Larger than Life (album)

Larger Than Life
Studio album by Jody Watley
Released March 27, 1989
Recorded 1988-1989
Genre R&B, pop, dance
Length 61:59
Label MCA
Producer André Cymone, Jeff Lorber
Jody Watley chronology

Jody Watley
(1987)		 Larger Than Life
(1989)		 You Wanna Dance with Me?
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Q [2]
Robert Christgau B− [3]

Larger Than Life is the second album by American pop singer Jody Watley, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by André Cymone and Jody Watley, except where noted. 

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "Real Love"   4:23
2. "Friends"   4:30
3. "Everything" (Gardner Cole, James Newton Howard) 4:15
4. "What 'cha Gonna Do for Me"   4:12
5. "L.O.V.E.R."   4:49
6. "For Love's Sake"   5:26
Side Two
No. Title Length
7. "Lifestyle"   4:14
8. "Precious Love"   4:45
9. "Something New" (André Cymone, Jody Watley, Franne Golde) 4:20
10. "Once You Leave"   4:01
11. "Come into My Life"   5:31
12. "Only You"   3:53

Personnel

Production

Reception

"Cymone remains as slickly up to the minute as ever," observed Q's Mark Cooper, "filling his enormous rhythm sound with hip-hop references… Occasionally Watley lets the pose slip and slips into a passively sensuous ballad like 'Everything', but mostly she keeps acting stroppy. Perhaps she's annoyed at the lack of an tune to match that first hit; more likely she thinks looking angry makes her sexy."[2]

Tour

With the chart success of the singles, "Real Love" and "Friends", Watley embarked on a U.S. summer tour to support her hit album, Larger Than Life.[4][5]

Set list

  1. "What Cha Gonna Do for Me"
  2. "Don't You Want Me"
  3. "Still a Thrill"
  4. "L.O.V.E.R."
  5. "For Love's Sake"
  6. "Most of All"
  7. "Everything"
  8. "Precious Love"
  9. "Some Kind of Love"
  10. "Friends"
  11. "Looking for a New Love"
  12. "Real Love"

Dates

Date City Venue[6][7][8]
June 2, 1989 Portland, Oregon Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
June 10, 1989 Los Angeles, California Wiltern Theater
June 24, 1989 Sunrise, Florida Sunrise Music Theatre
June 25, 1989 Tampa, Florida Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
June 26, 1989 Orlando, Florida Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
July 1, 1989 Detroit, Michigan Fox Theatre
July 8, 1989 Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Tower Theatre
July 10, 1989 Beacon, New York Beacon Theatre
July 21, 1989 Chicago, Illinois Riviera Theater
August 3, 1989 Los Angeles, California Universal Amphitheatre

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 16
US Top R&B Albums 5

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Real Love" Dance/Club Play Songs 1
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 2
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song 1
Billboard Hot 100 2
"Friends" Dance/Club Play Songs 7
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3
Billboard Hot 100 9
"Everything" Adult Contemporary 11
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3
Billboard Hot 100 4
1990 "Precious Love" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 51
Billboard Hot 100 87

End of Year Charts

End of Year Chart (1989) Position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[9] 51
U.S. Billboard Black Albums[10] 22

References

  1. ↑ Wynn, Ron. Larger Than Life review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Q, May 1989
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Larger Than Life review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  4. ↑ Jody Watley first solo tour
  5. ↑ Setlist: Jody Watley
  6. ↑ Jody Watley Date At Sunrise Theater
  7. ↑ Pop Reviews : A Capable Watley Slick, Entertaining at Wiltern
  8. ↑ Pop/rock Venerable Acts Performing Everything Under The Stars
  9. ↑ "Billboard Pop Albums - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Black Albums - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-14.

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