Davis) - 5:19
  3. "Whatever It Takes" (Baker, Marc Gordon, Gerald LeVert) - 5:35
  4. "Soul Inspiration" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) - 5:17
  5. "Lonely" (Baker) - 4:29
  6. "No One to Blame" (Baker, Fails) - 4:41
  7. "More Than You Know" (Baker, Vernon Fails, Michael Powell) - 4:48
  8. "Love You to The Letter" (James McBride) - 7:20
  9. "Fairy Tales" (Baker, Fails, Powell) - 7:55

Personnel

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1991 Compositions Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Best Album Package Nominated

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 7
US Billboard 200 5
US Billboard Top R&B Albums 3
US Top Jazz Albums 4

Singles

Year Title US Pop US R&B US AC UK
1990 "Talk To Me" 44 3 4 68
"Soul Inspiration" 72 16 11 -
1991 "Fairy Tales" - 8 27 -

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. Compositions > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Compositions > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  3. ↑ Sandow, Greg (July 6, 1990). "Compositions > review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  4. ↑ Goodman, Fred (August 9, 1990). "Anita Baker: Compositions : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2013-04-11.