I'm Ready (Tevin Campbell album)

I'm Ready
Studio album by Tevin Campbell
Released October 26, 1993
Recorded December 1992 - August 1993
Genre R&B
new jack swing
soul
Length 49:22
Label Qwest Records
Warner Bros. Records
Paisley Park Records
Producer Quincy Jones (exec.), Benny Medina (exec.), Babyface, Prince, Daryl Simmons, Narada Michael Walden
Tevin Campbell chronology

T.E.V.I.N.
(1991)		 I'm Ready
(1993)		 Back to the World
(1996)
Singles from I'm Ready
  1. "Can We Talk"
    Released: September 30, 1993
  2. "Shhh (Prince cover)"
    Released: 1993
  3. "I'm Ready"
    Released: February 25, 1994
  4. "Always in My Heart"
    Released: June 16, 1994
  5. "Don't Say Goodbye Girl"
    Released: November 11, 1994
  6. "Brown Eyed Girl"
    Released: June 30, 1995

I'm Ready is a 1993 album by R&B singer Tevin Campbell, his second album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The album sold over 2 million copies, reaching double platinum status, and yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career, the #1 R&B single "Can We Talk". The album produced 3 more charting singles with "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". To date this has been Tevin's biggest selling album and many considered this album to be the high mark of his career despite the fact he was only 16 when he recorded the album. The album was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards: 1994 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male ("Can We Talk"), 1995 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male ("I'm Ready"), and Best Rhythm & Blues Album. Prince was credited as Paisley Park for his contributions to the album as a songwriter, arranger, and producer.

Track listing

  1. "Can We Talk" (Babyface, Daryl Simmons) – 4:44
  2. "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" (Burt Bacharach, Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:30
  3. "Interlude" – 0:13
  4. "The Halls Of Desire" (Prince) – 4:36
  5. "I'm Ready" (Babyface) – 4:45
  6. "What Do I Say" (Dakota, Johnny Gill, Walden) – 4:55
  7. "Uncle Sam" (Prince, Paula Sherield) – 3:57
  8. "Interlude" – 0:29
  9. "Paris1798430" (Prince) – 3:37
  10. "Always In My Heart" (Babyface, Simmons) – 5:40
  11. "Interlude" – 0:09
  12. "Shhh" (Prince) – 4:55
  13. "Brown Eyed Girl" (Campbell, Dakota, Walden) – 3:48
  14. "Infant Child" (Walden) – 2:42

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 18
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
1993 "Can We Talk" 9 1
"Shhh" - 8
1994 "I'm Ready" 9 2
"Always In My Heart" 20 3
1994 "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" 85 22

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. Tevin Campbell: I'm Ready > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tevin Campbell US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Tevin Campbell US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.